Two passengers from the hantavirus-ravaged MV Hondius cruise ship have landed in Atlanta for CDC evaluation, even though they show zero symptoms. The Dutch expedition vessel left Argentina in early April carrying the deadly Andes strain, which has already killed at least three people and sickened others likely from rodent exposure in South America.
Footage from the Atlanta tarmac shows workers in full protective gear swarming the plane, a scene that screams government caution bordering on panic. While health officials claim human-to-human spread is rare and public risk is low, the arrival of these passengers on U.S. soil raises serious questions about importing threats from abroad.
Global monitoring is underway for passengers from multiple countries, but conservatives have long warned that lax travel policies and porous borders turn America into a petri dish for foreign diseases. With hantavirus carrying up to a 40 percent fatality rate in some strains, Americans deserve ironclad screening, not more virtue-signaling from bureaucrats. This is exactly why secure borders and real vetting matter.
