# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=3 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [What's a good metric for when to stop masking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-metric-for-when-to-stop-masking/986122)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-metric-for-when-to-stop-masking/986122 "2023-10-03T16:46:12Z")
I’m still making in public. I don’t like it, but I’ve had COVID once and that was enough. The vulnerable people in my household pulled through, but I don’t want to play roulette with their lives or long-term health again… --- ## [Pharmacists hold walkout at CVS stores in KC metro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacists-hold-walkout-at-cvs-stores-in-kc-metro/990802)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacists-hold-walkout-at-cvs-stores-in-kc-metro/990802 "2023-10-03T16:44:26Z")
Is this happening anyplace else? KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - CVS pharmacists, staff walk out in protest of ‘dangerous environment’ for patients The COVID-19 booster rollout might be a bumpy one as local CVS pharmacy emp… --- ## [Not sure what isolating does, aside from flooding a room with virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-what-isolating-does-aside-from-flooding-a-room-with-virus/991021)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-what-isolating-does-aside-from-flooding-a-room-with-virus/991021 "2023-10-02T23:29:39Z")
I realize that isolating/quarantining ensures that you (probably) won’t infect others. But at the same time aren’t I filling this room up with virus? I’m coughing, sneezing, hacking up sputum, etc. and every time I exh… --- ## [Plane travel (9/2023): masking vs. CPAP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-travel-9-2023-masking-vs-cpap/990727)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-travel-9-2023-masking-vs-cpap/990727 "2023-09-27T12:00:47Z")
I’m about to get on a plane (4 hour trip) for the first time since the pandemic hit, and I plan to wear a mask in the airports, but am wondering about the plane itself. I could keep the mask on, or not. I also am traveli… --- ## [COVID Test Expiration Dates Extended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-expiration-dates-extended/990674)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-expiration-dates-extended/990674 "2023-09-25T18:14:10Z")
My son recently tested positive, so I looked through my various tests that I’ve gathered over time and noticed that a lot of them are expired. However, the FDA is now extending the expiration date for lots of the tests: … --- ## [Resurgence in vaccine lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurgence-in-vaccine-lies/990557)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurgence-in-vaccine-lies/990557 "2023-09-25T14:48:03Z")
Ignorance is wonderful innit? The rising appeal of anti-vaccine activism has been underscored by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s insurgent presidential campaign and fueled by prominent factions of the GOP. The mainstreaming o… --- ## [I may not be able to be vaxxed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-be-able-to-be-vaxxed/988617)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-be-able-to-be-vaxxed/988617 "2023-09-22T16:32:20Z")
Because of a bone marrow problem, I don’t really have much immune system right now. I am undergoing treatment, may be okay in a year. I was already wearing cheap masks to go out, & I still do, even if I forget sometimes. … --- ## [COVIDtest.gov is up and taking orders (site for free covid tests - program restarted Sept 2023),)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covidtest-gov-is-up-and-taking-orders-site-for-free-covid-tests-program-restarted-sept-2023/958015)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covidtest-gov-is-up-and-taking-orders-site-for-free-covid-tests-program-restarted-sept-2023/958015 "2023-09-20T21:21:07Z")
I ordered our four free tests today, they are scheduled to be shipped around the end of this month. Mods, I think this post should be here, but if you think it should be somewhere else so more folks can see it and order… --- ## [Where to buy at-home covid tests now (Sept 2023 - )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-at-home-covid-tests-now-sept-2023/989590)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-at-home-covid-tests-now-sept-2023/989590 "2023-09-13T01:03:07Z")
I’m down to three covid tests left from my stockpile of last year. One of them had its expiration date extended (magically?) by a year, so it’s still good. And showed positive this morning. :frowning\_face: I’ve been posi… --- ## [Recent advice about masks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-advice-about-masks/989176)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-advice-about-masks/989176 "2023-08-27T14:47:38Z")
Aaron Collins, aka, “the mask nerd” had just released a new video Now that it’s easy to buy real masks, he’s focusing on fit and comfort. This is a summary of good masks that are relatively easy to breathe… --- ## [Covid test outdated or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-outdated-or-not/988624)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-outdated-or-not/988624 "2023-08-15T23:59:08Z")
I took a home covid test using a kit that was past its expiration date. When I did it, the control line showed up bright pink, leading me to think that the test was actually still actively valid and no part of it had ex… --- ## [Vitamin D strikes out again (or maybe not)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-d-strikes-out-again-or-maybe-not/962041)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-d-strikes-out-again-or-maybe-not/962041 "2023-07-04T21:37:49Z")
The idea that vitamin D supplementation is a cheap and safe way to avoid infection has gotten considerable attention during the pandemic. A newly published randomized controlled trial found that boosting vitamin D levels… --- ## [How to deal with "in your face" misinformation around Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-in-your-face-misinformation-around-covid/979862)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-in-your-face-misinformation-around-covid/979862 "2023-07-02T23:55:18Z")
So, today a co-worker (who actually reports up to me a few levels down) told me about a friend that died from Covid. But she didn’t blame the virus. She said the friend died from the treatment. She thinks that the ven… --- ## [Are COVID boosters annual now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-covid-boosters-annual-now/982469)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-covid-boosters-annual-now/982469 "2023-06-15T20:13:05Z")
In the past, the general thinking was that you needed to get a booster every 6 months or so, but now there seems to be a trend toward annual boosters along with the flu shot. But don’t COVID boosters lose a large percen… --- ## [The numbers - 29 months of covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-numbers-29-months-of-covid/984946)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-numbers-29-months-of-covid/984946 "2023-06-13T16:12:08Z")
During covid I made a daily visit to Worldometers as my preferred global snapshot of what was happening with covid mortality. I heard today that a global pandemic treaty to improve the world’s response is already being … --- ## [Canadian case: Refusal to have covid vax means no organ transplamt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-case-refusal-to-have-covid-vax-means-no-organ-transplamt/974629)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-case-refusal-to-have-covid-vax-means-no-organ-transplamt/974629 "2023-06-09T22:22:28Z")
Recent decision from the Alberta Court of Appeal, upholding doctors’ decision that a person who refuses a covid vaccine puts her to the bottom of the transplant list, even though she will likely die without a transplant. … --- ## [And it finally gets me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-finally-gets-me/984349)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-finally-gets-me/984349 "2023-05-30T20:37:38Z")
Pfizer vaxxed and 4 boosters including the most recent bivalent. Not the most convenient of timing as there are VIPs visiting next week and at least one office day is very strongly recommended. If you’re reading this, y… --- ## [Who are the people dying now of Covid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-people-dying-now-of-covid/978844)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-people-dying-now-of-covid/978844 "2023-05-21T12:54:45Z")
Almost three years and several vaccinations into the pandemic, a few hundred people are still dying daily in the U.S. from Covid. My latest check of USA Facts.org shows a seven-day average of 284 deaths per day as of Ja… --- ## [In Retrospect, What Measures Did and Didn't Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-retrospect-what-measures-did-and-didnt-work/982336)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-retrospect-what-measures-did-and-didnt-work/982336 "2023-05-21T01:42:01Z")
Looking back with perfect 20/20 hindsight, what did the US and other countries do right and wrong with regards to COVID? Just to kick it off, it seems to me that we should have restricted international travel earlier. A… --- ## [Study shows no relation between vaccination and menstrual irregularity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-shows-no-relation-between-vaccination-and-menstrual-irregularity/983541)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-shows-no-relation-between-vaccination-and-menstrual-irregularity/983541 "2023-05-08T18:16:52Z")
A study of nearly six million Swedish women has failed to detect significant association of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination with menstrual irregularity. This caught my eye, mostly because of the sample size, although I’ve only s… --- ## [I have COVID!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-covid/982971)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-covid/982971 "2023-04-29T00:42:34Z")
…and so does my family. I think I caught it from the dentist and brought it home. Symptoms are mild except I have completely lost my sense of smell (which is why I tested myself). Luckily we’re all fully vaxxed. Hopef… --- ## [If you (individual or country) are still masking, why will you ever stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-individual-or-country-are-still-masking-why-will-you-ever-stop/979554)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-individual-or-country-are-still-masking-why-will-you-ever-stop/979554 "2023-04-26T02:04:48Z")
I’m a Japanese/English interpreter, and I had a gig earlier in the week. Two people from Japan were wearing masks the whole time. It was annoying: I couldn’t see their mouths move, and they were harder to hear. Why were … --- ## [New Omicron sub-variant called Arcturus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-omicron-sub-variant-called-arcturus/982944)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-omicron-sub-variant-called-arcturus/982944 "2023-04-21T00:28:05Z")
I hadn’t heard anything about it until a day or two ago. Has anyone else? Gotta say that when I Googled the word “Arcturus”, the entire first page was about this, and not the yellow-giant star. Here’s some more info… --- ## [DOE and COV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doe-and-cov/982051)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doe-and-cov/982051 "2023-04-10T17:32:48Z")
Why is the Dept of Energy investigating the origins of Covid? Does their jurisdiction involve viruses? --- ## [Covid parasthesia (numbness, tingling) 2 weeks after recovery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-parasthesia-numbness-tingling-2-weeks-after-recovery/979881)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-parasthesia-numbness-tingling-2-weeks-after-recovery/979881 "2023-03-12T00:40:04Z")
So, I contracted Covid around Jan-10. I recovered around the end of January. Starting yesterday, though, I’ve had a weird tingling and numbness in my left arm and hand. The fingers, especially, get tingly, if I rinse th… --- ## [I feel better after recovering from Covid than I did before I caught it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-better-after-recovering-from-covid-than-i-did-before-i-caught-it/980770)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-better-after-recovering-from-covid-than-i-did-before-i-caught-it/980770 "2023-03-07T06:07:41Z")
TLDR: Why do I feel better after Covid than before, and is this common? After being careful, masking, vaxxing, etc, for almost 3 years, I finally let my guard down a little and almost immediately got Covid. That was ab… --- ## [“The Lockdown”: David Spade Comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lockdown-david-spade-comedy/979644)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lockdown-david-spade-comedy/979644 "2023-02-14T23:22:08Z")
Heard David Spade summarizing the Covid lockdown on comedy radio today. Wish I could find it on YouTube. Trying to paraphrase what I remember. “All I wanted was for them to open restaurants again. Finally after a yea… --- ## [Are N95 Masks Effective at Filtering Airborne Viruses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-n95-masks-effective-at-filtering-airborne-viruses/979683)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-n95-masks-effective-at-filtering-airborne-viruses/979683 "2023-02-14T01:36:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from If you (individual or country) are still masking, why will you ever stop?: I think you’re missing my point. It is presumably true that N95 masks are subjected to flow tests before being ce… --- ## [Immune deficiency due to repeated covid infection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immune-deficiency-due-to-repeated-covid-infection/979308)
**Author:** [@metonymic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metonymic)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immune-deficiency-due-to-repeated-covid-infection/979308 "2023-02-12T21:05:14Z")
One of my friends has become increasingly concerned about the effects of covid infection and re-infection on the immune system and I don’t feel like I have a very good understanding of the current science/knowledge, so I… --- ## [Vaccine definition change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-definition-change/978873)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-definition-change/978873 "2023-02-02T13:22:12Z")
So… I know a fellow who says they’re ‘not to be against vaccines’, but claims they changed the definition of vaccines to include things that don’t make you 100% immune. I keep getting stuck on this point with him. Is any… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=4)