That is what being reported today. She died of some virus passed to humans from rats. He had Alsheimer's and had heart disease. He probably had no clue what was going on those seven days. Died from the heart disease. Horrible.
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Did I hear “Hantavirus” in the presser? Is this a 17n Michael Crichton novel?
My Mother had Alzheimer's and there's no way I would've went 7 days w/o checking on her. I checked in on her every single day.
Hantavirus spread by rats? I don’t believe that was it. Seems that NM would evacuate the county, the CDC would be called in or more.
Rats, mice, rodents, etc. It’s not common, but it happens. I hate going in the crawl space under my house for that very reason.
It’s several different types.
Old-world Hantaviruses ( Europe, Africa,Asia) is known for the potential of causing hemorrhagic fever in humans. The new world (zoonotic from rodents in Americas) usually cause the respiratory version. Both can be deadly, but obviously old world has worse symptoms.
We have seen more cases of new world recently in the SW and the pandemic potential is a concern with any Hantavirus. With international travel, the risk for old world virus in the U.S. is a concern.
If it was, it's definitely RFKj's fault...
(I'm sorry, it was there for the taking)
You never know anymore if what you're reading has any credibility, but it seems he didn't have much of a relationship with his daughters. He blamed it on growing up poor and just working all over the world all the time once he had those opportunities. If they cared for him at all this has to hit like a sledgehammer.
They must have been very reclusive as a couple.
95 years is a tremendous run. Hate it ended in despair and confusion apparently.
They must have been very reclusive as a couple.
95 years is a tremendous run. Hate it ended in despair and confusion apparently.
There have been close to 200 cases in New Mexico over the last 20 years. Rare, but definitely believable.
You’re right, most hantaviruses haven’t been shown to transmit person to person, even though the Andes hantavirus has. Most cases are asymptomatic in humans.
However, there’s a reason the White House and WHO both included Hantaviruses on their potential pandemic pathogen list. Infectious, pathogenic and a few mutations away from being fully aersolizable human to human is the perfect recipe for an emerging pathogen.
Two alive uncaged, probably didn’t have hantavirus, heart disease, or Alzheimers. Free to roam & scavenge to feed themselves.
One dead caged, probably starved to death.
It seems that I heard an early report from a first responder saying the dog that died was in a cage. The inference would be that the caged dog died from lack of water. I don’t really want to speculate about where the other dog got his sustenance.
The dog that died I think was in a crate or in a closet or something. Couldn’t get out to get food or water. The other two dogs were running around. They could find food and water.
I heard a report that the dead dog had recently been to the vet for a (I suppose) procedure. That would explain separating from the other two.