Hantavirus, which killed Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, plagued Yosemite shared by Bethel Woods

@Beth · Mar 10, 2025

New scary disease added to the list, with the bonus of “this actually happens near you” unlike Ebola (for now).

Hantavirus, which killed Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, plagued Yosemite

Yosemite had a deadly outbreak of rodent-borne hantavirus, the disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa in their New Mexico home, in 2012.

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Hantavirus, which killed Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, plagued Yosemite - shared by Bethel Woods - Seabird