WEBVTT - Floating Nightmare: Cruise Ship Being Held At Sea With Deadly Virus Onboard 

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, that folks. It is Monday, May fourth, and the

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<v Speaker 1>same rare virus that killed actor Gene Hackman's wife is

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<v Speaker 1>now suspected in an outbreak on a cruise ship that

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<v Speaker 1>has killed at least three people so far. And with that,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robe. I

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<v Speaker 1>have not heard hantavirus since Gene Hackman and his wife died.

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<v Speaker 2>And that was the first time I had ever heard

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<v Speaker 2>of hantavirus. And it is a rare virus, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>even rarer. Apparently there is only one strain known in

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<v Speaker 2>the world to actually spread from human to human, and

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<v Speaker 2>right now, that is what the World Health Organization believes

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<v Speaker 2>is happening to a cruise ship that is now stranded

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<v Speaker 2>out in a very remote part of the world, waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for coordination and help to get at least two urgently

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<v Speaker 2>ill crew members off that show and eventually somehow evacuate

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<v Speaker 2>the one hundred and seventy passengers.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start with our numbers and make sure I have

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<v Speaker 1>these numbers right, and we'll go through because some of

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<v Speaker 1>these deaths were not just on the cruise ship. We'll explain.

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<v Speaker 1>But three dead, right, yes, okay, three sick yes, Now

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<v Speaker 1>where are those three that are sick.

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<v Speaker 2>One of them is a British national who is in

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<v Speaker 2>a private hospital in Johannesburg.

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<v Speaker 3>He is fighting for his life. He is in intensive care.

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<v Speaker 2>The other two who are urgently ill and need and

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<v Speaker 2>require evacuation, are on board the ship right now. One

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<v Speaker 2>of the dead bodies is on board the ship right now,

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<v Speaker 2>and to one of the patients died in the hospital

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<v Speaker 2>after collapsing in the airport, and the other one died

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<v Speaker 2>at port once he disembarked, but he got sick on board.

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<v Speaker 1>Those were the two. That's the elderly couple. Yeah, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that was a tough one to hear.

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<v Speaker 2>It's sad because what happened was the seven year old

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<v Speaker 2>man died once they were in port. She then and

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<v Speaker 2>his wife, who's sixty nine years old, is arranging her

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<v Speaker 2>plane ticket to head back home to meet his body

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<v Speaker 2>back in the Netherlands where they live. She collapses at

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<v Speaker 2>the airport, is rushed to the hospital and dies shortly

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<v Speaker 2>after the hospital. So, yes, a married couple died within

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<v Speaker 2>hours of one another, or at least within a day.

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<v Speaker 3>Of each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah, right, So we have to figure out now here

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<v Speaker 1>robes what we're dealing with. Let's go back and why

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<v Speaker 1>this is all important because you just mentioned there's only

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<v Speaker 1>one particular I mean, this is so rare, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>not known. It's very specific that passed from human to

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<v Speaker 1>human that has not been confirmed whether or not it's

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<v Speaker 1>that yet has it.

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<v Speaker 2>They have not confirmed it's the andes virus. But here's

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<v Speaker 2>the deal. That particular type of the hantavirus is found

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<v Speaker 2>only in South America. This ship left and I know

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<v Speaker 2>this port well, in Argentina Ushuaia. It is the gateway

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<v Speaker 2>to Antarctica. It's how folks go to the remotest islands

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<v Speaker 2>in the world, all along Antarctica. It's a tremendous, gorgeous, spectacular,

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<v Speaker 2>bucket list type of cruise that people wait their whole lives,

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<v Speaker 2>save up their money to go and see one of

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<v Speaker 2>the rarest and most remote parts of the world.

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<v Speaker 3>So, yes, they left in Argentina.

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<v Speaker 2>That is where this particular strain of hantavirus has been

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<v Speaker 2>found before.

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<v Speaker 1>So as you say, there's a bucket list trip, and

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<v Speaker 1>what we're talking about here, folks, it's been out there

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<v Speaker 1>on the water for three weeks. This is a month

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<v Speaker 1>plus tour. So The folks we're talking about on this

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<v Speaker 1>are probably a lot of elderly folks, probably a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of retirees. People they got time on their hand, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's also something they have been waiting for a long

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<v Speaker 1>time in their life. No, that's not the most important

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<v Speaker 1>thing right now. Just to give some context for what

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<v Speaker 1>this cruise is and where it was heading now, ropes

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<v Speaker 1>a hantavirus. What this is, they say, is it's found

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<v Speaker 1>in rat in rodent feces and urine is where it's

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<v Speaker 1>usually found. You can speculate all day long. You just

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<v Speaker 1>talked about where the port is. You could talk about

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<v Speaker 1>what might have been nasty on that ship, But right

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<v Speaker 1>now we don't know how this thing is being spread around.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is a really really big deal right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Isn't that scary? Because here's the deal.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got shared air part of how this is transmitted

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<v Speaker 2>to humans, even if it's directly from a mouse that

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<v Speaker 2>may be on board the ship that maybe god on

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<v Speaker 2>board from Argentina. Maybe some of these folks or one

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<v Speaker 2>of these folks brought the haunt of virus to the

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<v Speaker 2>actual ship itself after having been at port there in Ushuaia, Argentina.

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<v Speaker 2>But imagine this is how you get it. You inhale it.

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<v Speaker 2>You inhale either dried mouse droppings or that urine as

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<v Speaker 2>you pointed out. And then yes, if this is spreading

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<v Speaker 2>from human to human. The scary thing about this particular disease,

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<v Speaker 2>this hauntavirus, it rapidly progresses and quickly becomes life threatening.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a forty percent fatality rate if you get

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<v Speaker 2>this virus that is so frightening. That's one of the

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<v Speaker 2>deadliest viruses out there.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's no cure for it. They can treat you,

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<v Speaker 1>they can catch it, they can help you, but they

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<v Speaker 1>don't you got haunts of virus. They don't go to

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<v Speaker 1>the shelf and pull off some specific drug. They don't.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no cure for this thing. So roades the

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<v Speaker 1>significance there. Well, I think they got They're pretty sure

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<v Speaker 1>they got everybody at least contained on this same ship.

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<v Speaker 1>But a woman was walking through the airport right she

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<v Speaker 1>got to the airport, she got there, she almost gone

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<v Speaker 1>to plane, for God's sake.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, she was walking through the airport and her husband

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<v Speaker 2>was walking through the port.

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<v Speaker 3>There. So now all the local islands, all.

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<v Speaker 2>The coordination, the contact tracing that we unfortunately know all

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<v Speaker 2>about because of COVID is all going down going on

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<v Speaker 2>right now, all.

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<v Speaker 3>Of these places.

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<v Speaker 2>This cruise ship made docks and and port and went

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<v Speaker 2>into port. Because think about it, yes, a three week

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<v Speaker 2>cruise already, it's a forty two day cruise. They probably

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<v Speaker 2>came in contact with a lot of folks and it

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<v Speaker 2>can take one to eight weeks before symptoms arise, So

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<v Speaker 2>that's a pretty long period of time. People will have

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<v Speaker 2>to wait in incubation period of that long up to

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<v Speaker 2>two months.

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<v Speaker 1>That's scary before you're symptomatic at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct, It can take up to eight weeks before you're symptomatic.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you be contagious while you're not symptomatic?

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<v Speaker 3>Possibly, they don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>This particular strain, they say is so rare and it's

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<v Speaker 2>only happened in a few cases. Someone put it like this,

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<v Speaker 2>a medical professional who knows about this disease said, if

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<v Speaker 2>it's proven that this cruise ship actually had a case

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<v Speaker 2>of haunted virus that was spread from human to human,

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<v Speaker 2>it will change this is a quote. It will change

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<v Speaker 2>the future of travel medicine and infectious disease and tropical medicine,

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<v Speaker 2>and it will certainly change how cruise ships operate in

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<v Speaker 2>these parts of the world, in South America, anywhere this

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<v Speaker 2>particular virus can be found as rare as is as

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<v Speaker 2>it is, you can see what happens if unfortunately it

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<v Speaker 2>somehow makes its way on a cruise ship.

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<v Speaker 1>And another part of this, this thing isn't just off

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<v Speaker 1>the coast of Florida, where you could get all kinds

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<v Speaker 1>of help, and you can get all kind of they

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<v Speaker 1>have the best medicine and doctors and equipment, and we

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<v Speaker 1>can get out to This is Rhodes, like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>this is off the northern coast of western Africa.

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<v Speaker 3>To have a location right Cape Verde, I believe is

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<v Speaker 3>what it's called.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not exactly, they don't have access to the right

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<v Speaker 1>and where they are in a remote area way out

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<v Speaker 1>here Ropes. That's a part of the conversation now, Babe.

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<v Speaker 3>This cruise ship went through the Drake Passage.

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<v Speaker 2>I have done this journey as well, and it looks

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<v Speaker 2>like the only way they'll be able to get help.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is what I believe they're trying to coordinate

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<v Speaker 2>right now, is to get some sort of helicopter, some

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<v Speaker 2>sort of airlift from the cruise ship to the correct

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<v Speaker 2>medical facility. The crew members are Dutch nationals, so the

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<v Speaker 2>Netherlands and then the UK has some passengers on board

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<v Speaker 2>as well. They're trying to coordinate to try and see

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<v Speaker 2>how they can get these passengers off because, as you

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<v Speaker 2>might imagine, nobody wants them to disembark on their island

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<v Speaker 2>or come through their or airport or their terminal. No

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<v Speaker 2>one wants to bring this into their area or their community.

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<v Speaker 1>What are's supposed to do, eh, I mean, because we've

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<v Speaker 1>got a weak one to eight weeks obviously not you

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<v Speaker 1>can't do. You do not want these They are essentially

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<v Speaker 1>quarantined right now, and the last thing they want is

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<v Speaker 1>for these folks to be out in the wind, essentially

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<v Speaker 1>out there in the world, lying around or floating around

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<v Speaker 1>robes one to eight weeks. What can they test now?

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder, is every single passenger going to have to

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<v Speaker 1>get cleared obviously before they can set foot get home.

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<v Speaker 2>The answer to that question is absolutely yes. So they

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<v Speaker 2>said right now they're trying to coordinate with local health

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<v Speaker 2>official officials to create some sort of a plan for

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<v Speaker 2>disembarkation and medical screening of all guests and crews. So again,

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and seventy passengers I believe, and seventy crew

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<v Speaker 2>members when they took off. That is a heck of

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people, and right now they're still waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for confirmation they leave. It's highly likely that obviously the

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<v Speaker 2>other two folks who died died of hauntavirus and the

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<v Speaker 2>three who were sick and to also have it. But

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<v Speaker 2>they're still even waiting for that official confirmation right now.

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<v Speaker 3>So clearly it takes time.

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<v Speaker 2>Before these tests can let you know for sure whether

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<v Speaker 2>or not you have been infected.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, this is look. I know the human life is

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<v Speaker 1>the most important part here, but what a miserable time

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<v Speaker 1>for it. Because they're on the ship rode. They still

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<v Speaker 1>need food, they still need water, they still need things

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<v Speaker 1>right to be on that ship. And you now in

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<v Speaker 1>her position, I would assume ropes they're being told to

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<v Speaker 1>stay away from each other. So they're now hold up

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<v Speaker 1>in rooms in all likelihood for how long. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>know that one to eight week thing we just happened

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<v Speaker 1>to be. You've probably caught this line. We just happened

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<v Speaker 1>to be watching Outbreak the other day, where the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that gave Morgan Freeman comfort about this virus was that

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<v Speaker 1>it killed so quickly. I said, look, it's twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>it's twenty four hour incvation period. Look the upside for us,

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<v Speaker 1>it's these poor bastards don't even live long enough to

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<v Speaker 1>spread the thing around. So this works in our favor. Roads.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know for one to eight weeks. This could

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<v Speaker 1>be two months down the road, and somebody could be

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<v Speaker 1>back home in Germany spreading this around, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>to stop that. And that's why I wrote this story

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<v Speaker 1>this morning. Rotes, Yes, it is away from us, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the distance from us. It's a rare, rare virus. But Robes,

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening now is how pandemics starts, Yes, how spread.

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<v Speaker 1>It's how they need to stop a virus because this

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<v Speaker 1>thing will beat us if it gets going. And who

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<v Speaker 1>this is worth paying attention to, folks, because of what

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about, how rare and how even rare are

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<v Speaker 1>robes person to person.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is scary if this particular, a particular deadly

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<v Speaker 2>virulent strain that can spread from human to human has

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<v Speaker 2>been contained for all this time to basically they Argentina

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<v Speaker 2>and that's where it stayed. To think that it's now

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<v Speaker 2>been put on a cruise ship with hundreds of passengers

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<v Speaker 2>getting on and off this cruise ship.

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<v Speaker 3>Granted again in a remote part of the world.

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<v Speaker 2>But if they have to head back to hospitals to

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<v Speaker 2>be treated, to go back to Europe or wherever it

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<v Speaker 2>is they're from, that is a frightening endeavor that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>all precautions have to be taken.

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<v Speaker 3>So when we come back, we're going to tell you.

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<v Speaker 2>About just how rare the hantavirus is and exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>happens to your body when you contract it.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, welcome back here we continue on this. Amy

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<v Speaker 1>and TJ did not have a hantavirus on the Bingo

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<v Speaker 1>card for top headlines here owes, but here is where

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<v Speaker 1>we are. It's a significant story worth paying attention to.

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<v Speaker 1>Hantavirus is not something most of us think about, talk about,

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<v Speaker 1>know anything about, but started studying a little bit once

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<v Speaker 1>Gene Hackman and his wife died because it was found

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<v Speaker 1>that she had hauntavirus in her system. We are like,

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<v Speaker 1>what the hell is going on? And now here we

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<v Speaker 1>are again?

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<v Speaker 3>And who knew?

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<v Speaker 2>In New Mexico is one of the only places in

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<v Speaker 2>this country where hauntavirus is known to be prevalent. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is just a transmission from rodent urine or

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<v Speaker 2>feces to a human.

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<v Speaker 3>You breathe in dried remains.

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<v Speaker 2>So they say, if you're vacuuming or sweeping and you

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<v Speaker 2>have rodents in the area, especially if you live in

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<v Speaker 2>New Mexico, this is something you have to watch out for.

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<v Speaker 2>Hadn't heard of it before the Gene Hackman situation. But

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<v Speaker 2>now here we are on a cruise ship that is

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<v Speaker 2>literally stuck in a remote part of the world off

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<v Speaker 2>the coast of Cape Verde, and right now there are.

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<v Speaker 3>Two urgently ill crew members.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a dead body on board, there was a

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<v Speaker 2>man fighting for his life in South Africa, and two

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<v Speaker 2>dead passengers. Now, so this is serious and hauntavirus, as

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<v Speaker 2>you mentioned Babe, has no known treatment and it rapidly

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<v Speaker 2>progresses a forty percent fatality rate. But what it does

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<v Speaker 2>is it causes flu like symptoms where you get fevers, chills,

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<v Speaker 2>body aches, and headaches. Okay, but then it develops into

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<v Speaker 2>shortness of breath and then your lungs end up filling

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<v Speaker 2>with fluids and you either die by lung and or

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<v Speaker 2>heart failure. So this is scary. The only thing that

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<v Speaker 2>they can do in terms of giving you rest and fluids.

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<v Speaker 2>Is hope that it goes away on its own, that

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<v Speaker 2>your body is able to fight it, and in worst

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<v Speaker 2>case scenarios, they'll put you on a ventilator, but with

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<v Speaker 2>a death rate. The way that is it is this

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<v Speaker 2>is a scary, scary disease that no one wants to

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<v Speaker 2>mess with.

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<v Speaker 1>So what'd you say? Shows up for a symptom wise

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<v Speaker 1>flu like symptoms?

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<v Speaker 2>So you might just think, oh, I've got a headache,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that is what the man when he

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<v Speaker 2>was disembarking was complaining of a headache, feeling.

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<v Speaker 3>A little achy, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it starts out where you just think I

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<v Speaker 2>caught something, I've come down with something. Then it rapidly progresses,

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<v Speaker 2>but the onset of that flu like symptoms can take

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<v Speaker 2>several weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's the scary, scary, scary part.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, the CDC has been tracking this disease

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<v Speaker 2>since it began its surveillance in nineteen ninety three, there

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<v Speaker 2>have only been eight hundred and ninety known cases. That

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<v Speaker 2>is how rare this disease is, and that is why

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<v Speaker 2>this is such an unbelievably rare occurrence.

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<v Speaker 3>To have something like this happen.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a US number you just gave, right.

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<v Speaker 3>That was I believe eight. Well look they said, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>that's a good point.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess our in the United States eight hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>ninety cases of hantavirus since surveillance began in nineteen ninety three.

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<v Speaker 1>So we are that's still nine hundred cases in thirty years, right,

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<v Speaker 1>what are we doing?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Right, yes, and we have never heard of it. Very rare,

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<v Speaker 2>very rare, and very scary. And Lord knows the health

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<v Speaker 2>authorities there in that area and certainly back in the

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<v Speaker 2>home countries that these passengers are working around the clock

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<v Speaker 2>to try and come up with some sort of an

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<v Speaker 2>evacuation plan for these folks who right now are floating

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<v Speaker 2>at sea and probably nervous as hell because you don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Know if you're sick, and if you are, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have any specialty equipment there to treat you.

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<v Speaker 2>This.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I hate a one hundred and fifty hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and seventy seve hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>And seventy passengers and seventy crew members.

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<v Speaker 1>This is going This will be a story to follow

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<v Speaker 1>for the week, not just for what is robes going

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<v Speaker 1>on on that ship, but what possibly is going on

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<v Speaker 1>wherever it has stopped, and whoever that airport, are they

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<v Speaker 1>screening those anybody she might have come in contact with,

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<v Speaker 1>and we robes. We've seen these movies, but that tracing

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<v Speaker 1>of a virus is some very significant detective work. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's going on.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can tell you that having gone through Ushuaia,

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<v Speaker 2>Argentina and trying to get back into the United States

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<v Speaker 2>and literally this was just after COVID, so all of

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<v Speaker 2>these protocols were in place. We had to go through

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<v Speaker 2>five different airports to go through an airport that was

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<v Speaker 2>verified by the United States as able to handle dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with the coronavirus.

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<v Speaker 3>That was, however, many years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Now with something like this, just these types of airports

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<v Speaker 2>and ports don't have the screening capabilities that we're used

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<v Speaker 2>to in our western civilization. So this is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be an extra difficult task for local officials. And we

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<v Speaker 2>will of course stay on top of the story, keep

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<v Speaker 2>you updated on it for you, But in the meantime,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for listening to us.

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<v Speaker 3>As always, I made me Roebuck alongside T. J. Holmes.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll talk to you soon.