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."

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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

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

[intellitech]

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

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.