# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=28 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 29 --- ## [How does obesity increase the Covid-19 morbidity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-obesity-increase-the-covid-19-morbidity/922072)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-obesity-increase-the-covid-19-morbidity/922072 "2020-10-03T20:48:54Z")
Is it only because obesity is associated with other Covid complications, like diabetes? --- ## [I'm pretty burnt out right now from covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-burnt-out-right-now-from-covid/922042)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-burnt-out-right-now-from-covid/922042 "2020-10-03T14:02:10Z")
Tired of it. I’ve presently got hundreds of active covid patients. I won’t go into detail, and fortunately I’ve only ended up physically seeing a few dozen of them (and tested negative subsequently). I’m high risk for… --- ## [Food shortages that don't make sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-shortages-that-dont-make-sense/915213)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-shortages-that-dont-make-sense/915213 "2020-10-03T00:08:06Z")
In the early days of the pandemic, there were a lot of empty grocery store shelves. Stock levels are mostly returning to normal now, but there are still some unexplained gaps. It’s been about a month since I’ve been abl… --- ## [Cue up Shocking Blue or Bananarama: They've got it, yeah, baby, they've got it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-up-shocking-blue-or-bananarama-theyve-got-it-yeah-baby-theyve-got-it/922014)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-up-shocking-blue-or-bananarama-theyve-got-it-yeah-baby-theyve-got-it/922014 "2020-10-02T22:49:01Z")
On a serious note, viruses don’t discriminate or know who you are. As much as I loathe the POTUS, I hope their illnesses, if they do get sick, are mild (like my own probably case was) and they make a speedy recovery. A… --- ## [Free Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-testing/919007)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-testing/919007 "2020-10-01T18:11:06Z")
Today marks the first day 100% free COVID testing is available in my area (Washington), as a one time event. Anyone else’s state doing something similar? --- ## [Covid and library books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-library-books/921594)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-library-books/921594 "2020-10-01T14:57:55Z")
My boyfriend loved to visit the library on his lunch break from work, but hasn’t been back since all of this started. We found this article today, which details a huge research project around how long the virus lasts on … --- ## [Thoughts about weddings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-weddings/921321)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-weddings/921321 "2020-10-01T13:23:53Z")
Wondering what folk have done/thought about regarding weddings or other larger get-togethers. One of my nephews sent a “save the date” for next April. I’m pretty comfortable with various smaller gatherings - especially… --- ## [Are people outside the US doing stupid things WRT COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-outside-the-us-doing-stupid-things-wrt-covid/919706)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-outside-the-us-doing-stupid-things-wrt-covid/919706 "2020-09-29T14:02:16Z")
Pretty much on a daily basis the news here in the US has brought us stories of groups of people doing pretty much the exact opposite of what public health officials recommend in order to avoid being infected with (or tra… --- ## [Current estimates of COVID-19 Mortality Rates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-estimates-of-covid-19-mortality-rates/921433)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-estimates-of-covid-19-mortality-rates/921433 "2020-09-29T13:58:51Z")
It seems like COVID-19 mortality rates are dropping quickly. Florida had a huge spike in cases, and has had more cases than NY, but far fewer deaths. Since February-April, hospital capacity has opened up, there is more… --- ## [In the US what financial incentives are there, if any, for hospitals to report covid deaths & illnesses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-us-what-financial-incentives-are-there-if-any-for-hospitals-to-report-covid-deaths-illnesses/921561)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-us-what-financial-incentives-are-there-if-any-for-hospitals-to-report-covid-deaths-illnesses/921561 "2020-09-29T13:51:47Z")
Are there any incentives, either at the federal of the state levels? --- ## [Do other folks know people who think Covid is some kind of conspiracy, but who enthusiastically wear masks, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-folks-know-people-who-think-covid-is-some-kind-of-conspiracy-but-who-enthusiastically-wear-masks-etc/921606)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-folks-know-people-who-think-covid-is-some-kind-of-conspiracy-but-who-enthusiastically-wear-masks-etc/921606 "2020-09-29T13:49:56Z")
Lately I’ve been running into an odd sort of duck, and today it happened again, and now I am wondering if it’s a thing. These are people who argue online or in person that covid is vastly exaggerated, or that masks don’t… --- ## [The joys of asthma/allergies in the Age of COVID - how to balance caution and realism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-asthma-allergies-in-the-age-of-covid-how-to-balance-caution-and-realism/920254)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-asthma-allergies-in-the-age-of-covid-how-to-balance-caution-and-realism/920254 "2020-09-28T15:41:05Z")
Especially this time of year, I have crappy lungs (allergies/asthma). I take daily Claritin, which controls the worst of it, but sometimes I still cough. (Mold is my worst allergy, so especially when it’s been raining, a… --- ## [South Park in attendance at Broncos game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-in-attendance-at-broncos-game/921745)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-in-attendance-at-broncos-game/921745 "2020-09-28T14:41:28Z")
I didn’t know whether to put this here or in the Game Room. Mods, feel free to place this where it’s appropriate. The town of South Park, Colorado, was in attendance at the Denver Broncos game against Tampa Bay on Sunda… --- ## [Are you a maskhole or are you a maskhole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-maskhole-or-are-you-a-maskhole/921597)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-maskhole-or-are-you-a-maskhole/921597 "2020-09-27T04:32:14Z")
Did this not originate as a disparagement directed towards people who refuse to wear masks, or disbelieve their value during our current pandemic? I ask because more and more I’m starting to hear its use directed to peop… --- ## [Antibody test negative; Acute test result not available yet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-test-negative-acute-test-result-not-available-yet/921497)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-test-negative-acute-test-result-not-available-yet/921497 "2020-09-25T14:48:01Z")
Long story short, I was playing basketball with a guy who later tested positive, and contacted me through contact tracing. I went in for the test, and also took the antibody test, 8 days after the potential exposure. M… --- ## [Effect of Covid on lungs of people in high-altitude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-covid-on-lungs-of-people-in-high-altitude/921436)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-covid-on-lungs-of-people-in-high-altitude/921436 "2020-09-24T19:11:49Z")
Since Covid affects lung function, are there more severe effects for survivors who contract and recover from Covid in a place like, say, Denver, or in even higher altitudes with thinner air than sea level? --- ## ["The dog ate the charger."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dog-ate-the-charger/921423)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dog-ate-the-charger/921423 "2020-09-24T17:43:24Z")
So, many of our regular school problems have either been supplemented or replaced by COVID-19 Remote Learning Problems. The newest COVID-19 excuse for not attending class: “My dog ate my charging cord.” I told the teac… --- ## [Will cruise ships ever be the same again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-cruise-ships-ever-be-the-same-again/852032)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-cruise-ships-ever-be-the-same-again/852032 "2020-09-23T14:03:50Z")
What do you all think? Considering how this virus hit cruise ships and in the past other diseases have also hit cruise ships, will they ever be the same? I have only been on one 3 day cruise in my life so I really dont… --- ## [Quarantine TV - some cool stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-tv-some-cool-stuff/920976)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-tv-some-cool-stuff/920976 "2020-09-19T04:37:40Z")
We may be the only people in America that don’t stream anything. I don’t really care for TV (I was never allowed to watch it as a kid) and he’s perfectly happy with watching what I call the “Hitler channel” (military his… --- ## [Webcomics and Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webcomics-and-covid/920811)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webcomics-and-covid/920811 "2020-09-17T12:17:10Z")
I’ve noticed three webcomics have incorporated Covid into their story; Something Positive, Moon over June, and Diesel Sweeties. Any other examples? --- ## [Flying - Would You Rather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-would-you-rather/920523)
**Author:** [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-would-you-rather/920523 "2020-09-16T02:15:31Z")
You consider yourself to be in a higher-than-average risk cohort due to age and/or a couple of potential underlying conditions, neither of which really cause you problems on a day-to-day basis (ie. they are controlled by… --- ## [Study published in JAMA Network Open: Vitamin D signficantly cuts ICU admission rate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-published-in-jama-network-open-vitamin-d-signficantly-cuts-icu-admission-rate/920544)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-published-in-jama-network-open-vitamin-d-signficantly-cuts-icu-admission-rate/920544 "2020-09-16T00:56:25Z")
In a small double blind randomized control trial (pdf at link) at a Spanish hospital early administration of calcifediol (a Vitamin D metabolite) significantly cut ICU admission rate and was associated with a less severe… --- ## [A thread for/about those who are sheltering completely alone, i.e. no other human beings with you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-about-those-who-are-sheltering-completely-alone-i-e-no-other-human-beings-with-you/851185)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-about-those-who-are-sheltering-completely-alone-i-e-no-other-human-beings-with-you/851185 "2020-09-15T23:30:09Z")
Pets, yes… or maybe no pets either? But no spouse, roommate, parent, child, no other person living (or most likely, visiting) in your home. What is this like for you? Do you have any kind of self/other-imposed routine/s… --- ## [Seismologists are also calling the period of lockdown The Great Seismic Quiet Period](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seismologists-are-also-calling-the-period-of-lockdown-the-great-seismic-quiet-period/920728)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seismologists-are-also-calling-the-period-of-lockdown-the-great-seismic-quiet-period/920728 "2020-09-15T21:58:47Z")
Bit of a MPSIMS this but I’ve been reading about how the reduction of human activity during the worst of the COVID crisis has affected seismology. I found it interesting so here it is: https://science.sciencemag.org/con… --- ## [US excess deaths in 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-excess-deaths-in-2020/920183)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-excess-deaths-in-2020/920183 "2020-09-14T19:02:59Z")
I’ve seen coronavirus death totals so far of numbers from 189,000 to somewhere over 200,000. The 189,000 is the only one whose source I remember for sure. It was CNN article quoting Johns Hopkins. I think the 200,000+… --- ## [Anyone else not feeling terribly stressed/inconvenienced by COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-feeling-terribly-stressed-inconvenienced-by-covid/920270)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-feeling-terribly-stressed-inconvenienced-by-covid/920270 "2020-09-14T13:11:04Z")
Over the past few days, I’ve repeatedly thought how little I felt the quality of my life has been adversely impacted by COVID concerns. Sure, there are a few inconveniences, but they are relatively minor, and they are b… --- ## [Is this unstoppable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-unstoppable/920533)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-unstoppable/920533 "2020-09-14T11:52:17Z")
In my area they post Covid news and part of this is showing which nursing home and assisted living facilities have reported cases. Remember, these are the most vulnerable people. They also have the tightest rules. They … --- ## [People getting positive test results when they never took a test: an issue in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-getting-positive-test-results-when-they-never-took-a-test-an-issue-in-your-area/915957)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-getting-positive-test-results-when-they-never-took-a-test-an-issue-in-your-area/915957 "2020-09-12T12:44:46Z")
I will preface this by stating that my source is Facebook, so take it with a big nugget of salt like I did, at least at first. (Now, it’s just a grain.) Someone posted that they had two friends, in my city no less, who… --- ## [The Smithsonian has a COVID exhibit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smithsonian-has-a-covid-exhibit/919770)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smithsonian-has-a-covid-exhibit/919770 "2020-09-09T13:11:48Z")
And specifically, the National Museum of American History. Like I’ve told my nieces, and other kids, we are always living in future history. --- ## [Are people going broke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-going-broke/852565)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-going-broke/852565 "2020-09-08T22:33:39Z")
There was a bit of a brouhaha when the government shutdown awhile back, Apparently a lot of people don’t have much saved. Are there people out there right now who have gone broke and are going to starve to death? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=29)