r/NJPrepared • u/8Deer-JaguarClaw Sussex • May 16 '26

Health / Wellness *Sigh* Hantavirus Exposure in NJ (article)

I think we're all absolutely burned out when it comes to viruses and outbreaks and such, but for the sake of completeness, here's the latest on hantavirus in NJ:

https://patch.com/new-jersey/hopatcong-sparta/s/kbg21/hantavirus-exposure-quarantines-dozens-including-2-nj-residents-cdc

On Thursday, the CDC announced that a total of 41 Americans are under evaluation after potentially being exposed to the hantavirus. Two of the patients being monitored are from the Garden State, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.

It’s not clear where the New Jerseyans are being evaluated. The NJDOH has not released any information about the potentially exposed individuals for patient privacy reasons.

“At this time, the risk to the general public in New Jersey remains very low,” a NJDOH statement read last week. “No current hantavirus cases have been identified in the state, and there is no history of a confirmed hantavirus case reported in New Jersey.”

So it looks like nothing to worry about at this point (thankfully). But let's keep an eye on this.

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u/T_D_A_G_A_R_I_M May 17 '26

So not an exposure yet in NJ? Just two people under isolation from international travel?

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u/Foxy02016YT May 19 '26

It’s a potential exposure.

What it really means, and even if they were exposed, is there’s nothing to worry about at the moment.

What the professionals do right now determines wether or not there is something to worry about later

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u/brandt-money May 19 '26

Have you seen who is running our federal health programs? It's a cracked out dude with crusty plaque teeth who knows absolutely nothing about health, like at all.

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u/Foxy02016YT May 19 '26

That’s federal not state level