I've spent yesterday and today talking to researchers across the globe trying to understand the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius.

[retrosponge@kind.social]

@kakape That was an absolutely fascinating read. I'm fascinated by virology and stuff like that and that was really interesting.

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@kakape This is very concerning. I had thought that hantavirus was concentrated mainly in the Desert Southwest. But, on a cruise ship? And contagious? That seems to break the rules of how the virus behaves, unless it has evolved.

[deborahh@cosocial.ca]

@kakape @ShaulaEvans thanks very much for your update.

[kleines_z@queer.group]

@kimlockhartga @kakape
The article explains that there are many different hantaviruses and there is a type that is known for person to person infections. But only through close contact.
So I guess hantaviruses have been mutating and evolving all the time, since there are so many different kinds.

[grammargirl@zirk.us]

@kakape Thanks for the great overview.