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Posted on 05/08/2026 8:08:47 PM PDT by Red Badger
Four states are monitoring Americans who returned from a cruise ship where three passengers died during an outbreak of hantavirus.
Virginia, Georgia, California, and Arizona all reported that residents of those states were on the MV Hondius, have returned home, but are not showing symptoms of the illness, according to Newsweek.
The Virginia passenger “is currently in good health, not showing any signs of infection, and is under public health monitoring,” the state’s Department of Health said.
“Generally speaking, we believe the risk to the general public to be low,” a representative of the department added.
An Arizona Department of Health Services representative said the passenger that came back to Arizona “is not symptomatic and is being monitored by public health,” the representative said.
California officials said they were told travelers had returned to the state, and confirmed the risk to residents was low.
The Georgia Department of Public Health said it is monitoring two residents who returned home from the ship, saying they likewise show no signs of an infection.
Three passengers of the ship have died, while multiple others were taken ill.
Hantavirus generally spreads by inhaling rodent droppings, although one variant can be transmitted from person to person.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the “administration is closely monitoring the situation with U.S. travelers onboard the M/V Hondius cruise ship with confirmed hantavirus.”
The State Department is leading a “coordinated, whole-of-government response including direct contact with passengers, diplomatic coordination, and engagement with domestic and international health authorities,” the CDC said.
“At this time, the risk to the American public is extremely low. We urge all Americans aboard the ship to follow the guidance of health officials as we work to bring you home safely,” the statement continued.
Passengers from at least 12 countries left the cruise ship on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena on April 24, almost two weeks after the first passenger died.
The Dutch health ministry said a female flight attendant who was not on the ship is being tested for hantavirus and is in isolation after having contact with an infected person aboard a KLM plane.
A Swiss man who left the ship has tested positive for the virus.
The ship is heading for the Canary Islands, where about 90 passengers on board will be able to leave the ship, according to the New York Post.
Officials believe the outbreak began when two Dutch passengers were infected during a wildlife expedition, according to USA Today.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Yawn...
No masks, no quarantine, no digital health passports, no silly arrows in the supermarket aisles, none of that nonsense. We aren’t doing this again. If you die, you die.
We recently flew east from PHX through IAD and then back through CLT. I was shocked at the number of people wearing masks. Not so much in PHX, bit Dulles and Charlotte were loaded with mid-age, mask wearing, white women. Yuk!!!
The election infection is right on time
O, my gosh ... the panicans need to run out and get more boo$ters.
Not wearing a mask ever again.....GFY.
Rats.
The way governments are acting about this Hantavirus you would think that they know that it has had some “Gain Of Function” lab work done on it.
Global Hantavirus Tracker
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So Long at the Fair
Yup,
And as brutal as it sounds, if you die, you’d die even if we do have masks, stupid arrows, stickers with circles where you should stand...
All states that were significant factors in the 2020 elections.
Yep you always know when its an election year when they come up with a virus to freak people out. Hantavirus has been around FOREVER, even this particular strain but the Dems are gonna use this as Option C after trying to off Trump to make sure that everyone votes by mail
Add New Jersey to the list
“All states that were significant factors in the 2020 elections.”
All states that CHEATED in the 2020 election.
Quite a coincidence. 🙄🤔
I didn't take the previous vax and wouldn't take one for this. However, I would wear a mask while shopping - not because I believe they offer any protection, but because the government would threaten to punish the merchant. A merchant who quite possibly might agree with me.
Yah.
Not falling for this one either.
If they force me, I swear I’ll go creeping around the grocery store in my Grim Reaper getup again.
😆
Does this “ plague” instantly become harmless 1” beyond 6 feet, too?
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