I could be in this room for 42 days and literally not get to breathe fresh air. What it's like quarantining for hantavirus

"Now, kept in an isolated, airtight facility with extremely limited contact with other people, Rosmarin has been posting videos on social media that chronicle his experience, first onboard the ship and now in the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, Neb., where he is about a week into a mandatory quarantine that could last up to 42 days. The isolation, Rosmarin says, is nothing like staying home during COVID—he can't even open a window: It's crazy to me to think that I could be in this room for 42 days and literally not get to breathe fresh air, he says."

"Warnings to stay home and social distance to avoid getting or spreading a dangerous virus may be burned into our collective memory of the COVID pandemic. But that's nothing compared with the quarantine protocols that the 18 Americans who were exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship are currently experiencing. That's what Jake Rosmarin, one of the passengers who was onboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship on which several passengers became infected with or killed by a deadly hantavirus called the Andes virus, is currently doing."

"From his quarantine room, he talked about what the facility has been like, what the health and safety procedures have been and how he's been making the best of his situation. [An edited transcript of the interview follows.] Tell us a bit about who you are and how you came to"

Eighteen Americans exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship are experiencing mandatory quarantine after infections and deaths from Andes virus. One passenger, a Boston-based travel content creator, is documenting his experience from an isolated, airtight National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, Nebraska. He is about a week into a quarantine that may last up to 42 days. The facility restricts contact with other people and prevents access to fresh air, including no ability to open a window. He describes the isolation as unlike staying home during COVID-19. He also discusses the health and safety procedures and how he is coping while confined.

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