2020: U.S. Army Outbreak Investigation Reveals “Super-Spreader” Potential of Andes Virus
Link to the article that will be mentioned again below is here: https://scitechdaily.com/u-s-army-outbreak-investigation-reveals-super-spreader-potential-of-andes-virus/
This is not my compiled research, I caught a youtuber commenting this across videos and watched many of their comments being deleted. So I'm bringing this out because... wow.... it's crazy what they found, they exposed that the health officials were singing a completely different tune about the hantavirus (andes) in the past than they are to us now. This needs to get out.
I copied this word for word from their comment. Credit goes to Zero-Recollection for the research and findings.
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I have been thoroughly researching and studying the topic of HPS (Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome) PRIOR to this incident involving the cruise ship. Filtering search results by date has been an incredibly useful tool in avoiding any mention of the virus since April of this year.
I knew that by stepping entirely away from the current situation, I would be met with statements from experts and health officials regarding the Andes Virus in ways that don't couple with their blatant attempts to assuage the general public.
Health officials and experts felt no need during these cases prior to this incident to calm the public and soothe fears as these particular instances did not ensue widespread panic like the recent cruise ship.
So they told the truth. I am not a health professional, I am merely relaying what those who are have said in the past about the andes virus... before they felt any need to lie to our faces.
Referencing this CDC article from 2023 ( https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/10/23-0544_article ) it was found out through studies of the andes strain that human-to-human transmission can and will lead to chain transmissions, debunking the officials telling us that this is normally a dead-end virus. This gives credence to the virus' ability to transmit by air.
The article states: "The potential for human-to-human transmission has drastic implications for public health. Not only is spillover from reservoirs a consideration, but human transmission chains add further complexity in outbreak settings, requiring additional control measures, potential quarantine of infected persons and contacts, and additional precautions in dealing with HCPS patients." We see THIS is what they are acting upon, with hazmat suits and extreme measures of isolation for confirmed victims of the infection. But it's not what they're telling us.
This article also references an outbreak that occurred, and I did look up separate sources for this, in the Chubut Province of Argentina in 2018-2019. In a small village 33 persons were estimated to be infected after chains of transmissions started from 1 infectious person. 3 of the first infected individuals had attended crowded social events. How crowded, I cannot say but at least 18 confirmed cases resulted following after. 18... from 3 people.
From this very case of infections the Andes Virus was called out by several different peoples, including the U.S Army to be a potential super-spreader, just like covid:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-outbreak-reveals-super-spreader-potential-andes.html
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201203/International-scientific-team-reports-super-spreader-potential-Of-Andes-virus.aspx (Requires Sign In)
As for the U.S Army one, the revelation came after the U.S Army conducted investigations. The article's title alone is one we're not hearing anymore with current on-going events following the cruise ship. "U.S. Army Outbreak Investigation Reveals “Super-Spreader” Potential of Andes Virus": https://scitechdaily.com/u-s-army-outbreak-investigation-reveals-super-spreader-potential-of-andes-virus/
So where's all this super-spreader talk now? They're trying to keep us far away from it but they cannot stop individuals determined to find the truth.
There's another article revealing a prospective study across 131 participants with confirmed ANDV infection that lasted through 2008 to 2022 showing far more definitive results in viral transmission through bodily fluids: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1473309924001427
"ANDV RNA was detected in 100% of buffy coats during acute phase, declining to 95% by day 17, and to 93% between days 23–29. ANDV RNA in GCF and saliva decreased from 30% and 12%, respectively, during the acute phase, to 12% and 11% during the convalescent phase. Successful infectivity assays of RT-qPCR-positive fluids, including GCF, saliva, NPS, and urine, were observed in 18 (42%) of 43 samples obtained during the acute phase of infection. After re-culture, the capacity to infect Vero E6 cells was maintained in 16 (89%) of 18 samples. Severity was associated with the presence of ANDV RNA in one or more fluids besides blood (odds ratio 2·58 [95% CI 1·42–5·18])."
The saliva alone debunks the entire statement we're being given about "prolonged close contact". With each cough a person can expel thousands of saliva droplets that stay suspended in the air and spread to other people in a room. Knowing this, the behavior of previous spread incidents and cases involving the andes virus in the past makes a lot more sense.
Mind you it's still not an atom bomb going off, but it's substantial, especially with chain transmissions and the threat of asymptomatic persons that I mention below.
There actually was a study done in 2013 that offered the first real evidence linking proof that asymptomatic persons spread the virus: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0055310
"Infection was transient with an absence of clinical signs or histopathological changes. This is the first evidence that ANDV asymptomatically infects, and is immunogenic in deer mice, a non-natural host species of ANDV."
And here we've been having health officials showing lack of any concern for people who don't have any symptoms and these same asymptomatic people haven't been made to self-isolate. They are potentially out there actively spreading the virus as we speak.
Referencing and researching the locations and climates this Andes Strain normally thrives in there is a clear connection to warm, arid climates.
I found it wasn't so much the heat the virus enjoyed, but the dry air. Many of the places the virus can be found in that I searched up were home to small deserts and desert-like areas. I used a live climate and weather app to determine humidity levels and temperature in these places.
Why would this virus thrive and spread so well in these regions I wondered? Well I figured it's because the virus spreads best and the most through rat droppings, more so than anything else. This may include various other related species of rodents and their droppings also. The dry air aerosolizes the contagion present in their excrement and when disturbed, dry particles are released into the air.
The timing of this outbreak just as we are approaching Summer in the northern hemisphere couldn't have been better for this contagion to spread. It won't only spread through people but still through rodents. So even if some handle is gained on person-to-person transmission, mice will be spreading it through each other and worsening as time goes on. Which means increasingly each and every Summer as dry spells occur and droughts move in, especially as they grow more frequent with climate change, Andes Virus could potentially be an on-going threat with dried rat droppings containing the virus being more and more widespread.
From this conclusion though I've determined greater humid regions have far less to worry about. But only from the droppings. This changes when a human is infected with the virus, because dry air isn't required for a person to spread it to another person. They need only cough or talk and particles of saliva will do the rest.
This I feel, is one of the most important things being left out from what we're being told. So either officials actually believe there's no risk of infection to spread with zero symptoms... or they DO know and simply don't want the economy and societal infrastructure to collapse from wide-spread panic.
Regardless of either, one thing is certain: A study DID find evidence back in 2013, as I wrote above, that asymptomatic persons can spread the virus. This is all going to lead to a dangerous outcome.
I hope this information proved useful. Do your own research. Trust no one but yourself.