Thousands of cases occur every year all over the world. This is nothing new. Wherever there are rodents, there is a risk of being exposed to hantavirus.
I was shocked when Gene Hackmans wife died from it, but they ended up finding rats all over there residence which was in the country
Has anyone noticed that all of the Rs, who posted to social media that covid was a hoax and then died from catching covid, are not posting to social media anymore. Very curious.
Who is really trying to make a panic out of this? I know yall don't believe the CDC and all, but still: https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/data-research/cases/index.html
Officials say this case is not related to the cruise ship outbreak. So this is like just run of the mill infection from rodent feces that's not capable of person to person spread. There are usually a couple of dozen hantavirus cases each year in the US. So it's not too out of the norm yet. https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news...nvestigating-suspected-local-hantavirus-case/
I went to his office to ask him, but when the lady at the counter saw me she bluntly told me to leave because it was a Wendy’s. Hantavirus is awful but like @jchu14 posted small numbers of people each have been dying from it in the U.S. this whole time.
The jist on Hantavirus As of the end of 2023, 890 cases of hantavirus disease were reported in the United States since surveillance began in 1993. States with more than 10 cases NM 129, CO 131, AZ 92, CA 79, WA 61, TX 49, UT 48, MT 46, NV 39, OR 27 ID 25, SD 21, ND 20, KS 20, IA 12 Sex of confirmed cases 62% Male, 38% Female Race of confirmed cases 75% White, 19% American Indian/Alaska Native, 1% Black or African American<1% Asian, <1% Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, 6% Unknown Median age of confirmed case patients 38 years (range 5 to 88 years) Cases of hantavirus infection resulting in death - 35% Cases of hantavirus infection occurring west of the Mississippi River - 94% https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/data-research/cases/index.html Hantavirus has been detected in more than 100 species of mammals, including foxes and bats, but is primarily found in wild rodents, which can have persistent hantavirus infections without symptoms. In one recent study, about 3% of deer mice and white-footed mice across the United States tested positive for hantavirus, with geographic hotspots in Virginia, Colorado and Texas. Betsy Arakawa, wife of actor Gene Hackman. Arakawa was likely exposed through contact with wild mice or rats on their property in Santa Fe, New Mexico. People typically become infected with the virus by inhaling microscopic particles from these rodents’ urine, feces or saliva — for instance, while cleaning a remote cabin infested with wild rodents. https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2026/05/hantavirus-need-to-know-stanford-medicine.html
