# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=19 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 20 --- ## ["Plant-Based" COVID Vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-based-covid-vaccine/939971)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-based-covid-vaccine/939971 "2021-04-14T18:49:23Z")
I just heard a blurb on our local NPR affiliate that a local doctor’s office is recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial of a “plant-based” COVID vaccine. This same office was a local partner for the Moderna clinical t… --- ## [39% of US Marines refuse COVID-19 vaccination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/39-of-us-marines-refuse-covid-19-vaccination/939760)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/39-of-us-marines-refuse-covid-19-vaccination/939760 "2021-04-14T14:25:46Z")
Link: Two points/questions: Well, this is dismaying. Why the hell do they have a choice? You volunteered, asshole. Take the shot or hand in your kit and find a civvie job. --- ## [Question on vaccine effect on variant spread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vaccine-effect-on-variant-spread/934146)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vaccine-effect-on-variant-spread/934146 "2021-04-13T12:14:28Z")
From my understanding, fear of COVID variants is the worry that one could spread widely enough to equal 2020, totally untouched by current vaccines. I know that makes common sense, and I know a lot of very smart people a… --- ## [How immune am I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immune-am-i/939691)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immune-am-i/939691 "2021-04-11T19:38:57Z")
So basic immunology question here: I got my first shot of Pfizer on Monday, so let’s say 96 hours ago. For simplicity, let’s ignore the 21-day second shot, and define 100% immunity as being the most immune I’m going to … --- ## [Why are flu cases SO low?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-flu-cases-so-low/938471)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-flu-cases-so-low/938471 "2021-04-10T20:42:00Z")
Worldwide, flu numbers are a tiny fraction of what they normally are. The reason given is that the Covid precautions (masks, distancing, lockdowns, etc) have been responsible. This doesn’t make sense to me, given how m… --- ## [I Just Got My Second COVID Shot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-second-covid-shot/939661)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-second-covid-shot/939661 "2021-04-10T14:10:46Z")
I just got my second COVID shot (Pfizer). High five, if you did too. Or whatever. I just can’t figure out why my arm bled so much after the shot. I do take a blood thinner now. But it is supposed to be a shot in the mus… --- ## [Despite hearing this on NPR, I can't stop disinfecting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despite-hearing-this-on-npr-i-cant-stop-disinfecting/929210)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despite-hearing-this-on-npr-i-cant-stop-disinfecting/929210 "2021-04-07T15:48:38Z")
It’s a habit now…muscle memory. --- ## [Gallup, New Mexico is on lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallup-new-mexico-is-on-lockdown/853014)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallup-new-mexico-is-on-lockdown/853014 "2021-04-07T00:26:25Z")
The Navajo Nation has a very high per capita rate of known COVID, and authorities have decided to restrict travel in and out of this city. Here’s a condensed verion. You can still drive through Gallup on I-40, but … --- ## [Supply of N95 masks easing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supply-of-n95-masks-easing-up/939485)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supply-of-n95-masks-easing-up/939485 "2021-04-06T18:35:23Z")
During the height of the pandemic you saw what were purported to be real single N95 masks going for $30 on eBay, and they were totally unobtainable in big box stores. I didn’t buy one for fear they were fake. Now you see… --- ## [Dentists, Veterinarians, Opticians, What are they doing Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentists-veterinarians-opticians-what-are-they-doing-now/851188)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentists-veterinarians-opticians-what-are-they-doing-now/851188 "2021-04-06T10:42:34Z")
Compared to regular “Doctor-Doctors” there are very few "Other Medical Doctors"out there. After all there are a lot more medical schools than veterinarian schools out there. Nonetheless, this is an emergency. What are … --- ## [If you have already had Covid, would your reaction to a vaccin be likely to be less severe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-already-had-covid-would-your-reaction-to-a-vaccin-be-likely-to-be-less-severe/938751)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-already-had-covid-would-your-reaction-to-a-vaccin-be-likely-to-be-less-severe/938751 "2021-04-06T09:59:38Z")
I’m kind of prone to making up medical theories that sound logical, but, as I have no medical background, turn out to have little relation to reality. This is the latest. So if someone, either knowingly or unknowingly, h… --- ## [When will you resume recreational air travel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-you-resume-recreational-air-travel/938042)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-you-resume-recreational-air-travel/938042 "2021-04-05T19:57:00Z")
I haven’t seen my father or siblings in over a year now. Dad’s been vaccinated, but they’re still not allowing outside visitors into his assisted-living facility. Not sure when that’s gonna end. It won’t make a lot of… --- ## [1st dose sticker leaves no room for 2nd dose information on vaccine card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-dose-sticker-leaves-no-room-for-2nd-dose-information-on-vaccine-card/939387)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-dose-sticker-leaves-no-room-for-2nd-dose-information-on-vaccine-card/939387 "2021-04-04T18:41:59Z")
I got the first of two doses (Moderna) and got a vaccine card. But they didn’t write on it. They put a big preprinted sticker on it. The sticker covers about 80% of the vertical space and 60% of the horizontal space on t… --- ## [Masks and learning facial cues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masks-and-learning-facial-cues/939291)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masks-and-learning-facial-cues/939291 "2021-04-04T13:14:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News: You sure that we learn facial expression cues visually? My perception has always been that I look at a face and feel how I’d f… --- ## [Risk mitigation .. why not just give up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-mitigation-why-not-just-give-up/939107)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-mitigation-why-not-just-give-up/939107 "2021-04-02T16:53:12Z")
Let me first stipulate that I think the governor of TX is a moron. But without getting political… If I were a governor, or President, I would be sorely tempted to just throw in the towel. To make an address to the peop… --- ## [Long Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid/938760)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid/938760 "2021-04-01T19:33:40Z")
I’m looking for data on the odds of developing long covid. Preferably something by age and sex. But really, I’d appreciate any sense of how common (or uncommon) it is. --- ## [Lawsuit tossed after plaintiff's attorney refuses to wear mask in courtroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuit-tossed-after-plaintiffs-attorney-refuses-to-wear-mask-in-courtroom/938923)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuit-tossed-after-plaintiffs-attorney-refuses-to-wear-mask-in-courtroom/938923 "2021-03-31T17:15:37Z")
The lawyer said the mask made it hard to breathe. The judge had previously had Covid-19, and threw out the case, but did say that the client could refile the case later. I think the judge was right. I wonder if the pla… --- ## [Is it my imagination, or is the management of AstraZeneca incompentent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-management-of-astrazeneca-incompentent/938519)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-management-of-astrazeneca-incompentent/938519 "2021-03-30T16:50:08Z")
I keep seeing weird news about the Oxford AstroZeneca vaccine trials. First it was that a bunch of people in the initial study got the wrong dose Many scientists raised concerns on the robustness of results from a su… --- ## [My doctor didn't mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-didnt-mask/938634)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-didnt-mask/938634 "2021-03-29T19:41:14Z")
Hi, I had a doctor’s appointment today. A psychiatrist I’ve been seeing for \> 10 years because I need meds to not have insomnia, probably forever. He’s been vaccinated, and saw me without a mask and in fact blew his nose… --- ## [Virus Variant Naming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-variant-naming/938047)
**Author:** [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-variant-naming/938047 "2021-03-27T08:10:56Z")
The WHO has guidelines about naming pathogens based on place names, and rightfully so as the “China Virus” moniker has clearly been used in a racist way. So why are we now hearing the news and such refer to the South Af… --- ## [What future measures do you think will be needed? Will they be obeyed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-future-measures-do-you-think-will-be-needed-will-they-be-obeyed/938825)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-future-measures-do-you-think-will-be-needed-will-they-be-obeyed/938825 "2021-03-27T07:08:17Z")
So the vaccines have apparently not been having a huge impact on numbers lately. Then there’s all the freaking out about variants. So I was wondering what your opinions were on the basic issue: how far do you think Ameri… --- ## [Any reason to pick Pfizer over Moderna, or does it not really matter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-to-pick-pfizer-over-moderna-or-does-it-not-really-matter/938354)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-to-pick-pfizer-over-moderna-or-does-it-not-really-matter/938354 "2021-03-27T02:14:10Z")
Where I live I will soon be eligible for the vaccine. Around me its mostly Pfizer and Moderna, which is what I want since I prefer the mRNA vaccine. When you sign up, they tell you what vaccine they have available at eac… --- ## [Gathering Countdowns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-countdowns/938802)
**Author:** [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-countdowns/938802 "2021-03-26T22:22:44Z")
All the old people (over 50) in my long running D&D group have had their first shots. We have three people in their 20s (our own kid and two kids of friends) one of them has had a first shot and our kid will remain virt… --- ## [Got vaccine but no card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-vaccine-but-no-card/934043)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-vaccine-but-no-card/934043 "2021-03-26T02:56:30Z")
As I mentioned in the other thread, my wife got her first vaccine shot on Saturday. I asked her to show me the card, and she said “What card? I didn’t get any card.” Is this going to cause her problems in the future? … --- ## [Why not vaccinate in the butt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-vaccinate-in-the-butt/933899)
**Author:** [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-vaccinate-in-the-butt/933899 "2021-03-25T19:07:25Z")
Is there any reason the vaccine is given in the arm vs the buttock other than ease of administration? --- ## [The size of vaccination cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-size-of-vaccination-cards/938552)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-size-of-vaccination-cards/938552 "2021-03-25T15:55:24Z")
Vaccination cards, or at least the one I got, are 4" x 3". Why aren’t they the size of credit cards (3-3/8" x 2-1/8"), so they can fit into a wallet? --- ## [Thread for Falsifiable Predictions about the Effect of Holidays on COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-falsifiable-predictions-about-the-effect-of-holidays-on-covid-19/932163)
**Author:** [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-falsifiable-predictions-about-the-effect-of-holidays-on-covid-19/932163 "2021-03-25T13:05:42Z")
So, this thread is pretty much what it says on the tin: predict the effect of future holidays and other events on the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic. Predictions must be specific enough for it to be clearly deter… --- ## [COVID infections: Who do you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-infections-who-do-you-know/937889)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-infections-who-do-you-know/937889 "2021-03-24T21:35:50Z")
A friend of mine had COVID last year. He recovered and we enjoyed some beer together last Summer. The guy who owns the house next door to us had it, and he came up to quarantine for a week or so. Yesterday one of my wi… --- ## [How would COVID 19 be treated in 1918?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-covid-19-be-treated-in-1918/938327)
**Author:** [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-covid-19-be-treated-in-1918/938327 "2021-03-23T23:56:09Z")
This pandemic has been compared to the 1918 Spanish flu due to its spread. The death toll of the 1918 pandemic was far higher. I am curious as to which medical advancements have made this disease less lethal so far. Woul… --- ## [COVID-19 vaccine and HPV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-vaccine-and-hpv/938434)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-vaccine-and-hpv/938434 "2021-03-23T15:16:08Z")
I had plantar warts on the bottoms of my feet ~55 years ago. A podiatrist put acid on the several spots, bandaged my feet, then had me return so he could carve away dead tissue and reapply acid. Rinse, repeat. Now fas… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=20)