flightattendant

UPDATE

https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/116534850992185405

i do not want to be a voice for panic:

the #KLM #flightAttendant has tested negative for #hantavirus the #WHO says:

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/klm-flight-attendant-tested-negative-hantavirus-infection-who-says-2026-05-08/

we got a scary datapoint yesterday, but the data point turns out to be a false lead

score one for #medicine and effective #government response to #disease #outbreak

as an american, i am jealous

#epidemiology #netherlands

People stop freaking out about #HantaVirus. There is a variant first seen in the #Andes that can be transmitted human-to-human, and that's probably what got on the #cruiseShip based on its ports of call, but these things tend to peter out, it happens all the time, it is well-contained...

" #KLM #flightAttendant hospitalised with suspected hantavirus"

Oh fuck

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/klm-flight-attendant-hospitalised-with-suspected-hantavirus/?hl=en-US

#PublicHealth #Disease #Epidemiology #Epidemic #Medicine #Virus