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       Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak
       unfolds / Commentaries on How this Virus is Being Handled  
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: May 9, 2026, 9:15 pm
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       NEW YORK – No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No
       televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health
       alerts to doctors.
       In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans
       and is making headlines around the world, the U.S. government's
       top public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and
       Prevention, has been uncharacteristically missing in action,
       according to a number of experts.
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.wsls.com/health/2026/05/09/experts-wonder-where-is-the-cdc-as-a-hantavirus-outbreak-unfolds-on-a-cruise-ship/
       COMMENT: Where is the CDC? I guess the  American CDC is
       commenting to the press on ABC news...  "according to ABC news a
       CDC official said the federal government doesn't plan to have
       the repatriated American cruise shop passengers quarantine upon
       arrival in Nebraska ...The 45 day quarantine has been canceled
       in Nebraska hantavirus" ..."They canceled the quarantine. So 17
       individuals who may or may not have hantavirus are coming home.
       And just like that, we're one step..." .LINK:
  HTML https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYIYidOPWNv/
       &
       "Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of
       Health, said some Americans may quarantine at home with support
       from local health officials"
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2026/05/10/hantavirus-live-updates-cruise-ship-quarantine--live/90020238007/
       P.S. I'm sorry Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, but that's not being
       responsible.."may" quarantine is not the same as "must '
       quarantine.. people absolutely need to quarantine and mask up if
       they even think they have been exposed to a virus for the sake
       of others...
       By the way I'm sick of the stoicism, the tough guy, macho
       attitude towards viruses.. Why are we told over and over not to
       worry about a disease?  It has the opposite effect to me..
       people who keep saying don't worry obviously are trying  too
       hard to control other people's emotions...what's wrong with
       worrying and being concerned over a virus that mutates, has an
       incubation period and has some pretty heavy health repercussions
       like death  and is contagious!? It's a rational fear
       ..what is wrong with rational fear? What is wrong with being
       rational about something like a bad virus? If it wasn't
       something to worry about then it wouldn't have been reported in
       the first place...
       besides how can health officials say the risk to the public
       remains low when it is the public that is catching it!?
       ...A better question might be why are people  afraid to be
       concerned and to show aversion towards something that is
       inherently bad for them? I am more concerned that people are so
       afraid to be afraid that they can't handle or report reality.
       There is nothing wrong with the general public people taking
       precautions with viruses such as masking if they are concerned
       like me. I still don't understand the logic, advice, or intent
       or reporting a deadly virus that is hurting people and then
       telling everybody not to worry. Who are they trying to convince?
       There is nothing wrong with being afraid of viruses!!!! Don't
       monitor it and don't report it if it's nothing to worry or be
       concerned  about! It's ridiculous to be adverse to viruses... I
       think we were designed to be averse to suffering and pain.. its
       totally natural to get scared at things that hurt people. It is
       perfectly natural and acceptable There are people out there that
       have the right to be alarmed and concerned over this... They
       might end up being right!
       You know the track record of health experts: Many of you with
       long covid were told it was perfectly safe to go home for
       thanksgiving ..many of you bless your hearts have something
       called long covid which to this day goes widely unacknowledged..
       people were told a lot of things and then they renamed terms
       such as break through cases.. they discovered variants .. so
       that's what we know that we weren't forewarned about at the time
       I'm sorry to report. I don't know how many dictators and
       presidents and health officials declared the pandemic officially
       over a number of times each year only to find so many of you
       having caught covid half a year ago in 2025 and many of you
       including children having long covid symptoms and long term
       health consequences from a mere half a year ago. Just reminding
       you of reality when it comes to prophecy and prediction
       Maybe this thing will pass like two ships in the night but maybe
       it will be worse!? I just know what we don't know and if we knew
       so much it wouldn't have happened to begin with. If they know so
       much about the disease then why did it happen to begin with!?
       Wear a mask if your scared or concerned like me ..its okay
       ..some of us are scared and that is totally cool!,
       I wear a mask and will continue to because I haven't caught
       covid or anything ever since I began masking,
       We are all different... I personally  wouldn't be more scared of
       PTSD than of the disease that might or might not go
       viral...There is nothing wrong with taking precautions.. Don't
       be scared to be a little scared and don't be scared to take
       precautions... Don't be scared of you or the next persons
       emotion's... some fears are healthy.. its okay.
       If something bad is happening it just seems kind of dumb to me
       and insensitive to tell me not to fear it or be concerned with
       it... I tell you one thing if I was reporting it I'd simply give
       as many facts and factors as possible and then I'd say "you
       readers decide for yourselves whether to be concerned or not
       over these factors". I'm not going to tell people how they
       should feel about it.. that's up to themselves to decide.. they
       can figure out how they feel without my help!
       Albeit, there seems to be a lack of agreement and some
       conflicting news reports.. Rather than simply report facts,
       figures.factors. the past and present the typical news and
       health advisors seems to dabble in  future speculations about
       rather this disease is as signoficant as covid or not which is a
       somewhat dubious or at least a presumtious prediction...
       It seems kind of preposterous to quarantine people or consider
       quarantining people if the health experts aren't scared or
       concerned themselves now doesn't it? You aren't going to
       quarantine people unless there is some doubt in your mind that
       the general public isn't safe.
       To me, many of the so-called health experts appear to be more
       concerned with the subject of self esteem issues, therapy, ptsd
       rather than infectious diseases and the ways the public can
       safeguard themselves by way of practical means such as with
       personal protection gear but of course we shall see what the
       future truly holds when it comes...
       a non-expert is wondering is this just a sign of things to come?
       Even if they contain this virus while it happen on other ships?
       Why did it happen to begin with? Is this a sign of the times and
       a result of climate change?
       Hope my mask doesn't cause anybody any PTSD!,
       The Masked Man
       I truly believe that my views might be different from the
       majority because I wear a mask... I don't have to hope the
       factors of the virus goes this way or that because I am safe
       either way. I'm safe and therefore I don't have to hope of give
       percentages or chances or gamble on viruses.. anyway I think my
       views are fearless because since I am masked I don't have to
       worry or give predictions  as much about the future or what
       directions a virus takes. There's no wishful thinking to cloud
       up my judgement as to whether we should take precautions or not
       since I already am. So in my head a bunch of health experts keep
       repeating themselves telling everybody not to be scared.. I'm
       not scared ..Ive been wearing the mask since covid began here...
       they doth protest too much and they are revealing that they are
       the scared ones. To a masked person the health experts are
       focused on trying to justify whether people should take
       precautions or not and how they should feel about it.. none of
       these fears apply to a person that masks anyway.
       #Post#: 5867--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak
       unfolds on a cruise ship
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: May 11, 2026, 7:08 pm
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       Here's yet more commentary on how this virus is being handled
       according to
       Dr. Amesh Adalja, infectious disease physician and Senior
       Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security..
       The Hantavirus Outbreak Exposed a Bigger Problem
       "This week's news was defined by one clarifying lesson: a virus
       experts already understood behaved exactly as expected — but the
       response around it exposed serious fragility in America's public
       health infrastructure.
       Dr. Adalja covers the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondias,
       the science behind the Andes strain, a CDC caught flat-footed
       without leadership, measles outbreaks spreading across multiple
       US states, and a troubling pattern of public health erosion that
       goes far beyond any single virus.
       VIDEO LINK:
  HTML https://youtu.be/J9d4ryGmcj0?si=_ZT2ura7VfADNCjY
       #Post#: 5869--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak
       unfolds / Commentaries on How this Virus is Being Handle
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: May 11, 2026, 8:21 pm
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       More commentary from a doctor who isn't downplaying the
       Hantavirus...
       Andes Virus & The World Cup: A Doctor's Warning Every American
       Needs to Hear
       "Three people are dead. Millions are coming. Here's what you
       need to know before the World Cup.
       The Andes strain of hantavirus — the only hantavirus that
       spreads person-to-person — has just been confirmed in a cruise
       ship outbreak. In six weeks, 5–10 million international
       visitors, many from endemic regions in Argentina and Brazil,
       arrive for the 2026 FIFA World Cup across 11 U.S. cities."
       In this video:
       ✅ What makes Andes virus different from every other
       hantavirus
       ✅ How the 2018 Epuyén outbreak spread through
       super-spreaders
       ✅ Hantavirus symptoms — and the 2-week pre-symptomatic
       window
       ✅ Why airport temperature checks won't protect you
       ✅ N95 mask guidance for flights and crowded spaces
       ✅ Real-life risk guide: buses, sports bars, Ubers, hotels
       ✅ What "close contact" actually means in outbreak science
       ✅ The 24-hour home testing and ER decision tree
       ✅ Why the U.S. WHO withdrawal creates a blind spot
       VIDEO LINK:
  HTML https://youtu.be/-8N75D7JPlc?si=ShKP0DyA9KmHGtbY
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