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GusBob

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1. Do they know the source of the virus? On board or at port?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 02:08 PM

May 12

I was told that one of the passengers was a bird watcher, and he went ashore to visit a garbage dump for bird watching and he was the vector, rats and dumps makes sense I reckon

Dont know the truth to that

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How passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship are quarantining in U.S. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 12 OP

Do they know the source of the virus? On board or at port? GusBob May 12 #1

Post from earlier drmeow May 12 #2

Thanks for the clue stick GusBob May 12 #4

He's dead so I would agree. BannonsLiver May 12 #5

Yeah, no GusBob May 12 #6

I don't know a lot about this virus but I thought I read the incubation period is 6-8 weeks. Katinfl May 12 #3

6-8 weeks is also what I saw. City Lights May 12 #7