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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

11 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 Friday OP

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

I wonder RussBLib Friday #3

1.... Treatment Norrrm Friday #5

Over a million Americans IronLionZion Friday #15

One out of seven is not one third... tavernier 16 hrs ago #24

I thought it was 3 million, but you're right it's 7 million IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #26

if i had to guess, barbtries 11 hrs ago #30

Trump doesn't "take care" of a fucking thing Skittles 7 hrs ago #36

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

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

I think there were 150 passengers BumRushDaShow Friday #7

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

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

Yes, the strain that was on the ship is the blue-wave Friday #13

As I recall . . . AverageOldGuy Friday #8

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

And RFKjr is in charge of our healthcare. LisaL Yesterday #17

It's a shame that I don't believe a word of this... Hugin 16 hrs ago #23

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

Amazed that they are being sent to Nebraska?????????? popsdenver 9 hrs ago #33

They are US citizens. I got the sense the Canary Islands underpants 7 hrs ago #35

While the world slept . . . Aussie105 Friday #12

The most serious thing popsdenver 2 hrs ago #39

I say we take off... Renew Deal Friday #14

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

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

But that "old enough to remember" thing might mean something else BumRushDaShow 17 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 13 hrs ago #28

The incident happened in 2014 BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #32

So? Trump commented on it as did the right wing media, which is what my post said Prairie Gates 6 hrs ago #38

What am I missing? Blumancru 22 hrs ago #19

Please rate your cruise experience. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #20

Well. barbtries 18 hrs ago #21

I haven't seen you in a while. murielm99 16 hrs ago #25

Thank you murielm99! barbtries 11 hrs ago #29

Frankly popsdenver 9 hrs ago #34

not what I have read Skittles 7 hrs ago #37

If I was a passenger I'd rather quarantine at Tenerife rather than Nebraska ! kimbutgar 14 hrs ago #27

I find it very interesting barbtries 11 hrs ago #31