• Bloomcole@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It is respiratory if it’s the Andes Hantavirus, and it is.
    These tourists literally went to the Andes.
    While the first one has an R of 0,8 Andes has an R factor of 2.19 (see article below)
    Anything R>2 has a high risk of large-scale epidemics.
    Even for Covid is was difficult to determine the R-factor but 3.28 to 4.22 is significantly higher than initial WHO estimates of 1.4–2.5.
    And this disease has not been thoroughly studied.
    Another isue I found from this article says it can be transmitted to up to 8 weeks (even if exceptional).
    I only know from NL and Be where the passengers have to quarantine for only 6 weeks.
    And this in their homes.
    This sounds verry risky and irresponsible.
    Except for the passengers that left in St Helens and possible crew members ‘escaping’ the source (ship) was a good opportunity to end this quickly.
    I feel like they’re taking big risks.
    Especially if those quarantined believe the low risk transmissibility narrative.