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barbtries

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31. I find it very interesting

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 02:28 PM

7 hrs ago

that the person at the CDC approving this and presumably facilitating it, is not named in this article. Probably because they'll be fired for doing something good.

Both of the people cited in the article are at UNMC.

https://www.unmc.edu/emergency/faculty/wadman.html

https://www.nebraskamed.com/doctors/angela-l-hewlett

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17 American passengers aboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship will quarantine in Nebraska [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Trump is actually taking care of this one, unlike COVID, which he ignored until it became a pandemic. Norrrm Yesterday #1

I wonder RussBLib Yesterday #3

1.... Treatment Norrrm Yesterday #5

Over a million Americans IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #15

One out of seven is not one third... tavernier 12 hrs ago #24

I thought it was 3 million, but you're right it's 7 million IronLionZion 10 hrs ago #26

if i had to guess, barbtries 7 hrs ago #30

Trump doesn't "take care" of a fucking thing Skittles 3 hrs ago #36

If you read something too fast it gets weird: I wondered how a ship could be quarantined in *Nebraska* Ocelot II Yesterday #2

The contacts alone will cause transmission.................. Lovie777 Yesterday #4

I think there were 150 passengers BumRushDaShow Yesterday #7

Seems extreme for a virus that while transmissable human to human it is highly unlikely. Hope in all that movement... dutch777 Yesterday #6

I think WHO confirmed that this variant was person to person BumRushDaShow Yesterday #9

Yes, the strain that was on the ship is the blue-wave 23 hrs ago #13

As I recall . . . AverageOldGuy Yesterday #8

And didn't he initially try to keep that ship from docking in a US port? the nelm Yesterday #11

And RFKjr is in charge of our healthcare. LisaL 20 hrs ago #17

It's a shame that I don't believe a word of this... Hugin 12 hrs ago #23

I saw a report on MS NOW. The logistics of this are incredible. underpants Yesterday #10

Amazed that they are being sent to Nebraska?????????? popsdenver 4 hrs ago #33

They are US citizens. I got the sense the Canary Islands underpants 3 hrs ago #35

While the world slept . . . Aussie105 23 hrs ago #12

I say we take off... Renew Deal 22 hrs ago #14

I have plenty of masks left over from COVID, just in case IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #16

Old enough to remember Trump and right wing media going bonkers about that Ebola nurse Prairie Gates 20 hrs ago #18

But that "old enough to remember" thing might mean something else BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #22

I'm not sure what you mean: Trump and the right wing media heavily criticized Obama for the Ebola response Prairie Gates 9 hrs ago #28

The incident happened in 2014 BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #32

So? Trump commented on it as did the right wing media, which is what my post said Prairie Gates 2 hrs ago #38

What am I missing? Blumancru 18 hrs ago #19

Please rate your cruise experience. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #20

Well. barbtries 13 hrs ago #21

I haven't seen you in a while. murielm99 11 hrs ago #25

Thank you murielm99! barbtries 7 hrs ago #29

Frankly popsdenver 4 hrs ago #34

not what I have read Skittles 3 hrs ago #37

If I was a passenger I'd rather quarantine at Tenerife rather than Nebraska ! kimbutgar 10 hrs ago #27

I find it very interesting barbtries 7 hrs ago #31