# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=13 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 14 --- ## [\[Factual\] Does SARS-CoV-2 transmit via aerosol particles that are too small to be filtered by masks? If so, to what extent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-does-sars-cov-2-transmit-via-aerosol-particles-that-are-too-small-to-be-filtered-by-masks-if-so-to-what-extent/948537)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-does-sars-cov-2-transmit-via-aerosol-particles-that-are-too-small-to-be-filtered-by-masks-if-so-to-what-extent/948537 "2021-08-30T19:59:56Z")
Continuing the discussion from Someone please help me refute what this doctor is saying about covid: Please fight my ignorance here - although I do not dispute that masks are effective, I thought the disease could spre… --- ## [Media Responsibility and Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-responsibility-and-covid/949453)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-responsibility-and-covid/949453 "2021-08-30T14:27:35Z")
Covid seems to have had different effects in different places. Where I live, some 90% of hospitalizations and 93% of ICU admissions are said to be in people not fully vaccinated, and generally unvaccinated. Some people… --- ## [Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson - you're practicing medicine without a license](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711 "2021-08-29T16:27:29Z")
I wasn’t sure whether to post it here or in the Pit, but in short, he tweeted that anyone with COVID can go to a pharmacy and get antibody treatment. Really? REALLY!?!?!? Even if p… --- ## [Vaccinated, wearing a mask... How much risk is there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinated-wearing-a-mask-how-much-risk-is-there/949596)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinated-wearing-a-mask-how-much-risk-is-there/949596 "2021-08-29T12:56:42Z")
I was vaccinated fully in April (Pfizer). I live in Philadelphia which is not a place where politicians are trying to kill people (in fact Philly proper has reinstated a max mandate two weeks ago). I am content to wear m… --- ## [What comes after "iT'S AN ExPerimENtAl drUg THErApy!" in the antivax playbook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-after-its-an-experimental-drug-therapy-in-the-antivax-playbook/946934)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-after-its-an-experimental-drug-therapy-in-the-antivax-playbook/946934 "2021-08-28T01:36:17Z")
There were competing claims in the news over the weekend saying that one of the mRNA vaccines is likely to be fully approve by September or January, but regardless, it’s going to happen soon-ish. Why it’s taking so long … --- ## [Aftermath of the Sturgis SD Motorcycle Rally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermath-of-the-sturgis-sd-motorcycle-rally/919616)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermath-of-the-sturgis-sd-motorcycle-rally/919616 "2021-08-28T00:13:50Z")
This might not be Mundane or Pointless, but I’m note sure where else to put it. In the wake of the Sturgis Motocycle Rally held on August 7-16 2020, I notice that South Dakota has, according to the Johns Hopkins coronav… --- ## [Comirnaty vs. Spikevax (brand names of vaccines)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comirnaty-vs-spikevax-brand-names-of-vaccines/949549)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comirnaty-vs-spikevax-brand-names-of-vaccines/949549 "2021-08-27T00:49:03Z")
Comirnaty is Pfizer vaccine’s brand name; Spikevax is what Moderna’s has (only used in Europe so far). Nancy Friedman writes a blog about brand names and related topics. Here’s her take on these two names: https://nancy… --- ## [COVID-Damaged Relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-damaged-relationships/927317)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-damaged-relationships/927317 "2021-08-24T19:02:11Z")
I just wonder at how many relationships - family, friends, or otherwise - have been damaged by the pandemic. Just more casualties of this horrid disease. I thought I would start a support thread for people dealing with f… --- ## [Early, but growing evidence vaccines less effective against Delta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-but-growing-evidence-vaccines-less-effective-against-delta/945775)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-but-growing-evidence-vaccines-less-effective-against-delta/945775 "2021-08-24T16:48:01Z")
There’s growing evidence that Delta is able to beat the vaccine in an increasing number of cases, though it appears that the vaccines are able to generally do its job of preventing the worst outcomes. Still, as someone w… --- ## [Getting COVID twice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-covid-twice/949395)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-covid-twice/949395 "2021-08-24T13:49:09Z")
With the mounting breakthrough cases and the undeniable evidence that the vaccinated are much less likely to develop severe symptoms, my question is: What about the unvaccinated that get COVID a second time? Is there an… --- ## [A "Breakthrough" story. Are there others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-breakthrough-story-are-there-others/949100)
**Author:** [@Joeu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joeu)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-breakthrough-story-are-there-others/949100 "2021-08-20T15:48:30Z")
In case anyone is interested in a first-person bit of anecdata, I’m currently on day 6 of a “breakthrough” covid infection. Maybe others can share, too? I’m finding the reporting about these infections to be sensational… --- ## [Opening schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-schools/854247)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 1327\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-schools/854247 "2021-08-19T15:14:38Z")
Science article. Bolding mine. Update? So far, weeks later, no new surges in countries that have opened schools. --- ## [Can we go back to "senior hours" at stores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-go-back-to-senior-hours-at-stores/946999)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-go-back-to-senior-hours-at-stores/946999 "2021-08-19T12:44:16Z")
Early in the pandemic, certain stores announced hours (or days) for senior citizens to shop. Now we are in a situation where it doesn’t look like we’re ever going to reach herd immunity by vaccination, but may do so by… --- ## [The Vaccine Passport - news and views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vaccine-passport-news-and-views/933668)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vaccine-passport-news-and-views/933668 "2021-08-19T11:23:25Z")
This story hit the news in the UK yesterday. Up until this point the UK government had been firmly against introducing a “vaccine passport” - here envisaged as a proof of vaccination, necessary to allow you to use a rest… --- ## [Pandemic effect on world population](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-effect-on-world-population/948984)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-effect-on-world-population/948984 "2021-08-19T04:58:20Z")
Has anyone made an attempt to quantify the effect of the pandemic on population? Either for the world as a whole or for a significant part of it? Or even just a major country? It’s not just the raw death counts. Those d… --- ## [Would there be any evolutionary advantage for Covid to be as contagious as Delta but as fatal as a disease like MERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-there-be-any-evolutionary-advantage-for-covid-to-be-as-contagious-as-delta-but-as-fatal-as-a-disease-like-mers/948731)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-there-be-any-evolutionary-advantage-for-covid-to-be-as-contagious-as-delta-but-as-fatal-as-a-disease-like-mers/948731 "2021-08-17T22:58:19Z")
SARS-Cov2 has a fatality rate of maybe 1-2%. I think the original SARS from 20 years ago is closer to 10-15%, and MERS is over 30% fatality. So from an evolutionary POV, whatever disease is the most contagious is the on… --- ## [Opinion on Vaccinations for Hospital Workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661 "2021-08-17T19:09:39Z")
We have a local hospital that employs well over ten thousand people and has a self reported vaccination rate of 70%. I was curious what Dopers thought about these numbers. I know many otherwise knowledgeable nurses who… --- ## [Florida numbers don't make sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-numbers-dont-make-sense/948760)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-numbers-dont-make-sense/948760 "2021-08-17T17:33:51Z")
I look at the worldometer web site pretty frequently to see what’s going on with the pandemic. I’ve noticed something odd with the numbers being reported for Florida, which you can see here: The number of daily new ca… --- ## [Do you trust the current vaccines? What resources you trust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-trust-the-current-vaccines-what-resources-you-trust/947596)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-trust-the-current-vaccines-what-resources-you-trust/947596 "2021-08-17T12:40:23Z")
There is a lot of skepticism out there about the effectiveness of the current vaccines, even among those who believe in COVID, and that got me wondering who is putting their trust (whatever you feel that means) into them… --- ## [Antibody testing post-vaccine: If not useful, why are researchers using it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-testing-post-vaccine-if-not-useful-why-are-researchers-using-it/947565)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-testing-post-vaccine-if-not-useful-why-are-researchers-using-it/947565 "2021-08-16T17:16:23Z")
My mother is immune-compromised. She is fully vaccinated. She (and her doctor) is curious about what level of protection she now has. She took a COVID antibody test. It was negative. Moreover, she and her doctor later l… --- ## [How do we change the public conversation around people who violate mask restrictions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-change-the-public-conversation-around-people-who-violate-mask-restrictions/947197)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-change-the-public-conversation-around-people-who-violate-mask-restrictions/947197 "2021-08-16T15:28:35Z")
This week, I finally went in to the office for the first time for the job I started last September. I normally take the train (or possibly a bus and a train). I hadn’t set foot on public transportation since early March … --- ## [Making sense of my travel risk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-sense-of-my-travel-risk/948103)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-sense-of-my-travel-risk/948103 "2021-08-16T11:27:49Z")
I am fully vaxed against COVID, and trying to get a handle on the risks I might incur during a road trip. CDC is advising vaxed people to wear masks when in areas of “substantial” or “high” prevalence. OK, can do. But… --- ## [Why are some employers so obstinate about requiring in-office work during COVID if it can be done just as well remotely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-employers-so-obstinate-about-requiring-in-office-work-during-covid-if-it-can-be-done-just-as-well-remotely/948411)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-employers-so-obstinate-about-requiring-in-office-work-during-covid-if-it-can-be-done-just-as-well-remotely/948411 "2021-08-16T05:29:02Z")
Let me preface this by saying that yes, it was nice not to have to spend 10+ hours a week commuting since I started my current job nearly a year ago. Although I work in a field (legal services) that is considered essenti… --- ## [In case you thought there wasn't a disinformation campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-thought-there-wasnt-a-disinformation-campaign/947286)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-thought-there-wasnt-a-disinformation-campaign/947286 "2021-08-16T03:43:51Z")
I was reading the BBC on a different COVID-19 topic (oral vaccines) and noticed this link in the corner. It seems that there are people being paid to spread false information about the vaccines. Granted, this one seem… --- ## [Why is US mortality so bad in the "fourth wave"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-us-mortality-so-bad-in-the-fourth-wave/948315)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-us-mortality-so-bad-in-the-fourth-wave/948315 "2021-08-14T21:38:17Z")
So just read this article. The premise of which is that while mortality rates between the US and other western countries, were very similar for previous waves, for the current “fourth wave” they are much higher in the US… --- ## [Any evidence that certain countries or regions are inflating their COVID stats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evidence-that-certain-countries-or-regions-are-inflating-their-covid-stats/854236)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evidence-that-certain-countries-or-regions-are-inflating-their-covid-stats/854236 "2021-08-14T20:18:33Z")
I took a nice vacation to Punta Cana by myself at the end of February. It was perfect timing, as the first major stock market collapse occurred during my flight back. Anyway, I met this very nice newlywed Russian coupl… --- ## [How do you counter this? (vaccination hold-off)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-counter-this-vaccination-hold-off/941536)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-counter-this-vaccination-hold-off/941536 "2021-08-14T17:06:53Z")
So on Reddit, someone made a dumb-assed comment about how most people are fine either way(getting vaccinated or not) because the death rate is only like 2%. I replied that I didn’t understand the argument against gettin… --- ## [Indigenous Peoples and vax or infection numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indigenous-peoples-and-vax-or-infection-numbers/948647)
**Author:** [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indigenous-peoples-and-vax-or-infection-numbers/948647 "2021-08-14T14:03:42Z")
I just thought it would be nice to see the numbers for those who are quarantined \*uh, sick/died… crud I forget where/what I was thinking of but it was a thread I just read… 45 minutes ago? pretty much because we (well, n… --- ## [Is it possible we end up with a variant that becomes a plague of the vaccinated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-we-end-up-with-a-variant-that-becomes-a-plague-of-the-vaccinated/948415)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-we-end-up-with-a-variant-that-becomes-a-plague-of-the-vaccinated/948415 "2021-08-12T22:43:11Z")
So delta is mostly affected the unvaccinated right now, especially for serious diseases. I think a lot of breakthrough diseases among the vaccinated are among those with comorbidities. So is as a possible scenario one w… --- ## [People who aren't vaccinated - what should they be called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314 "2021-08-12T04:46:11Z")
Continuing the discussion from Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News: That wouldn’t be accurate though. It may not be that they’re unwilling, it may be that people can’t take the time off fr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=14)