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AIBU? Hantavirus Liverpool

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mumstheword1x · 11/05/2026 19:58

I’ve just seen that the Hantavirus is in Liverpool?! They’ve been brought to Liverpool? I’ve got a 2 day work conference there and now I’m worried 😢 I suffer terribly with health anxiety. AIBU?

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cantgardenintherain · 11/05/2026 21:41

I think that a few identified people isolating is different to a whole large city of people in Wuhan travelling round the country for new year then moving across the world unchecked for weeks. Also so far these people have been negative and also the virus is more difficult to catch.

WirralWool · 11/05/2026 21:40

mumstheword1x · 11/05/2026 20:48

This this this!!!!!! 😢 I don’t understand either

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The reason they’re going to Arrowe is because it’s close to the infectious diseases centre in Liverpool from where they can get treatment from specialists if they develop symptoms. They’re not being kept in the hospital, it’s a self-contained nurse’s accommodation block. They won’t have contact with any members of the public.

It’s also worth remembering that there are 20-40 cases of hantavirus every year in the United States alone, and there’s not been a pandemic yet.

TipsyLaird · 11/05/2026 21:40

Pedallleur · 11/05/2026 21:37

Now I'm envisioning the delegates breaking out for group work or coffee and it's Shaun of the Dead outside the venue.

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Anyone planning to go to the Sainsbury's or Maccies at that roundabout in Upton best wear full PPE just to be on the safe side.

Dawnintheageofaquariams · 11/05/2026 21:40

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 11/05/2026 20:00

If I had to go up north Hantavirus would be the least of my worries.

Aye pet, tha've nay biscuits since Thatcher, and all bairns roll in't mud an' tha.

JustAnotherWhinger · 11/05/2026 21:39

FasterMichelin · 11/05/2026 21:17

I can see all the sofa scientists are back out. Its as though Covid never happened.

Telling people to isolate at home is pointless, as we saw in Covid, people don’t behave and won’t follow rules.

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It worked fine for swine flu - because the smaller numbers meant the quarantining was monitored strictly, as it will with these cases.

The covid isolators at arrowe park were well monitored and it worked fine.

later covid was entirely different because it was thousands of people arriving from multiple locations. This is not the same as Covid.

Ifeeltheneedtheneedforcoffee · 11/05/2026 21:39

Livelovebehappy · 11/05/2026 21:37

I honestly don’t trust the authorities. We all know what should happen, but we all also know that the NHS is in a pretty crap place atm, and I have zero confidence they would do anything by the book.

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Why would they not?
If they dont do things by the book they will have much more work to do with more people in hospital

TipsyLaird · 11/05/2026 21:38

ThereAreOnlyShadesOfGrey · 11/05/2026 21:30

Honestly they love it. Practically salivating at the thought of another lockdown and being able to cover their groceries with bleach.

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And be able to say things like "sadly died" or "sadly deluded" or "what part of exponential growth don't you understand".

OP quite clearly needs treatment for rampant anxiety.

Ifeeltheneedtheneedforcoffee · 11/05/2026 21:38

mumstheword1x · 11/05/2026 21:22

My hotel is 11 miles away

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It doesn't matter if your hotel was next door. The people isolating will be at arrowed park for 72 hours as they are potential contacts. They will then go to accommodation to isolate while being kept in contact and monitored by the authorities
Please try to calm down about this

Pedallleur · 11/05/2026 21:37

MagneticSquirrel · 11/05/2026 21:34

YABU. They aren’t going to be attending the conference!

Now I'm envisioning the delegates breaking out for group work or coffee and it's Shaun of the Dead outside the venue.

50Balesofgrey · 11/05/2026 21:37

mumstheword1x · 11/05/2026 20:02

But it says they can be let out in 72 hours which will be when I’m at the conference 😢

Why not go and buy all the toilet paper you can find. That should make you feel better

Livelovebehappy · 11/05/2026 21:37

Zanatdy · 11/05/2026 20:02

Its a specialist hospital used for this kind of thing, on the wirral, not Liverpool. Measures are in place and there is no risk to the general public in the locality.

I honestly don’t trust the authorities. We all know what should happen, but we all also know that the NHS is in a pretty crap place atm, and I have zero confidence they would do anything by the book.

BeeHive909 · 11/05/2026 21:36

Makes me laugh that they’ll be discharged home after 72 hours and have to isolate at home. We know they won’t be isolating at home no chance. Some of them will some definitely won’t. It’s a complete joke. They should stay at the facility in arrowe park the whole time.

Focacciaisyum · 11/05/2026 21:36

ThereAreOnlyShadesOfGrey · 11/05/2026 21:30

Honestly they love it. Practically salivating at the thought of another lockdown and being able to cover their groceries with bleach.

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Or maybe some people who are suspicious of what's happening here want the 20 people quarantined in the facility for the whole 6 weeks rather than being 'asked' to self isolate at home is because they DONT want another lockdown?

Artesia · 11/05/2026 21:36

TedTookVows · 11/05/2026 20:01

They haven’t been brought to Liverpool. Arrowe Park Hospital is on the Wirral and has a special block where they isolated Brits who came from China and tested positive for COVID. It’s been done before. They have the experience. It’ll be nowhere near your conference.

not sure that's a wildly reassuring reference...

MagneticSquirrel · 11/05/2026 21:34

YABU. They aren’t going to be attending the conference!

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ThereAreOnlyShadesOfGrey · 11/05/2026 21:34

Pedallleur · 11/05/2026 21:28

But what happens if they have cake? OP could be lured into their infection zone, all for a slice of Victoria sponge (other confections available)

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Just as long as she washes her hands after while singing happy birthday 😂

TokyoSushi · 11/05/2026 21:33

They’re not in Liverpool, they’re on the Wirral. They’re asymptomatic and have tested negative. They’re in isolation in a specialist unit. There is no risk.

ThereAreOnlyShadesOfGrey · 11/05/2026 21:33

Herecomethedaffodils · 11/05/2026 21:31

Grow up!!

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The same could be said of the OP.

Maray1967 · 11/05/2026 21:31

NoWordForFluffy · 11/05/2026 20:54

Everyone sprints onto the train at Euston thanks to the persistent late notice platform announcements! 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🚊

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You’re not wrong there!

Herecomethedaffodils · 11/05/2026 21:31

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 11/05/2026 20:00

If I had to go up north Hantavirus would be the least of my worries.

Grow up!!

HarriaHen · 11/05/2026 21:30

Focacciaisyum · 11/05/2026 21:29

A once a day phone call. Obviously.

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A blast from the past, how much we have forgotten, just remembered test and trace 🤐

ThereAreOnlyShadesOfGrey · 11/05/2026 21:30

Hobnobswantshernameback · 11/05/2026 21:15

I actually wonder how some posters even get out of bed in the morning let alone lesve
the house
Id forgotten how utterly unable to even carry out the most basic of risk assessments people are
i had hoped we would never see the utter insanity of 2020
but dear god people need to get a grip

Honestly they love it. Practically salivating at the thought of another lockdown and being able to cover their groceries with bleach.

Pedallleur · 11/05/2026 21:29

Shortbread49 · 11/05/2026 21:25

Birkenhead and liscard are big push but Heswall, West Kirby and Caldy are especially Caldy houses that are a few million ! Can buy a whole street in Birkenhead for that

Prob buy all of Birkenhead.

andthat · 11/05/2026 21:29

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 11/05/2026 20:00

If I had to go up north Hantavirus would be the least of my worries.

What a tedious response.