Covid was a SARS virus tho?? literally SARS-CoV-2

It's a known virus, so seems like a nothingburger to me (except a handful of people dying, that's of course horrible).

It wasn't the Spanish Flu even at its worst (roughly a third the mortality rate with a much faster and farther reach absent any properly quarantining).

Much like with the AIDS epidemic or the Ebola outbreak, Hauntavirus has a slower rate of spread and avoidable vector for transmission, but a significantly higher mortality rate.

It's scary for different reasons.

Facebook has old racism, Instagram has new racism

Intravenous bleach when?

I think the point is there aren't so many butts on Lemmy spreading misinformation. Of course there are a lot of idiots on here, but their ability to post BS is limited.

afaik, some people got off the cruise before they realised there was an outbreak - and it's those who are currently the issue

Long incubation period + passengers ending their cruises in different places. Once they figured out it was spreading on the ship it was quarantined but by then several people had already left.

Joking, or don't understand cruise ships?

Mine aren't saying anything about it at all.

Every time somebody complains about YouTube it's always because they don't actually have any subscriptions and they're just looking at the front page.

The front page of YouTube is indeed rubbish, no one should be looking at that.

Are they saying it in a gravely voice while extolling the virtues of an all-meat diet?

Viruses usually survive quite fine when frozen. Viruses aren't really alive so in order to "kill" them you're looking for something that will destroy their DNA.

You want something like high heat, UV, or bleach. Also just stuff like wearing face coverings and gloves should be enough, after all I am assuming you're not planning to eat them.

What YouTube videos are you watching?

Tried to screenshot the insane shit YouTube showed me on the default feed, but I'm getting a "You can't take screenshots of YouTube" warning through my phone.

Idk if I can technically call him my father-in-law because he died before I had the chance to meet/know him, but my husband's dad caught hantavirus in the very early 90s. It slowly killed him - deteriorating his motor skills and his mind along the way. My husband was his driver at 15 because his dad couldn't walk by that point. He reached a point where he frequently made some pretty out-of-character and erratic/destructive decisions that negatively impacted their family in a big way. He eventually committed suicide when my husband was 16.

From everything I've heard about my father-in-law prior to hantavirus (and before it wreaked havoc on his body and mind), he was a brilliant, hard working, dedicated, and warm man. Sounds like he was a kickass dad too.

The scare was for a good reason. It's not transmissable from human to human, but it's a good reminder to be FUCKING CAREFUL AROUND RATS AND ANY AREAS WHERE RATS MAY HAVE BEEN.

depends on which one, the hantavirus from korea is the scary one, sin nombre in the states is the next most virulent one.