Pandemic Potential: Scientists Discover 3 Hotspots of Deadly Emerging Disease in the US (scitechdaily.com)

submitted 9 months ago by kiku@feddit.org to c/science@lemmy.world

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It's Virginia, Colorado, and Texas.

The main discovery here is an additional 6 mice species as hosts of hantavirus that were previously unknown.

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[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

Virginia seems a little out of place on this list. Not surprising though.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 9 months ago

How would you get a pandemic from a disease which doesn't spread from person to person? There would have to be an awful lot of infected rodents around.

[-] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tell that to Europe.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 0 points 9 months ago

Hah, yes. That was a little while ago, though. Surely we could do better rodent eradication these days.

[-] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Viruses mutate, and they do that give a flying fuck about your well being.

[-] notoftenthat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Try this with only rodents for transmission.

I'm headed to Madagascar before it's too late.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 points 9 months ago

Look up the plagues in Europe, some of the worst outbreaks were spread indirectly.

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