90-Second Read: I Was on the Deadly Hantavirus Cruise. Now I'm One of 18 People in Quarantine.

Travel influencer Jake Rosmarin talks to Outside about his quarantine experience after being aboard the Hantavirus cruise, aka MV Hondius. Things got really scary when we learned that the cause of these sudden deaths and serious illnesses could be due to the Andes Hantavirus. It's also the only form of the deadly Hantavirus that's transmitted between humans and has a mortality rate of up to 50 percent, making it deadlier than COVID-19.

The Andes Hantavirus has origins in South America and is typically spread by rodents. We didn't know until the night before leaving the ship that we would be allowed to get off at Tenerife, one of the islands that make up the Canaries, located off the northwest coast of Africa's mainland. People who interacted with us were in full hazmat gear, and some had gas masks on their faces.

We were brought straight off the ship and were able to leave the island without border control, which was a first for me. Because the Andes Hantavirus has such a long potential incubation period, we're all cooped up here for 42 days. The journey included stops in Argentina and Cape Verde, a group of islands off the west coast of Africa, as well as several islands, including the active volcanic Nightingale Island, which is remote and uninhabited.