Three people are dead from a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. Two infected patients are now in biocontainment at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Georgia residents who were already in the community after exposure are being monitored.
Officials say "no risk to the public."
We heard that before. In 2020. About something that ki-led millions.
Now look at where AT&T is forcing its employees to sit. Five days a week. No assigned seats. No dividers. No open air. Two feet between people in a sealed office with recirculated air. Badge tracked. Hour monitored. No flexibility. No exceptions.
This is what "market-based culture" looks like when a pathogen arrives in your city.
The Andes strain of hantavirus.... the one behind this outbreak.... is the only strain known to spread human to human. Scientists are still investigating exactly how it spread among cruise ship passengers in close quarters.
Close quarters. Recirculated air. No dividers. Sound familiar?
We've seen this movie before. We know how it ends. Take care of yourself.