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The NEJM article says a possible 8 weeks transmissibility (in some cases).
So even 42 days isn't enough.
And many people couldn't even follow their short Covid quarantine at home.
I don't believe they can all handle 6 weeks, and certainly not in a safe way if they are made to believe it's not easily transmitted.
Their relatives will get it.
Totally inadequate measures and wildly irresponsible for a virus with a 2.19R factor and 35-50% mortality.

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.

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 ..

I’ve even heard it’s described as “intimate” contact. That seems to me to imply that it doesn’t transmit from human to human very easily.

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.

Maybe those of us peons that survive will get the same benefit the survivors of the black death got, then again probably not. I remember our federal medical officer saying so convincingly that covid (corona) would not mutate very fast, I sat staring at my pc looking at that line for about 5 mins wondering in what world that virus didn't mutate fast, which of course it did

Like even in this video, the guy is operating under the assumption governments will realize the difference in time and start handling it appropriately…

Not with the current government. They may start to act when members of their circles start to drop like flies, though.

I hope that Biontec are already at work on this one...

Mine keep breaking, can you suggest any strong brands?

I’m not knowledgeable enough to assess it myself but indeed WHO / OMS doesn’t seems that plussed about it. They just apply sound precautions. Though as far as I remember from COVID back then they were nonplussed as well until if was way too late.

So let’s wait and see and hope those precautions will be enough.

Damn, that's true.