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Being stranded on a ship in the ocean like that, with all the uncertainty about what is happening, is frightening. I would be scared, too.

“What’s happening right now is very real for all of us here. We’re not just a story. We’re not just headlines." — travel vlogger Jake Rosmarin

TIL a new word: han*ta*vi*rus.

han*ta*vi*rus

noun

: any of a family (Hantaviridae and especially genus Orthohantavirus) of bunyaviruses transmitted especially by rodent feces and urine and including viruses causing serious pulmonary disease or hemorrhagic fevers marked by renal necrosis

via CNN

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