The latest news is generally good — most who’ve tested positive are experiencing only mild or no symptoms, but the one woman in France is in real danger — with severe heart and lung problems. Yikes.
There will certainly be more than a few more weeks of a dribble of news like this. Here’s the latest:
…Dr. Stephen Kornfeld speaks to CNN from a biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he confirms he is the American patient reported to have tested positive for the hantavirus but says he “feels wonderful” and is not experiencing symptoms.
Spanish officials confirm that after testing positive once for hantavirus, the American now known to be Kornfield has since tested negative twice for the disease, meaning no Americans are among the nine confirmed cases of the illness.
A French patient confirmed to have the hantavirus is now critically ill with life-threatening heart and lung problems, a doctor at her Paris hospital confirms….
Now you know — don’t let anyone tell you that this particular strain is not pretty severely contagious though. Yep — off now, into the steel and glass canyons. . . and the chilly sunshine. Smile.
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