The Conversation
International · 31 mins ago
✦ 78◉ Centre
Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic
78Accuracy
0Ratings
0Comments
AI Analysis
Accuracy 78/100
Partisan intensity 25/100
ObjectivePartisan
◉ Centre ✓ Fair headline
An article explaining why the Andes virus (a rodent-borne hantavirus) detected on a cruise ship is fundamentally different from COVID-19 and poses a lower pandemic risk, despite public concern about shipboard viral outbreaks.
Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic
For many people, news of a virus outbreak on a cruise ship immediately brings back memories of COVID spreading when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney in March 2020. Of the passengers and crew who disembarked, 575 had COVID. The virus then spread to the community.
So it’s understandable people are concerned that passengers from the MV Hondius need to be quarantined after potential exposure to Andes virus, a rodent-borne hantavirus.
However, the comparison with COVID only goes so far. Andes viru
Discussion 0 comments
Sort:
?
No comments yet — be the first to start the discussion!