WHO: Suspected hantavirus outbreak kills three on Atlantic cruise ship

Goose the Moose27

Well, now that War has strutted it's stuff I guess it's time for Plague again...

Queer Grammy27

I would like to thank the COVID-19 pandemic for convincing me to NEVER get on a cruise ship. EVER.

d-e-ceased.bsky.social18

Why anyone would choose to holiday on a floating version of a P.O.W. Camp has always been a mystery to me. Imagine being incarcerated for days on end with literally thousands of people you don't know & probably don't like. The 'ICON' is not a cruise ship, it is a prison ship for gullible people.

Dave🪵14

wait they're just... floating there? like a plague ship from the 1600s?

Dayle Ohlau9

…maybe cruise ships aren’t the best idea.

H Clay 85928

Commercial Cruises are flosting death traps.

Ihavefriendseverywhere/Ohwell5617

In other cruise industry news...just read this a.m. that cruises are limiting port stops/destinations due to high fuel prices. Cruises will be shorter. Prices are the same. Carry on.

Darryl Browning (OWMC 🇦🇺)7

For informational purposes, call this ship is not a 'cruise ship' in the way a lot of people envision. It only takes 200 passengers and goes to adventure destinations. I've been on the smaller sister ship. I'm surprised and sorry it's happened to them. Hope they get it sorted.

moth5

wonder how much this has to do with the cruise industry's race to the bottom on safety. hope the crew gets proper care, not just the wealthy passengers

John3

The ship has been anchored or stationed, it cannot be sitting. Where does Forbes get their journalists?

TRDowden3

STOP GETTING ON THESE FLOATING PETRI DISHES. A memorable vacation for me doesn't include an involuntary quarantine for freaking hantavirus.

lanare 🦋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏁🇺🇦2

Reminds me of the 18th Century plague ships not allowed safe harbor.

timkell4

Pics or i don’t believe you but i will accept hilariously terrible ai slop pics.

ScienceMonkey40

Disney Cruises are hosted by a giant mouse and you’re telling us to not be afraid?

OhioSunDevil11

Reason number approximately 1 billion why I will never set foot a a cruise ship

Lynn Bahta7

Wonderful thread - clearly articulated and without hyperbole. Thank you for this.

Ande2

Excellent thread, has everything a lay person would want to know & then some. Thank you.

nursejill66.bsky.social9

Between hantavirus from rat droppings, Covid, and norovirus from people poo, I'm never taking a cruise.

Roxydog6

Ryan Hisner found this. bsky.app/profile/ryan...

I Miss Molly Ivins4

It was all the other illnesses that kept me off cruise ships- hantavirus is just one more on the list! I only just learned we can get it from infected people, too. Yeesh. Whatever y'all do, don't look at Wikipedia's write-up of it...

Anonymous Sewer Rat 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜🖤🤎4

Cruises are terrific at A . Spreading airborne diseases B. Keeping customers uninformed C. Maximising death rates

3wombats4

No way my idea of torture

Steed & Peel 233

Can we send RFK Jr to the ship to investigate?

cybercyclist.bsky.social2

Just another box cruises tick on the shit-list they already inhabit … now they are incubators for serious diseases, too.

Aozora4

Why? For most people, the only way to see Antarctica is by getting on a cruise ship. So if seeing Antarctica is on your bucket list, you get on a cruise ship.

BLUkE SKYwalker4

Yeah, and why do people like watching sports? So dumb watching other people chase a ball around. And what about books?! They usually don’t have pictures and the ones that do, the pictures don’t move. And airplane food. Don’t get me started…

Lori Fay4

Agreed. I have zero desire to ever go on a cruise! I always thought I was alone in this, because everyone I know loves them. NO no no no.

Rogue Yankee4

It's a good way to see French Polynesia or Hawaii unless you want to fly between islands. You won't see much of the Alaska Inside Passage unless you are on the water. Both the crew and passengers are from all over the world, and there are plenty of Americans who could stand to meet some.

Lea Leander 3

These cruises sound like hell to me. Also horrible for the environment.

Anti-SS 🍺 🍻2

There are these Cruises wherein the Ship is just "Repositioning" to another Port. Fares are super low - got him to the area he wanted to Land-Tour! Most people aren't aware of these Cruises, but they are super fast and efficient!

AngelSil2

Relaxing vacation that only requires me to unpack once. Can be as adventurous (busy Med cruise in port every day) or as lazy (I don't even leave the ship in the Caribbean much) as I want to be. I live in Florida so they're easy. Wouldn't cruise as much if I didn't live 1 mile from a port.

Hi I am Clint2

I thought the same thing until about 18 months ago and went on my first cruise. I loved it. We had private dining and everything was extremely clean. It was way better than an all-inclusive and we got to wake up in a different place everyday. Since then we have done 3 cruises, including Alaska

BarbJoan2

💯🎯💯 “There has been no point in my life when I thought: Gee, I’d love to get on board a boat with hundreds or thousands of other sweaty humans and drink and eat too much in the middle of the ocean.”

Architeuthis dux3

Hantavirus on a cruise ship???

Jane McLaren2

Very sad news. Unexpected and personal loss for those families. I have been educated recently about our burgeoning city rat populations in the UK. Apparently rising, in part, due to a longer breeding period in our now milder winters.

𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕪 𝔽𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕫𝕖𝕝𝕝, 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘻 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘻, 𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 🔔2

Just reading about it, thought this bit might interest you.

Covid cave dweller5

Not an MD but virology is one of my biggest interests. Several viruses keep me up nights.

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how the hell did hantavirus infected rodents get on the ship o.o

stevedisk.bsky.social4

Diedrich Bader's feed...could introduce me wonderful musicians and artists I would've missed, could be a stark reminder of how screwed so much is.

Craig Dodge2

Trump is back and we have another plague. I hate reboots.

Old Hound2

I must admit, a viral infection carried by rodents wasn’t my first guess when I first heard that there were three dead from a viral infection on a cruise ship.

moth3

yikes, hantavirus is brutal. always makes me think about the workers stuck in close quarters. what kind of rodent control do these ships even have? feels systemic

jpure.bsky.social2

The cruise ship’s kitchen had the same level of cleanliness as the kitchen at Russian mafia loot Mar-a-Lagoon? 😁😁

Caroline9

Wait, what? Hantavirus? HANTAVIRUS Is it 1528 London?

Harm Less Solutions Ltd 3

A few rats on that cruise ship?

Princess Buttercup ☠2

Concerning about cleanliness tbh, given how it's transmitted.

Yorrike.2

Is hantavirus something that we’ve developed a vaccine for?

Mary Spy4

I can’t believe anyone still going on cruises. I expected the entire industry to disappear after Covid

🇦🇺 WyndhamVic4

We'd have a crack at one of those small European River Cruises for a go, but no hope in hell getting on a floating city of gastro and pokies. I fvcking hate people, and crowds of bad mannered Aussie bogans. 😡

Mx. Fee - FREE LINK3

Seeing the way places were environmentally recovering during lockdowns because there were no cruise ships fucking up the water were my "oh, we absolutely can't do that any more" thing. Early covid really proved people do not care about getting sick, even when it may kill them or someone they love 🥴

Nobodys Darling2

I really question the intelligence of people who would willingly step onto one of those floating septic tanks and then stay on it.

ghostphantom.bsky.social2

There was a raffle with first prize a week cruise, second prize a two week cruise!🤣

Milli Vanilla2

I’m still trying to work out how the rodent poo and pee became airborne on a cruise ship. Like, what the heck goes on on a cruise?

Designated plant nerd.2

I've wanted to do a cruise my entire life. It is now firmly on my banned list, no chance. I am baffled and disappointed that the industry didn't fade away from COVID.

Trivalve2

"If the virus doesn't get ya, the gastro will, I betcha!" A line from a covid song I wrote 🙂

jammiepiece.bsky.social2

My husband and I were offered a free cruise, Sydney to Fiji, when a friend was too sick to go on a planned trip and they couldn’t get a refund. We thanked them but said no. Neither of us could bear the thought.