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Related question. Have transmittable diseases spread in space? What examples do we know of?

• Klathmon 9mo 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
  • Zealotux 9mo ago
    Would it be possible for some food to have been contaminated with something? It seems unlikely.
    • greazy 9mo ago
      this is what I'm thinking. GI related issues
  • brycewray 9mo ago
    > IIRC there was an Apollo mission that had a head cold spread among the whole crew. Yep, Apollo 7.
• perihelions 9mo 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.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ochmo-tb-006... ("Health Stabilization Program (HSP)")