Feels like covid in late 2019/early 2020. I’m half expecting to read some Reddit post from some guy in a major city saying that he has some weird cold and his doctor told him not to go outside but he’s unable to test so he’s unsure what it is. Of course I said the same thing about bird flu last year and that has yet to pop off. The difference of course being that hantavirus has confirmed human-to-human transmission, bird flu never did.

Thoughts? Are you preparing for covid 2? Think it’ll fizzle out?

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    19 days ago

    You could crosspost in c/doomer. This comm has 1k subscribers.

    Thoughts?

    None yet. I know it’s confirmed human-to-human but I haven’t googled. At the top of the hour I’ll see if CNN or MS NOW has mentioned it. I’m nearly 100% certain they won’t. A few deaths on a cruise ship isn’t titillating enough for them. It’s sensationalism or nothing.

    Edit 1. I failed to do my assignment at the top of the hour. I got distracted by this Youtube vid of an odd British children’s book: The Old Woman and her Pig by Ladybird Books.

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    Edit 2. If the info in this 11 post Bluesky thread is accurate - I’m not concerned.

    11/ Bottom line: This is not Covid-19. This is a serious and very unique outbreak that doesn’t have a playbook. Things are moving quickly but this virus is acting like we expect it to. The W.H.O says this is still a low risk situation. I’ll be back with an update as this evolves.

    https://skywriter.blue/@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social/3ml7hcow55c2x