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dutch777

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6. Seems extreme for a virus that while transmissable human to human it is highly unlikely. Hope in all that movement...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 07:43 PM

21 hrs ago

...the non-patient folk all along the way are protected. I would consider a tent city with MASH hospital dock side and keep it simple given these passengers are asymptomatic.

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17 American passengers aboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship will quarantine in Nebraska [View all] BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago OP

Trump is actually taking care of this one, unlike COVID, which he ignored until it became a pandemic. Norrrm 22 hrs ago #1

I wonder RussBLib 21 hrs ago #3

1.... Treatment Norrrm 21 hrs ago #5

Over a million Americans IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #15

One out of seven is not one third... tavernier 7 hrs ago #24

I thought it was 3 million, but you're right it's 7 million IronLionZion 6 hrs ago #26

if i had to guess, barbtries 2 hrs ago #30

If you read something too fast it gets weird: I wondered how a ship could be quarantined in *Nebraska* Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #2

The contacts alone will cause transmission.................. Lovie777 21 hrs ago #4

I think there were 150 passengers BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #7

Seems extreme for a virus that while transmissable human to human it is highly unlikely. Hope in all that movement... dutch777 21 hrs ago #6

I think WHO confirmed that this variant was person to person BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #9

Yes, the strain that was on the ship is the blue-wave 18 hrs ago #13

As I recall . . . AverageOldGuy 21 hrs ago #8

And didn't he initially try to keep that ship from docking in a US port? the nelm 19 hrs ago #11

And RFKjr is in charge of our healthcare. LisaL 16 hrs ago #17

It's a shame that I don't believe a word of this... Hugin 8 hrs ago #23

I saw a report on MS NOW. The logistics of this are incredible. underpants 20 hrs ago #10

Amazed that they are being sent to Nebraska?????????? popsdenver 30 min ago #33

While the world slept . . . Aussie105 19 hrs ago #12

I say we take off... Renew Deal 18 hrs ago #14

I have plenty of masks left over from COVID, just in case IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #16

Old enough to remember Trump and right wing media going bonkers about that Ebola nurse Prairie Gates 15 hrs ago #18

But that "old enough to remember" thing might mean something else BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #22

I'm not sure what you mean: Trump and the right wing media heavily criticized Obama for the Ebola response Prairie Gates 4 hrs ago #28

The incident happened in 2014 BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #32

What am I missing? Blumancru 14 hrs ago #19

Please rate your cruise experience. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #20

Well. barbtries 9 hrs ago #21

I haven't seen you in a while. murielm99 7 hrs ago #25

Thank you murielm99! barbtries 2 hrs ago #29

Frankly popsdenver 24 min ago #34

If I was a passenger I'd rather quarantine at Tenerife rather than Nebraska ! kimbutgar 6 hrs ago #27

I find it very interesting barbtries 2 hrs ago #31