• FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I cross the street whenever I need to, without checking for danger. I never lock the doors. I don’t check to make sure I turned off the stove. I don’t wear seat belts. I go into the homes of sketchy strangers. CAUSE I DON’T LIVE IN FEAR/S

    • BananaChips@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      The strain from the cruise ship is the Andes strain.

      Avoiding rodents isn’t the answer to this one (still avoid them, that’s just not quite the correct answer here).

      The risk to the average person is low for other reasons.

      One difference is in the very fact that we can name the virus: we know more about how it spreads and the symptoms to look for. It’s not an unknown virus, unlike in 2020 when we were dealing with something we had never seen in humans before.

      If someone does start to show symptoms it will be tested for earlier during diagnosis than it otherwise might be since hantavirus is in the news. Earlier detection will reduce spread (if we even reach that point, many of the passengers are in quarantine).

      The other passengers being in quarantine is one of the biggest things lowering the risk.

      • Agent641@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Avoid rodents

        Me, who was juggling feral rats with my bare hands “This is fucking bullshit!”

  • tooks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    COVID played a major part in my mother’s death, so I feel comfortable saying I welcome the hentavirus to our country. If all goes poorly, maybe it will take care of some of our more troublesome septuagenarians. 🤔

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      2 days ago

      Oh yeah, I don’t want to see people die BUT the human population has reached a point where survival of the fittest isn’t a thing, so how we have complete morons all over.

      Case in point. A plastic bag from a grocery store has “Do not put on head” printed on it. Here’s the problem 1. If you’re a small child that legitimately doesn’t know better, you can’t read, this is zero help. 2. If you can read it, you’re old enough to understand not to do it in the first place, and you’re a dip shit.

      Just take the warning labels off obvious shit and let nature fix things. It’s that big of a deal to wear a mask at a minimum? Sure.

  • 4grams@awful.systems
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    3 days ago

    I’m waiting for the inevitable hantavirus parties. Gotta make sure little Timmy earns his immunity!

  • Homesnatch@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I will NOT avoid ingesting mouse droppings.

    It is my God-given right to find a rodent nest and motorboat it.