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

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

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 2, 2012 @06:35AM from the come-for-the-view-stay-for-the-sickness dept.

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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I use Linux by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-02 06:58 · Score: 5, Funny

so I don't have to worry about viruses.
1. Re:I use Linux by Idbar · 2012-09-02 07:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  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.
2. Re:I use Linux by Idbar · 2012-09-02 07:18 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  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!
3. Re:I use Linux by c0lo · 2012-09-02 07:30 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  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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Re:Five Foods KILL fat by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-02 07:00 · Score: 3, Funny

Seven other ways to lose weight: Dysentery Meth Late stage alcoholism Cancer Starvation Being a fashion model Six other ways to lose weight....
Re:Really? by pla · 2012-09-02 07:17 · Score: 4, Funny

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!
link to actual CDC announcement by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-02 07:19 · Score: 5, Informative

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. by intellitech · 2012-09-02 07:46 · Score: 5, Informative

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.

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Re:Really? by TubeSteak · 2012-09-02 09:38 · Score: 4, Funny

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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