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We're so back (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Hantavirus is not COVID. Every contagious disease isn’t spread through aerosols. Hantavirus needs close, extended contact to transfer, unlike COVID. You’re not going to get hantavirus from walking into a store.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (5 children)

    Yes I understand that. Being crammed against another person for a long enough period of time seems right. During any major holiday if you take a train you can easily spend 1 or 2 hours pressed against a few people. Seems fairly close and extended to me. Especially considering there may have already been spread of the virus from contact in an airplane.

    Rush hour commutes you might be pressed against a couple of people for 20 minutes or so depending on your commute. This is close, but maybe not extended enough.

    The potential is there

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    For transfer exclusively to people who spend extended time on very crowded public transit, maybe, but that describes a very tiny portion of Americans.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Okay now I'm confused. I was talking about the Swiss guy who returned to Switzerland and the public transit system of Europe.

    I suppose we're on a thread talking about some American public figures huffing Ivermectin, but I was more concerned about the spread. Which seems like it will kick off in Europe first

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