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What?
What are you reading?
As the video talks about, just walking within four feet of an infected person is enough for transmission...
No coughing, no sneezing, not even talking required.
A dude four feet away is breathing normally and may feel like their allergies are acting up, and that's enough for you to catch something with a 40% mortality rate ..
All of that is about Hanta in general and true for 99.99% variants...
But not the Andes variant that everyone is talking about
Jesus fucking Christ dude, you're literally doing what the video is saying is the problem...
Even if you didn't watch the video, presumably you read the comment you replied to
I need to understand why you don't get this so I can help you and others understand it, and obviously my last comment didn't work.
R factor of 2.19!
And mortality of 35% to 50%!
Glad you made the distinction between Andes and 'normal' Hanta which they (mis)use to say it's not so alarming.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2009040
I am certainly a bit concerned, especially how nonchalant they handle it, trusting on self-quarantine and this for 2 weeks less than is required for Andes virus.
That's wrong.
This spread is usually limited to people who have close contact with a sick person. This includes direct physical contact, prolonged time spent in close or enclosed spaces, and exposure to the sick person's body fluids.
Instead of being alarmist, spend some more time reading.
https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/andesvirus.html
It's not accepted that Andes can transmit person-person. There are some papers that claim this, poorly done.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34515290/
Cruise industry is trying to distract from a chronic problem they have with fecal-oral viral transmission and food infected with rodent feces and urine.
Ok, calm down. Chill, relax, take a breath.
First, none of this:
Was in the comment I replied to.
Apparently it was in the video, but I am not able to watch the video right now. But even if these claims are in the video, that doesn't necessarily make them true or accurate. And frankly, it would be nice if you offered some kind of substantiation for these incredible claims beyond "watch this YouTube video." Any kind of credible source.
The video is Joseph Allen, Professor of Exposure Assessment Science at Harvard University, directly explaining his research and communications directly with the doctor on the cruise ship. I'm not sure you can find a more credible source. It's not edited clips or anything. A news program invited him on, handed him a mic, and then just let him talk. No leading questions or anything even.
It literally was...
I'm genuinely asking because everyone deserves to hear this in a way they understand...
Is the way I wrote that Andes is respiratory, it's transmissionable to humans, and a big deal just not comprehendable?
Because I'm already dialing it down a lot, and the issue is if I dial it down too much, there's no more "why" for why we should be concerned.
If you so finally understand this, can you phrase it in a way that you would have understood immediately?
Edit:
It's "respiratory" right?
That means "what we use to breathe" if that is infected, then it can be spread through your mouth holes...
And not require physical contact.
Why is this so difficult?
I only took you off my blocklist because everyone deserves to hear about this, but I'm already starting to figure out why I had to do that now.
I fucking did....
https://news.utexas.edu/2026/03/11/scientists-map-deadly-hantavirus-bringing-treatments-one-step-closer/
But you did not. Obviously.
I watched the whole video and several times Allen says "... the overall threat to the general public is low". He also says "we know very little about the transmission" and "this is not going to be a Covid blow up".
Yes, we should take this seriously. But please don’t be overly dramatic when there simply aren’t enough details available yet.
Dude...you're not supposed to watch the videos or read the links. New to Lemmy?
On the contrary. I’ve been here for several years and still have to get used to the fact that it’s becoming more and more like Reddit.
If one guy on the Titanic said "maybe we shouldn't hit the iceberg headon"
That doesn't mean we're being careful.
We're still headed straight at the iceberg, one guy saying maybe not to didn't change anything.
He thinks that people will understand the difference and start treating this like the Andes variant, and that will happen when it's still just isolated cases and we'll be able to handle it...
I don't trust America's government agencies run by people like RFK Jr to make the right calls.
I think the gov will fuck it up, and that makes this go beyond the few isolated cases he's hoping it stops at
How much faith do you have in RFK jr to handle this probably? How long do you think before he puts the raccoon penis down and gets directly involved in this?
You need to chill, the R or number of people who will be infected by someone with the Andes variant of Hantavirus is extremely low. Too low to result in a pandemic.
It's 2.1....
https://zenodo.org/records/20112944
2-3x COVID in the UK
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52473523
Are you saying COVID wasn't a pandemic?
Logically you are if you're saying R value determines that and 2.1 means it can't be a pandemic when COVID was 0.7-0.9...
But I don't think there's a lot of logic at play here
The link to the actual study
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7323562/
Let me know if you find a problem with their methodology.
The abstract, in full:
So...
That's saying the initial R value was 2.2-2.7...
And in the last studied out real of Andes, they said it was 2.1...
Since you're offering to answer questions:
Why shouldn't we compare the initial R values since we know both?
If we have a median R value of something with a best case 40% mortality...
By that point we're already fucked.
Like, I'm starting to doubt facts and/or logic are gonna help you here buddy.
But that was a nice source you didn't understand, so thanks for linking that.
Edit:
Like, it almost feels like you think "r value" is a set number and not a descriptor of how it's actually spreading...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number
You just don't understand what the words and phrases you keep using mean...
Like, if contact is minimized, it will be lower...
If someone goes the World Cup, it makes the number skyrocket, despite the virus not mutating...
You just fundamentally don't understand any of this buddy, and instead of asking questions to learn, you want a slap fight.
I'm probably going to give up on helping you soon
You want to compare apples to apples now after claiming
Is that right?
In the video you linked the expert said this wasn’t a covid situation. You need to calm down.
You know what, instead of pointlessly having an internet argument now how about we both set a reminder for 1 year from now.
Let’s revisit this and examine who was right. Should be fun.
Welp, that's pretty much the proof that neither facts nor logic will work...
It's like if I said "if we don't hit the breaks the bus is driving off the cliff"
And you said that's only true if the bus goes off the cliff, even if we hit the breaks
You think that if there isn't a global pandemic, it means one couldn't have happened.
I'm sorry buddy, I honestly gave you a lot of chances, but you don't want facts and logic to try and figure out reality, you have a belief of what will happen, and will say anything that defends that belief.
Literally no one will ever be able to change your opinion about any thing.
And the fucked up thing is you're likely proud of that
I really like how you misrepresented stats, created strawman arguments and just invented stuff that was never said and claim you’re the only one with facts.
The actual experts are saying this won’t be a pandemic.
Enjoy having whatever meltdown you’re experiencing. The rest of us will be chilling out in reality.
None of your claims about transmissibility are in the article you linked to. That article is all about protein complex imaging.
The source for the claims seems to be the video. Fine. I understand the person in the video is highly accredited. I will watch it when I am able.
Block me, I don't give a shit.
The problem is, you're repeating dangerous scientific misinformation...
That could very likely result in actual deaths if anyone is naive enough to listen to you.
If you can't understand this, can you at least stop making confident sounding comments that contain dangerous scientific misinformation?
I don't know why I blocked you before, but this time you're causing actual human suffering and death, it's not just you or if anyone can help you understand.
It's now about making sure you stop spreading misinformation that will lead to death and suffering
I have him tagged as “idiot” and looking at his comments here, I'm once again 100% certain that he is one.
I never used tags before. I got you tagged now too!