There has been a second death at the Curry Village in Yosemite. My report on the first death is here. According to the article, another person has died, and two others are sick. 20% of the ticks on the rodents are infected, and it has a 33% mortality rate. That’s incredibly high. Also they claim that before these events, only 2 other people have been infected since 2000. You can read the whole thing here.
Category Archives: Yosemite Hantavirus
Covering the strange explosion of Hantavirus infections in Yosemite National Forest
The Yosemite Files: Contagion in Curry Village
I have totally lost count on the number of strange and suspicious viral, and bacterial outbreaks in the past few week. I know it’s my job, but it has just been insane. Please refer to all the posts under my “Viri, bacteria, plagues, disease” category. Good stuff in there, it I have to say so myself.
That being the case, this story is close to my heart, in that my heart was about 20 feet from where this happened. In Curry Village, located in the Yosemite National Park, one man died, a woman was hospitalized from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Last year the staff of the FFP took a little vacay to Curry Village. I didn’t see any Deer Mice, but I did hear non-rodent growls in the middle of the night (That is a true story).
According to the CDC website, 587 cases of this “rare” disease have been reported since 1993, and the death rate is 33%. That is two a month. Obviously bears are a bigger concern, however this disease should be taken seriously.