# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=11 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 12 --- ## [What we did right, what we did wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-did-right-what-we-did-wrong/952384)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-did-right-what-we-did-wrong/952384 "2021-11-03T15:36:18Z")
For some of us the end of the emergency appears to be in sight - fully vaccinated, measured re-opening, a clear path to post-covid normality beckons. Can it be true? Its perhaps time to get all reflective about our exp… --- ## [Is having Covid previously as good a protection as full vaccination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-covid-previously-as-good-a-protection-as-full-vaccination/949405)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-covid-previously-as-good-a-protection-as-full-vaccination/949405 "2021-11-02T08:09:53Z")
I have a friend who keeps insisting that having previously had Covid is as good(better I think he said) protection than being fully vaccinated. Is he right? I often find data of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated, but I never … --- ## [Vaxx and non-covid deaths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaxx-and-non-covid-deaths/953563)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaxx-and-non-covid-deaths/953563 "2021-11-01T22:56:02Z")
There was an article in the Economist about how vaxxed people have a lower death rate than unvaxxed from things other than covid. This was based on a CDC report. The article is paywalled (I only read a summary) and I can… --- ## [No Covid mention in the obits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-covid-mention-in-the-obits/953587)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-covid-mention-in-the-obits/953587 "2021-11-01T21:36:16Z")
It can’t be denied that Covid has been the main contributing factor in many people’s deaths. But aside of only a handful of instances it doesn’t get mentioned as such in local obituaries. I know frequently people do no… --- ## [Getting booster or 3rd shot in a couple hours, what does this question mean? Need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-booster-or-3rd-shot-in-a-couple-hours-what-does-this-question-mean-need-answer-fast/953401)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-booster-or-3rd-shot-in-a-couple-hours-what-does-this-question-mean-need-answer-fast/953401 "2021-11-01T14:14:57Z")
I’m going this afternoon for what I thought was, equivalently, my booster or my 3rd shot, of Moderna. I just noticed that the clinic confirmation email contains the following: “If you are getting the Moderna vaccine ple… --- ## [Getting an mRNA "booster" when you've had the J&J vaccine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-mrna-booster-when-youve-had-the-j-j-vaccine/945736)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-mrna-booster-when-youve-had-the-j-j-vaccine/945736 "2021-10-30T12:14:00Z")
As it turns out, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine never gained the traction of the mRNA vaccines in the US (the last stat I saw had something like only 12 million going that route). As someone who got the J&J, I’ve been won… --- ## [Explain the debate about natural immunity wrt having had Covid-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-debate-about-natural-immunity-wrt-having-had-covid-19/952459)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-debate-about-natural-immunity-wrt-having-had-covid-19/952459 "2021-10-31T13:59:16Z")
This has come up in conversation several times in my own circles so I wanted to ask this question here on the 'dope (sorry if this has already been debated or addressed). Basically, why is it that natural immunity isn’t… --- ## [The third jab of Pfizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-jab-of-pfizer/951471)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-jab-of-pfizer/951471 "2021-10-30T17:37:29Z")
Got my Pfizer #3 dose today, one week shy of 8 months after my 2nd. I got it on the basis of being high risk medically and professionally. Snagged it at a local Walgreens, it took less than 15 minutes in the store, qui… --- ## [COVID-19 as brain disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-as-brain-disease/939518)
**Author:** [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-as-brain-disease/939518 "2021-10-29T05:17:55Z")
According to this study, COVID-19 is causing longer term neurological problems in a huge percentage of survivors. When I have more time, I’ll see if I can’t poke some holes in the methodology because I really want this … --- ## [Russia's Delta Surge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russias-delta-surge/952556)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russias-delta-surge/952556 "2021-10-26T23:04:20Z")
Delta, obviously, has caused a global spike in Covid-19 cases. But, when you compare the curve of it from country to country it seems to be following a fairly consistent bell curve. That’s not true for Russia. It starts … --- ## [Convincing acquaintances, friends, and family to get vaccinated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convincing-acquaintances-friends-and-family-to-get-vaccinated/948172)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convincing-acquaintances-friends-and-family-to-get-vaccinated/948172 "2021-10-23T16:32:28Z")
So, early in the the vaccine rollout i pushed my mother, my daughter, my mother’s aid, and a co-worker to get vaccinated. Probably they all would have anyway, but i facilitated getting it done sooner. Now i feel like th… --- ## [Is it "Covid" capitalized, "COVID" all-caps, or "covid" lower-case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-covid-capitalized-covid-all-caps-or-covid-lower-case/952958)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-covid-capitalized-covid-all-caps-or-covid-lower-case/952958 "2021-10-23T14:07:38Z")
Because my spellchecker isn’t a fan of the first and third options, and it’s only allowing the second one, probably, because it allows for the possibility that all-caps words are abbreviated. So, when referring to the v… --- ## [Debunking help: Leaky COVID vaccines and Marek's Disease in chickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-help-leaky-covid-vaccines-and-mareks-disease-in-chickens/948384)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-help-leaky-covid-vaccines-and-mareks-disease-in-chickens/948384 "2021-10-22T23:17:16Z")
There’s a new argument burgeoning among anti-vaxxers: That it’s a big problem and a giant red flag that there are so many breakthrough cases of Delta among the vaccinated. The fact that the COVID vaccines don’t approach … --- ## [Which booster to get (mixing vaccine brands)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-booster-to-get-mixing-vaccine-brands/952910)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-booster-to-get-mixing-vaccine-brands/952910 "2021-10-22T21:06:19Z")
It sounds like the FDA has approved mixing and matching shots, and I’ve also heard some preliminary evidence that having mixed vaccines work better than all-of-one-type. I got my Pfizer rounds back in April. Should I d… --- ## [Any Studies/Stats on Vaxxed Hospital Patients BY Vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-studies-stats-on-vaxxed-hospital-patients-by-vaccine/952849)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-studies-stats-on-vaxxed-hospital-patients-by-vaccine/952849 "2021-10-22T00:58:42Z")
I’ve been following my local hospital’s stats on Covid patients, and it’s been pretty steady at 15-20% of the overall Covid patient population being fully vaccinated, and about 10% in serious condition/on a ventilator. … --- ## [Question about Children with COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-children-with-covid/952859)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-children-with-covid/952859 "2021-10-21T02:30:40Z")
Someone I know has two children, ages 2 and 4. Four year old just started Kindergarten a few weeks ago. This week both kids tested positive for COVID. I’m seriously upset and concerned about this, while the kids’ pa… --- ## [Thoughts on Long-term Lifestyle/Societal outcome(s) from Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-long-term-lifestyle-societal-outcome-s-from-covid/950379)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-long-term-lifestyle-societal-outcome-s-from-covid/950379 "2021-10-19T20:55:12Z")
Depressingly, and thanks to the anti-vaxxers and vaccine hesitant, and the distribution of poor countries around the world, I don’t see how the general situation will get any better than it is now, Covid-wise. I foresee… --- ## [Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448 "2021-10-19T16:44:41Z")
When going to the grocery store, etc. I only see about half of the people out and about, wearing any type of mask. The CDC is recommending that all people out in public should be wearing masks, not just counting on soci… --- ## [Respiratory virus resistance after tonsillectomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respiratory-virus-resistance-after-tonsillectomy/952693)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respiratory-virus-resistance-after-tonsillectomy/952693 "2021-10-19T00:07:37Z")
Maybe this is too general for The Quarantine Zone, but I wouldn’t be bringing it up at all, if it weren’t for the implications in COVID-19 resistance. So, bear with me. I’m 54. That means that it was 20 years ago that I… --- ## [Help me understand this CDC study on aerosol transmission about a teacher who infected almost her entire class with Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-cdc-study-on-aerosol-transmission-about-a-teacher-who-infected-almost-her-entire-class-with-covid/952573)
**Author:** [@craft458](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/craft458)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-cdc-study-on-aerosol-transmission-about-a-teacher-who-infected-almost-her-entire-class-with-covid/952573 "2021-10-18T21:24:56Z")
I read in the news a couple months ago about a case of a teacher who removed her mask to read to the kids in her classroom and ended up infecting most of the students in the classroom with Covid. I came across the actual… --- ## [I got MRSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-mrsa/950723)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-mrsa/950723 "2021-10-16T02:35:19Z")
Just diagnosed. Left leg. I cannot go into work. Just scratches, but yellow & oozing. The Doc has seen me, & lots of shots & pills were applied. But there are no beds in the local hospital, if it comes down to it. B… --- ## [Help me understand the math of "11x more likely to die if unvaccinated"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-math-of-11x-more-likely-to-die-if-unvaccinated/952392)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-math-of-11x-more-likely-to-die-if-unvaccinated/952392 "2021-10-14T19:28:10Z")
This is an example of a recent article that quoted that factor between unvaccinated folks dying from the virus vs vaccinated. Unvaccinated People Are 11 Times More Likely To Die Of COVID-19 Than Vaccinated : NPR Now th… --- ## [Has studying covid led to any discoveries/realizations about other illnesses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-studying-covid-led-to-any-discoveries-realizations-about-other-illnesses/952330)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-studying-covid-led-to-any-discoveries-realizations-about-other-illnesses/952330 "2021-10-12T18:17:53Z")
Personally I’m curious about whether or not the discovery that covid mostly is airborne and not transmitted via fomites has led to any similar realizations about the flu and common colds, which people have forever been t… --- ## [COVID-19 Contagiousness Chart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-contagiousness-chart/952357)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-contagiousness-chart/952357 "2021-10-12T16:38:54Z")
Back at the beginning of the pandemic, there were all these charts that showed estimates for how contagious and deadly COVID-19 was compared to other diseases. This article contains one from a year ago March (may be pay… --- ## [My personal experience with mandatory Covid vaccinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-personal-experience-with-mandatory-covid-vaccinations/950473)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-personal-experience-with-mandatory-covid-vaccinations/950473 "2021-10-11T18:25:14Z")
My father has been in a nursing home for almost two years. He had Covid early on while in the nursing home and got both vaccine shots when they became available. When visits became available I talked to three staff memb… --- ## [Article: Would It Be Fair to Treat Vaccinated Covid Patients First?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-would-it-be-fair-to-treat-vaccinated-covid-patients-first/949415)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-would-it-be-fair-to-treat-vaccinated-covid-patients-first/949415 "2021-10-09T16:53:54Z")
I saw this article (below) and thought it was interesting. I think this can be a tough one: --- ## [Long but Informative Article on the Origins of the Virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-but-informative-article-on-the-origins-of-the-virus/942353)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-but-informative-article-on-the-origins-of-the-virus/942353 "2021-10-09T16:45:36Z")
What the article says: After the first couple of days and Trump claiming that the virus was created in a Chinese Lab a group of virologists came out and said that the virus likely jumped from an animal host that would… --- ## [Travelling internationally and coming back to U.S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelling-internationally-and-coming-back-to-u-s/950843)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelling-internationally-and-coming-back-to-u-s/950843 "2021-10-07T18:20:44Z")
As it stands right now, if you leave the country you have to have a Covid test to return to the US. I am concerned that if I travel and test positive on trying to return to the U.S. I will have no place to stay while I q… --- ## [Vaccination + infection & long haul Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-infection-long-haul-covid/945552)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-infection-long-haul-covid/945552 "2021-10-07T11:22:06Z")
First a caveat, lest anyone think I’m a denier or anti-vaxxer, which I’m not I take this pandemic bloody seriously and I’m totally for masking and vaxxing. Having said that, my wife and I both are now now fully vaxxed w… --- ## [Apparently there's one thing that can change some anti-vaxxers' minds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-theres-one-thing-that-can-change-some-anti-vaxxers-minds/950496)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-theres-one-thing-that-can-change-some-anti-vaxxers-minds/950496 "2021-10-05T04:01:43Z")
This is an interesting story. I would be interested in knowing whether anybody on this board has any success using this video. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=12)