Birdbros..."According to the WHO, the man now identified as Leo Schilperoord developed symptoms on April 6 and died onboard on April 11. His wife remained on the ship and disembarked at Saint Helena on April 24 “with gastrointestinal symptoms.”The agency said early investigation suggested “possible exposure to rodents during birdwatching activities,” based on the travel history of those first infected.Beyond Leo’s work as an ornithologist, the Schilperoords also appear to have been seasoned birdwatchers, having documented an "unforgettable" birdwatching tour they took in 2013 in Sri Lanka in a review posted online. Authorities believe the couple may have been exposed during a visit to a landfill outside Ushuaia, a remote city in Patagonia that draws bird enthusiasts searching for rare species such as Darwin’s Caracara.The site, described by local officials as heavily contaminated, is thought to harbor rodents carrying the Andes strain of hantavirus, which is typically spread by inhaling particles from infected droppings or urine."
Leo Hitlerdood"Died Watching Birds"
>>5123667They're lying and trying to smear the good reputation of the Ushuaia landfill: Current and former officials in the archipelago at the southernmost point of South America insist that the virus did not originate from the trash heap in Ushuaia that national health authorities named earlier this week as the most likely place two Dutch tourists contracted it while bird-watching.Additionally, Tierra del Fuego has never recorded a case of the hantavirus — let alone the Andes variant involved in the ship outbreak — unlike Argentine provinces further north. The Dutch couple — both of whom died — spent just two days in Tierra del Fuego during their four-monthlong trip through Argentina and Chile, he added, which “dramatically reduces the likelihood that the infection happened here.”The governments of Chile, which has seen deadly outbreaks of the Andes variant before, and Uruguay, which hasn’t, declared the couple couldn’t have become infected while visiting based on the virus’ up-to-eight-week incubation period. Many independent Argentine epidemiologists believe that the hantavirus outbreak most likely emerged from the woodlands of central Patagonia, another major tourist destination where authorities have recently recorded hantavirus cases and long-tailed rats known to carry the Andes variant run rampant — unlike in Ushuaia.
I don't lick mouse shit while birdwatching, am I doing it wrong?
reminder to everybody:>if they push this hantavirus nonsense, do not trust anything they say or do>also do not assume the same rules for the covid nonsense will apply; make sure of everything before you make any decisions>you don't want to get caught in a trap if they make something dangerous, and you don't want to look like a fool if it's never pushed harddon't let them get the better of you. Friendly reminder.
