Comment by Buttons840 5 days ago Related question. Have transmittable diseases spread in space? What examples do we know of? 5 comments Buttons840 Reply Klathmon 5 days ago There have been a few instances, IIRC there was an Apollo mission that had a head cold spread among the whole crew.But that's unlikely to be the case here because they've been up there isolated for over 6 months now brycewray 5 days ago > IIRC there was an Apollo mission that had a head cold spread among the whole crew.Yep, Apollo 7. Zealotux 5 days ago Would it be possible for some food to have been contaminated with something? It seems unlikely. greazy 5 days ago this is what I'm thinking. GI related issues perihelions 5 days ago This describes NASA's pre-flight quarantines since Apollo 14, and makes (very brief) references to in-flight diseases (and apparent transmission) prior to Apollo 14 ("upper respiratory infection"; "viral gastroenteritis"),https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ochmo-tb-006... ("Health Stabilization Program (HSP)")
Klathmon 5 days ago There have been a few instances, IIRC there was an Apollo mission that had a head cold spread among the whole crew.But that's unlikely to be the case here because they've been up there isolated for over 6 months now brycewray 5 days ago > IIRC there was an Apollo mission that had a head cold spread among the whole crew.Yep, Apollo 7. Zealotux 5 days ago Would it be possible for some food to have been contaminated with something? It seems unlikely. greazy 5 days ago this is what I'm thinking. GI related issues
brycewray 5 days ago > IIRC there was an Apollo mission that had a head cold spread among the whole crew.Yep, Apollo 7.
Zealotux 5 days ago Would it be possible for some food to have been contaminated with something? It seems unlikely. greazy 5 days ago this is what I'm thinking. GI related issues
perihelions 5 days ago This describes NASA's pre-flight quarantines since Apollo 14, and makes (very brief) references to in-flight diseases (and apparent transmission) prior to Apollo 14 ("upper respiratory infection"; "viral gastroenteritis"),https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ochmo-tb-006... ("Health Stabilization Program (HSP)")
There have been a few instances, IIRC there was an Apollo mission that had a head cold spread among the whole crew.
But that's unlikely to be the case here because they've been up there isolated for over 6 months now
> IIRC there was an Apollo mission that had a head cold spread among the whole crew.
Yep, Apollo 7.
Would it be possible for some food to have been contaminated with something? It seems unlikely.
this is what I'm thinking. GI related issues
This describes NASA's pre-flight quarantines since Apollo 14, and makes (very brief) references to in-flight diseases (and apparent transmission) prior to Apollo 14 ("upper respiratory infection"; "viral gastroenteritis"),
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ochmo-tb-006... ("Health Stabilization Program (HSP)")