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In reply to the discussion: ***Breaking *** Gene Hackman likely died of cardiovascular disease and his wife of hantavirus [View all]womanofthehills
(10,992 posts)People can get it sweeping up a shed with deer mouse droppings - You need to always spray something like Clorox on mouse droppings before you sweep. A report said they had a lot of outbuildings.
A local college girl out here in Torrance county NM died a few yrs ago from hantavirus. A guest apple ranch hired her to clean cabins that were vacant all winter. They did not give her a respirator or spray down mouse droppings. Her mom said they thought she had the flu for a week - she collapsed and died in the shower. It was horrible- the mom was a teller at our local bank - and for months could be seen crying over her daughters grave.
I have so many mice -and deer mice. I trap them constantly in my car and out buildings. I always spray Clorox before I sweep. I have electronic mouse traps in my car and catch a mouse almost every night. Hantavirus is often on my mind.