2018 vs. M/V Hondius

E4 Reddit (hantavirus search) · 2026-05-13 · United States

Based on the 2018 study that keeps popping up we can determine that this is probably more infectious than what a lot of people deem “close prolonged contact.” But by how much? One infected person got 5 people sick at a crowded bday party and one by “brief interaction.” How brief was that interaction though? We don’t know. They said hello. Customs are different, and they could have said hello for longer than we realize and kissed cheeks which is customary. The hospital in which they were treated is stated as a small, single family sized house size. People who got sick shared rooms with the sick patients. Once transferred to a bigger hospital, 80 healthcare workers wearing minimal PPE (before COVID) never got sick. This paper was written in retrospect. But it all points to very close contact, crowded bday party, funeral of the death of one of the contacts where people would be grieving and comforting. Bringing us to today. 150 people on the ship, and so far 11 confirmed cases. The wife of patient zero being one, which people were hugging her and eating with her after he passed. Another the ship doctor, who presumably treated the patients which would also be longer sustained contact. Another one that just popped positive in the Oregon oncologist who stepped in as ship doctor once the first doctor got sick. IMO, and people can obviously tune in, it doesn’t seem easily transmittable at all. I went down a spiral a few nights ago, but until we see a case that wasn’t on the ship, which we haven’t, I don’t think this is anything to worry about. And I really freaked out over COVID. submitted by /u/MrFunnie to r/hantavirus [link] [comments]

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