https://freerepublic.com/tag/plagueship/ en-us Tue, 5 May 2026 21:49:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377849/posts The suspected hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has killed three people and sickened at least seven others, has two likely causes — and both are bad news for the 150 passengers on board, experts said. The more likely scenario would be passengers contracting the virus from the feces, urine or saliva of infected rats or mice. That’s the usual transmission vector, according to physician Zaid Fadul, a former Air Force flight surgeon — although the World Health Organization insisted Tuesday that no rodents have been found on the stranded liner. But there’s one strain of the... New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377849/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2026 21:49:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4377608/posts The luxury MV Hondius cruise ship at the center of a deadly suspected hantavirus outbreak has been refused permission to dock in the West African island nation of Cape Verde, officials said Monday. Roughly 150 people are currently trapped on the Dutch cruise liner off the African coast after three passengers died and others became seriously sick with symptoms. The ship, which was on a weekslong polar cruise from Argentina to Antarctica, had requested help from local health authorities on Sunday following the latest death. So far, no one has yet been allowed to disembark, the company operating the cruise... nypost.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4377608/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2026 16:18:47 GMT