James Stout

It's not known how they got it.

It's possible that some of them were human-to-human transmissions.

Argentine officials believe that a Dutch couple contracted the virus while birdwatching at a landfill where they may have been exposed to rat poop before boarding the cruise ship.

What a series.

Haunted virus has been a problem in Argentina for the past year.

This has been a known problem.

Oh, yeah.

Some human to human cases, there's multiple strains there.

Now, so far, three people are suspected to have died from the virus, while three others have been evacuated to Europe from the cruise ship for treatment.

It's a problem, but probably it'll be fine.

Right, Garrison?

Well, the World Health Organization's top epidemic expert, Maria Van Kerkhove, has cautioned, quote, this is not the next COVID, but it is a serious infectious disease.

Most people will never be exposed to this, unquote.

And Reuters included a statement from the World Health Organization in their reporting saying,

They say that the risk to the public remains low and that the variant detected among passengers can be spread between humans only through close, prolonged contact, unquote.

Now, there is contact tracing currently in effect by officials in South Africa and Switzerland specifically who are tracking a few people that departed the ship.

Many others are still on the ship, which is set to land either at Spain or some of the Canary Islands around Spain in a few days.

That's what we know.

That's what we know so far.

This is changing literally by the hour, so it's possible by the time you listen to this, there'll be a whole bunch of more information about what's happened.