This is a prime example / case study — as to why realistic, and evidence-based, viral/epidemic bioscience must be at the forefront of all public health decisions.
Overnight, The New York Times is reporting that people in California, Arizona and Georgia are being monitored, after they disembarked from the Dutch cruise ship — and flew home. Here’s that story — and a bit of it:
…American officials said on Wednesday that residents in three states were being monitored for potential hantavirus infections after being aboard a Dutch cruise ship where there was a deadly outbreak of the virus. None of the people being monitored have shown signs of illness, the officials said.
Since April 11, three passengers who were aboard the MV Hondius have died and five other people have been sickened after showing symptoms of the hantavirus, a rare family of viruses carried by rodents….
In the United States, at least three states are monitoring residents who were aboard the ship but have since returned home….
The C.D.C. tracks hantavirus cases in the United States. There were 26 cases in 2023, the most recent year with available data. The center has tracked cases since 1993 and has counted a total of 890 in the country since then….
Now you know — and the single reason there is no data after 2023 here in the US… is due to Donald Trump 2.0.
He has essentially suppressed the reporting out of the federal government on all public health/pandemic issues. Dammit.
In better news, my baby girl (flying out of Mexico City!) — up, into the mountains with me, by tonight. Woot!
Clear skies and the melting of ~16 inches of snow, up next! Excellent.
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