This is an interesting tidbit of information from Henry.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

This is an interesting tidbit of information from Henry.

"“The global hypothesis is that the infection, the exposure to the rat feces, or whatever in the dry area that they were in, happened before they arrived on the cruise ship,” she said. “It was a couple from the Netherlands. So then they both became ill, whether they both had the initial exposure, or whether the wife was exposed to her husband once he became ill.””

Specifically: ”the dry area”

Reports are that it was a bird watching expedition to a landfill that is the primary suspect for the source of the exposure. Which, in my mind, means the hantavirus can spread through contact with dirt either on the bottom of a shoe, or on particles in the wind in a dry dusty environment.

That doesn't quite give me confidence that it is not “airborne”... but… ok.

Dr. Henry: https://cheknews.ca/b-c-s-provincial-health-officer-to-provide-update-on-canadians-returning-from-mv-hondius-1323854/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=May%2011%2C%202026&utm_source=b117938a22

BBC in Ushuaia, Argentina: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21ej471g2o

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