Saturday, May 9, 2026

Is it another pandemic?

 These are good articles on the latest viral outbreak -- going into some of the details. To be clear, it does not look like the start of a pandemic, so far, to informed observers


https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15802895/Nightmare-cruise-rat-virus-horror.html


https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/cruise-ship-center-hantavirus-outbreak-dock-spain-sunday


"The CDC has fewer staff to respond to the outbreak due to massive staffing cuts over the past year. The top US official responsible for public health on cruise ships has recently retired, according to an internal memo obtained by STAT.


Experts in infectious disease and public health have criticized the CDC’s relative silence on the outbreak, arguing that the US response so far suggests the country is ill-prepared to handle another major health crisis."

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