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The Inside Story of the Hantavirus Outbreak

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By Akash Kapur
| The New Yorker Verified
Video courtesy the author It is a measure of how far removed I feel from COVID that, a few weeks ago, when stories started appearing about a hantavirus outbreak on a polar cruise ship, I just skimmed past the headlines. There was war in the Middle East to worry about, A.I. seemed in equal measure fascinating and terrifying, and I had summer plans to make—like arranging air travel, and perhaps even booking an Alaskan cruise.
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A Scientist’s Close Call with Hantavirus Aboard the M.V. Hondius Cruise

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By Akash Kapur
| The New Yorker Verified
“April 9th and 10th are sea days, with a lot of icebergs. On April 12th, right after breakfast, the captain makes an announcement on the speaker system, and we are told to come to the lounge. His voice is very serious; I think we have some kind of mechanical emergency. Instead, the captain and the expedition leader say that we had a passenger who got sick in the past few days, and our ship’s doctor has been working very hard. He hasn’t slept for forty-eight hours.
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This Remote Newfoundland Island Has One of Canada’s Most Striking Hotels—and a Radical Tourism Vision

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By Akash Kapur
| Flipboard
This Remote Newfoundland Island Has One of Canada’s Most Striking Hotels—and a Radical Tourism Vision Thirteen years after opening, Fogo Island Inn has reinvigorated a remote corner of eastern Canada. The ferry ride to Fogo Island, off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, takes under an hour. The trip may be short, but it contains multitudes. Traveling in August, my wife, two sons, and I saw …
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