# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=1 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [New information suggests a laboratory accident that might have been the spark that started the Covid-19 pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-information-suggests-a-laboratory-accident-that-might-have-been-the-spark-that-started-the-covid-19-pandemic/1015672)
**Author:** [@LouMa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouMa)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-information-suggests-a-laboratory-accident-that-might-have-been-the-spark-that-started-the-covid-19-pandemic/1015672 "2025-04-24T01:33:32Z")
NYT writes that scientists have withheld information about the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. This undermines trust in government structures and science. How can we trust the information we get from them? How dangero… --- ## [Is it true that the latest version of Covid will show up negative on a test strip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-the-latest-version-of-covid-will-show-up-negative-on-a-test-strip/1003002)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-the-latest-version-of-covid-will-show-up-negative-on-a-test-strip/1003002 "2025-04-07T19:13:39Z")
Family member has Covid-type symptoms but has shown up negative on a test strip. Flu like symptoms but with sore throat and cold type feeling mixed in. Is this what the latest variant is like? --- ## [Flu, how to do it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-how-to-do-it/1015419)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-how-to-do-it/1015419 "2025-03-17T16:14:30Z")
Need help two major things: how do I clear my nose out so I can breath, & how do I sit up in terms of posture, not greatness. I am 58, and to my knowledge, have never had flu before. So I need shortcuts om all the comfor… --- ## [A theory I saw about how COVID may have escaped from the Wuhan lab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-theory-i-saw-about-how-covid-may-have-escaped-from-the-wuhan-lab/933082)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 614\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-theory-i-saw-about-how-covid-may-have-escaped-from-the-wuhan-lab/933082 "2025-03-10T15:20:52Z")
I’m not saying I believe COVID was made in a lab, although we do all know that it was being researched in and around Wuhan and this is a not-unlikely IMNSHO theory as to how the virus may have escaped. Here goes. This … --- ## [Who's Got it Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-got-it-now/1002199)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-got-it-now/1002199 "2025-02-16T07:13:58Z")
Started feeling shitty mid day Sunday. Was in bed by 7pm. Spent all day in bed Monday. Today I’d say I’m slightly better; can catch up on emails. My only symptom is the fever and the chills, aches, etc that go along with… --- ## [How The Virus Stole Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-virus-stole-xmas/1012150)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-virus-stole-xmas/1012150 "2025-01-24T16:59:30Z")
Is this the “guess the virus” thread? If I list symptoms and time frames, is there a chance someone can spot what it is? Last Sunday, my eldest and his GF went to a Hallmark-Con. ( Yeah, it’s getting pretty gross alre… --- ## [Human metapneumovirus (HMPV): anyone else heard about this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-metapneumovirus-hmpv-anyone-else-heard-about-this/1012699)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-metapneumovirus-hmpv-anyone-else-heard-about-this/1012699 "2025-01-15T02:26:04Z")
Authorities are saying that we probably shouldn’t be afraid of this, because its symptoms usually parallel those of the common cold, and most people are infected by their 5th birthday. This link says it’s nothing to wor… --- ## [Sense of smell switching on and off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sense-of-smell-switching-on-and-off/1011104)
**Author:** [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sense-of-smell-switching-on-and-off/1011104 "2024-12-27T19:09:05Z")
I had never had COVID. Saturday before last, I came down suddenly with what I thought was the flu. Headache, sore throat, coughing, expelling snot and phlegm, but no nasal congestion and never a hint of difficulty breath… --- ## [CDC recommends spring COVID booster for people 65 and up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-recommends-spring-covid-booster-for-people-65-and-up/998260)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-recommends-spring-covid-booster-for-people-65-and-up/998260 "2024-11-22T15:21:29Z")
The spring booster will be an additional shot of the 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Novavax. The booster dose should be taken after at least four months have passed since a previous … --- ## [Is there some sort of spike in Covid now? (September 4 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-spike-in-covid-now-september-4-2024/1006768)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-spike-in-covid-now-september-4-2024/1006768 "2024-10-05T14:01:48Z")
I might just be running in terrible luck, because I haven’t seen much about this in the news this week, or read about it here, but five of my closest friends have contracted Covid very recently, all of them Covid virgins… --- ## [Free at home Covid tests are available again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-at-home-covid-tests-are-available-again/993434)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-at-home-covid-tests-are-available-again/993434 "2024-10-03T11:45:28Z")
--- ## [How dangerous is COVID? Bad flu or lifetime consequences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-is-covid-bad-flu-or-lifetime-consequences/1007234)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-is-covid-bad-flu-or-lifetime-consequences/1007234 "2024-09-15T17:30:03Z")
My GF is very spooked about COVID and shared this recent article with me: What We Know About Covid’s Impact on Your Brain Many of Covid’s earliest and most alarming effects involve the brain, including a lost sense o… --- ## [Hand hygiene helps prevent COVID spread - not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788 "2024-09-14T15:36:15Z")
I came across an Australian government website still promoting this- hand hygiene helps prevent COVID spread. Obviously I know the importance of hand hygiene in general. I was amazed when it was discovered that before … --- ## [Revisiting covid denial and covid restrictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932 "2024-09-13T11:48:15Z")
I am wondering why all the people I know who’ve never been vaxxed for covid have never gotten sick. --- ## [Is anyone keeping up with those vaccination cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-keeping-up-with-those-vaccination-cards/1006618)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-keeping-up-with-those-vaccination-cards/1006618 "2024-09-03T16:41:02Z")
The pharmacist hasn’t asked about mine for the last couple of vaxes at least, and I always forget to bring it anyway. But afterwards I go online to download my vax record into the Wallet on my iPhone. But who’s asking … --- ## [Welcome, JN.1 - we're so proud!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-jn-1-were-so-proud/1006060)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-jn-1-were-so-proud/1006060 "2024-08-23T13:20:19Z")
A January JAMA article starts off with: Parents often bask in the glow of their children’s accomplishments, so if SARS-CoV-2 variants were like people, BA.2.86 would be busting its buttons right about now. A little w… --- ## [COVID: When am I not contagious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-when-am-i-not-contagious/1006078)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-when-am-i-not-contagious/1006078 "2024-08-23T03:23:21Z")
Yeah…I’ve Googled this but the answers are all vague (probably intentionally so). I tested positive for COVID on Monday (and was actually sick the day before but tested on Monday). I was sick for 3-4 days and today (Th… --- ## [So what shortages are you personally seeing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 1612\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268 "2024-08-04T18:07:46Z")
Of course, toilet paper was a big one in the beginning (though I’m seeing it back on the shelves lately. But what also seems to be short. I’m seeing the canned soup aisle usually has big holes in it. It’s even harder … --- ## [Reuters Investigation: Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reuters-investigation-pentagon-ran-secret-anti-vax-campaign-to-undermine-china-during-pandemic/1004210)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reuters-investigation-pentagon-ran-secret-anti-vax-campaign-to-undermine-china-during-pandemic/1004210 "2024-07-14T18:50:23Z")
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ :face\_with\_symbols\_over\_mouth: --- ## [RSV vaccine approved by the FDA for those over 60](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rsv-vaccine-approved-by-the-fda-for-those-over-60/983517)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rsv-vaccine-approved-by-the-fda-for-those-over-60/983517 "2024-07-14T18:09:22Z")
No, not covid. But this seems to fit well here: FDA Approves First-Ever RSV Vaccine | MedPage Today GSK said the vaccine would be available ahead of the 2023/2024 RSV season, and that the CDC’s Advisory Committee on… --- ## [Covid vaccine booster safe if immunocompromised or inner inflammation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-vaccine-booster-safe-if-immunocompromised-or-inner-inflammation/1003925)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-vaccine-booster-safe-if-immunocompromised-or-inner-inflammation/1003925 "2024-07-10T19:25:05Z")
As mentioned before, I’d been inhaling mold and mycotoxins for 7 months and planning on moving out. I’ve read stories of people having haywire immune response to the Covid vaccine shot when they’d been mycotoxin-exposed … --- ## [Just got Dr. Fauci's new book from the library!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-dr-faucis-new-book-from-the-library/1003181)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-dr-faucis-new-book-from-the-library/1003181 "2024-06-22T03:23:24Z")
It was released on Tuesday (today’s Friday) and I got the call this morning that it was available for me. I must have been at the head of the line, and/or there were multiple copies. Unfortunately, I also hid it on the… --- ## [Local doctor suspended for a month for prescribing ivermectin for Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038 "2024-06-20T03:31:18Z")
I just don’t get it. Doctors are supposed to be trained in science. --- ## [Question about Tony Fauci](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tony-fauci/981355)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tony-fauci/981355 "2024-06-20T02:07:34Z")
So, if this topic is already somewhere else, I apologize. I scanned the Quarantine Zone, and didn’t see a similar topic. I’m trying to understand one of the lies told about Fauci, namely that he helped engineer the vir… --- ## [The Purebloods want YOU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purebloods-want-you/996830)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purebloods-want-you/996830 "2024-06-13T13:29:06Z")
…to sign up for their registry. Yessir, for the low low price of $150/year ($1,000 for lifetime membership), you’ll have access to a list of double ga-ron-teed matching blood donors who aren’t vaccinated against Covid-1… --- ## [COVID causes Cancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-causes-cancer/1002617)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-causes-cancer/1002617 "2024-06-08T00:11:40Z")
All over the news, the past couple of days: ‘Unusual’ cancers emerged after the pandemic. Doctors ask if covid is to blame. (msn.com) Pretty much all the stories seem to focus on one specific doctor’s experiences. I’m … --- ## [Has anyone else noticed more people masking up in their area (May 2024)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-more-people-masking-up-in-their-area-may-2024/1001166)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-more-people-masking-up-in-their-area-may-2024/1001166 "2024-05-30T10:03:33Z")
I have, although it might be due to springtime pollen. What are other people observing, or doing? --- ## [So, about Covid origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-covid-origins/1002140)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-covid-origins/1002140 "2024-05-27T18:42:52Z")
Has the origin ever been definitively decided? It seems that most scientists think it was zoonotic in nature, but there’s not full agreement or full clarity: https://gcrinstitute.org/covid-origin/ Some US government a… --- ## [Sexual transmission of covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-transmission-of-covid/1001837)
**Author:** [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-transmission-of-covid/1001837 "2024-05-23T10:09:38Z")
This was a thing spoken about at the beginning. I remember during lockdown reading a booklet or two about safer sex in covid times. (You can picture the recommandations!) An internet search didn’t yield much info about … --- ## [Covid deaths- confirmed vs conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-deaths-confirmed-vs-conspiracy/1001115)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-deaths-confirmed-vs-conspiracy/1001115 "2024-05-06T13:21:58Z")
Okay, some morons are claiming the number of covid deaths were bogus- that any death were covid was present - even say an automobile accident- was counted as a covid death. I say- mostly bullshit. So, during the covid “… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=2)