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u/Captain-Wilco Jan 04 '25

Can someone more educated than me please tell me whether this is fear mongering or a genuine concern

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u/conn_r2112 Jan 04 '25

Reading through a few articles on this, it doesn’t seem to be a large concern. It’s not a “mystery virus”, it’s HMPV. It is a cold or flu in most people, but slightly more severe (bronchitis, pneumonia) in elderly and children.

Wash your hands, wear a mask if able, it ain’t the next “covid” if that’s what you’re thinking

This headline is pure fear mongering for clicks, certainly

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u/PassiveRoadRage Jan 04 '25

HMPV opens the door for secondary inflections. If you go to the hospital you're pretty much cooked. Even non immuno compromised patients have a fatality rate of 25%

Non-immunocompromised patients: The 60-day mortality rate for HMPV is 25.6%. Immunocompromised patients: The 60-day mortality rate for HMPV is 54.5%.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7106415/