Hantavirus (orthohantavirus) on ship- how long to hit UK?

[poo at Paul's]

So, this cruise ship (looks like a Scottish ferry) has had this Hantavirus outbreak, and reports seem to show a confusing picture.
Been at sea for over a month, from Argentina, first cases 10 days in, they died. One more death. But this am, a month later, plan is to go to Canary Islands, just as holiday season starts!
Canaries not happy. Spanish victims and guest will come off ship and go to quarantine, but UK people will be repatriated.
Reports this morning are first case in France from someone not on the ship, someone who sat next to someone on a plane, who had been ill on the ship and got off. So that’s encouraging! ;)

How long til we are buying plane loads of duff ppe from Turkey, and banging pans?

Hantavid 26?

Seems to me we’ve not learned a lot about isolating viruses in the last 6 years. Will this fizzle out or be another ststorm?

[InformationSuperHighway]

Generally not transmitted by humans to humans but by rats

[skyebear]

Quiet news week ahead of elections and stories of a "Plague Ship" were always going to give the tabloids a hard-on.

[Zetec-S]

InformationSuperHighway said:

Generally not transmitted by humans to humans but by rats

Should be fine then... unless you live in Birmingham...

[Hippea]

InformationSuperHighway said:

Generally not transmitted by humans to humans but by rats

Although on this occasion seems to be spreading quite rapidly person to person

[vixen1700]

Moderna have a vaccine for it already apparently...

[poo at Paul's]

Hippea said:

InformationSuperHighway said:

Generally not transmitted by humans to humans but by rats

Although on this occasion seems to be spreading quite rapidly person to person

Yes this is the odd thing, the case in France was a bloke sat next to a bloke from the ship, on a plane.

Last time it was poshos going skiing that spread it and brought it back to their home countries, this time seems to be posh arctic cruise passengers.

It’s going to be interesting if it gets to pandemic just who Labour will blame for the UKs almost certain total lack of preparedness!

[gazza285]

We could do with the herd thinning a bit.

[POIDH]

skyebear said:

Quiet news week ahead of elections and stories of a "Plague Ship" were always going to give the tabloids a hard-on.

Wait till the Daily Wail can somehow connect "plague ship" with "forriners" and "small boats".....

[usn90]

It s been reported that it s a particular strain of hantavirus called Andes, which is transmitted human to human via airborne droplets, and not rats to human

[9.3]

I blame Brexiteers/Remoaners … (delete as appropriate).

[grumbledoak]

usn90 said:

It s been reported that it s a particular strain of hantavirus called Andes, which is transmitted human to human via airborne droplets, and not rats to human

That's terribly convenient for those who made a fortune under COVID. I wonder what the advice will be from those with a large surplus supply?

[poo at Paul's]

Dan they not just take the boat back to Argentina…..

[ExBoringVolvoDriver]

usn90 said:

It s been reported that it s a particular strain of hantavirus called Andes, which is transmitted human to human via airborne droplets, and not rats to human

Mmm - interesting - the way the media have been covering this, one may be forgiven for thinking that we are back in early 2020………. And we know how that ended.

The incubation period looks like it could be up to 8 weeks apparently

https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/05/what-is-hanta...

[Mortarboard]

If it does end up being a proper outbreak(s), I suspect that the "face masks don't stop viruses" cohort won't be half as cavalier with hantavirus

M.

[Dave.]

poo at Paul's said:

Hippea said:

InformationSuperHighway said:

Generally not transmitted by humans to humans but by rats

Although on this occasion seems to be spreading quite rapidly person to person

Yes this is the odd thing, the case in France was a bloke sat next to a bloke from the ship, on a plane.

[skyebear]

POIDH said:

skyebear said:

Quiet news week ahead of elections and stories of a "Plague Ship" were always going to give the tabloids a hard-on.

Wait till the Daily Wail can somehow connect "plague ship" with "forriners" and "small boats".....

One of the deceased lived in a modest £400k semi-detached house in a leafy suburb.

[AbbeyNormal]

skyebear said:

POIDH said:

skyebear said:

Quiet news week ahead of elections and stories of a "Plague Ship" were always going to give the tabloids a hard-on.

Wait till the Daily Wail can somehow connect "plague ship" with "forriners" and "small boats".....

One of the deceased lived in a modest £400k semi-detached house in a leafy suburb.

I hope you got that from the daily mail

[Super Sonic]

POIDH said:

Wait till the Daily Wail can somehow connect "plague ship" with "forriners" and "small boats".....

Unless someone on here beats them to it.

[Phil.]

Better dust off your masks and begin standing 1m apart in supermarkets