CDC Says 10,000 At Risk of Hantavirus In Yosemite Outbreak

An anonymous reader writes "Some 10,000 people who stayed in tent cabins at Yosemite National Park this summer may be at risk for the deadly rodent-borne hantavirus according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control."

But

[vinividivici]

But I don't use hantavirus on my PC.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Seven other ways to lose weight: Dysentery Meth Late stage alcoholism Cancer Starvation Being a fashion model Six other ways to lose weight....

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[__aaltlg1547]

• Seven other ways to lose weight:
• Dysentery
• Meth
• Late stage alcoholism
• Cancer
• Starvation
• Being a fashion model

Pretty sure fashion models use one or more of the previous five. This gives them poisoning as a sixth option.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Oh damn, I though the "Dysentery Meth" was one entry and called my dealer to request some. He sure will be pissed about the wild goose chase I just sent him on!

Really?

[Anonymous Coward]

News for hikers, stuff for mice.

Re:Really?

[pla]

Since when do Slashdotters do ANYTHING outdoors? This isn't relevant to the /. community.

Since Hanta can remain asymptomatic for six weeks or so, someone who got it in Yosemite could spread it to the mice at the Cheetos factory and not even know it!

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[Anonymous Coward]

If the cheetos factory shuts down, Linux 4.0 will be delayed for years.

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[slashmydots]

Hey, my dream "camping" trip is to set up an all solar powered rig from scratch with all the wiring and stuff and run a middle of the forest LAN party. Now THAT is camping! I mean come on, how cool is that? But now the hantavirus...oh well. Oh wait, we can add a panel and do ultrasonic anti-rodent speaker thingies lol.
But seriously, ever since I was little, I've found creative ways to rig up custom electronics and circuits to get power where it shouldn't go while I'm camping. Some people catch and mak

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[BradleyUffner]

That's what I was just thinking. Since when do Slashdotters do ANYTHING outdoors? This isn't relevant to the /. community. :P

I've been shocked at the number of kayakers I've met who were also computer programmers.

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[houstonbofh]

That's what I was just thinking. Since when do Slashdotters do ANYTHING outdoors? This isn't relevant to the /. community. :P

I've been shocked at the number of kayakers I've met who were also computer programmers.

I was kinda stunned too when I met both of them!

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[dolmen.fr]

And we've not yet met!

Re:Really?

[TubeSteak]

Since when do Slashdotters do ANYTHING outdoors?

Potato guns are nerdy.
Potato guns are cool.
Potato guns are NOT to be discharged in your basement.

That is the story of how I was forced out into the sunlight.

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[RockDoctor]

Your image of the "Slashdot community" may be of barely-pubescent Morlocks living a troglodyte existence in the cellar of their parent, playing $MMORPG_of_the_week$ while eating cold pizza and drinking luke-warm flat cola. But that doesn't cover the whole range of "nerd". I do plenty of outdoor stuff ; I sometimes even get sunburned and frost nipped on the same day and consider it to have been a good day.

I use Linux

[Anonymous Coward]

so I don't have to worry about viruses.

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[__aaltlg1547]

+1 Sick

Re:I use Linux

[Idbar]

Excuse my ignorance, I thought we all humans ran the same OS. How did you unlocked your bootloader? Do you have any link to the binaries?

Also, where to I do I find an early ROM, I recently got a baldness bloatware update and haven't been able to remove it.

Re:I use Linux

[Idbar]

In addition to it, my sensor software seems to be very poorly written. It pushes the core speed from 60bpm to up to 140bpm, draining all the energy of the system!

Re:I use Linux

[c0lo]

How did you unlocked your bootloader?

Cyanohydrogen mod. Use with extreme caution, in most of the cases causes brickage. And no, I have no link to it.

Also, where to I do I find an early ROM, I recently got a baldness bloatware update and haven't been able to remove it.

Upgrade to GirlFriend 2.0 - once you've done it, the brand new troubles will make you see your current problem in its true light - i.e. insignificant.

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[antdude]

Ask God. :P

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[rts008]

I'd start my research here. [strangehorizons.com] :-)

Polish up your BASH-fu, it may come in handy...

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[K. S. Kyosuke]

so I don't have to worry about viruses.

I think the "I use Vim, I don't touch mice" factor could be much more important here.

My advice...

[Maltheus]

Let's panic.

Let's not? I think it'll be okay.

[intellitech]

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hps/transmission.html [cdc.gov]

The types of hantavirus that cause HPS in the United States cannot be transmitted from one person to another. For example, you cannot get the virus from touching or kissing a person who has HPS or from a health care worker who has treated someone with the disease. You also cannot get the virus from a blood transfusion in which the blood came from a person who became ill with HPS and survived.

It seems like this is about as isolated of an incident as it can be. It's not contagious, and that's key.

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[Anonymous Coward]

I live in a remote part of another country where Hanta is common. This bs story makes me wonder what they are really up to.

You get hanta doing things in enclosed spaces where mice have been, but has not been aired out or had exposure to sun. For example, wood sheds when the weather turns cold is a common place, as both Humans and Mice are mixing together after the place being closed for months. Perhaps if you are digging under a tree, with your face in the dirt. Just walking in to a cabin, that is been used

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[sco08y]

Let's panic.

Nah, we're good. Just don't be wearing a school-girl outfit next month when the season for tentacle hantavirus begins.

Technology to reduce risk:

[__aaltlg1547]

Rat terrier security perimeter around the camp.

Chihuahuas in the Southwest.

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[c0lo]

I for one welcome our bewhiskered furry overlords...

You mean... them [wikipedia.org]

link to actual CDC announcement

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/outbreaks/yosemite-national-park-2012.html

seriously guys, there should be a policy that any story attributed to a US government office should have a link to the official press release in the summary

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[turkeyfeathers]

But them the blogger doesn't get paid. Don't you know how Slashdot works?

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[CBravo]

Yes I do. First, nobody reads the FS (the blogger doesn't get paid anyway). Second, one can have a valid discussion about the type of link.

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[dolmen.fr]

Third, one can have comments for adding clickable links

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[dolmen.fr]

http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/outbreaks/yosemite-national-park-2012.html [cdc.gov]

seriously guys, there should be a policy that any posted web link should have a clickable link

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[__aaltlg1547]

And mice got into those? Who would have imagined?

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[sco08y]

Mice and critters are only an issue if you eat your food inside the tent and leave crumbs everywhere. But there are always a few people who are messy.

Cover story...

[jimmydigital]

Everyone knows they are just covering up the black oil...

Remember

[theArtificial]

Perhaps they can use the slogan: Remember, only you can prevent Hantavirus outbreaks!