# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=34 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 35 --- ## [Anyone else questioning the extent of "social isolation"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-questioning-the-extent-of-social-isolation/849671)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 521\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-questioning-the-extent-of-social-isolation/849671 "2020-06-18T06:02:50Z")
How seriously are you taking the recommendations to socially isolate? I’m not suggesting that people simply continue living their lives as normal. I certainly understand the benefit of avoiding large crowds and vulnera… --- ## [How fast for an infected person to become contagious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-for-an-infected-person-to-become-contagious/855833)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-for-an-infected-person-to-become-contagious/855833 "2020-06-18T03:59:55Z")
I haven’t read this info yet, but suppose Person A infects Person B. How long does it take for Person B to become truly infected (that is, from the moment the virus enters his body, to truly taking up host and propagatin… --- ## [Why measure COVID deaths in absolute rather than per capita numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-measure-covid-deaths-in-absolute-rather-than-per-capita-numbers/855684)
**Author:** [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-measure-covid-deaths-in-absolute-rather-than-per-capita-numbers/855684 "2020-06-16T17:55:29Z")
It seems like most of not all news I read about COVID deaths, and cases in general, reports them in absolute numbers rather than per capita numbers. Is there a scientific or otherwise sensible reason for this? Much is m… --- ## [Today's Bible Lesson: "You Reap What You Sow."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-bible-lesson-you-reap-what-you-sow/854112)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-bible-lesson-you-reap-what-you-sow/854112 "2020-06-16T07:38:22Z")
\*\* Ga. church closes two weeks after reopening as families come down with Coronavirus\*\* Two weeks. Right on schedule. --- ## [Economic Stimulus Debit Cards from Money Network Cardholder Services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-stimulus-debit-cards-from-money-network-cardholder-services/854619)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-stimulus-debit-cards-from-money-network-cardholder-services/854619 "2020-06-16T05:46:30Z")
Check your mail for a plain white envelope from Money Network Cardholder Services. I wasn’t expecting a stimulus payment at all, I didn’t think we qualified. So I almost threw this out thinking it was a scam. But a quick… --- ## [Hydroxychloroquine study "does not meet the Society's expected standard."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydroxychloroquine-study-does-not-meet-the-societys-expected-standard/851443)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydroxychloroquine-study-does-not-meet-the-societys-expected-standard/851443 "2020-06-15T20:00:15Z")
The International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy just issued the following statement: I assume that proper studies are being conducted. This drug, possibly in combination with other drugs, may have some value. N… --- ## [Too much then, too little now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-then-too-little-now/855300)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-then-too-little-now/855300 "2020-06-13T18:51:52Z")
Back in March, I caught a bit of grief both here and IRL, for questioning the reasonableness of some aspects of social distancing. I thought it made perfect sense to avoid certain activities, such as coming in close con… --- ## [Has China taken steps to eliminate wildlife in markets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-china-taken-steps-to-eliminate-wildlife-in-markets/855552)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-china-taken-steps-to-eliminate-wildlife-in-markets/855552 "2020-06-13T15:19:12Z")
I know there are arguments about if COVID-19 really did originate in a wet market, but I think experts are pretty much in agreement that it did. So are these markets now more tightly controlled? I mean, as in live seaf… --- ## [Type O blood people may be more resistant against the coronavirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/type-o-blood-people-may-be-more-resistant-against-the-coronavirus/855558)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/type-o-blood-people-may-be-more-resistant-against-the-coronavirus/855558 "2020-06-12T19:35:53Z")
Article notes that people with Type O blood may have more natural protection against Covid; not sure how scientifically sound it is though. --- ## [Super cool move from the service desk at the car dealer during Covid-19 time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-cool-move-from-the-service-desk-at-the-car-dealer-during-covid-19-time/855503)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-cool-move-from-the-service-desk-at-the-car-dealer-during-covid-19-time/855503 "2020-06-12T15:45:58Z")
So my wife just got all masked up yesterday to take her car to the dealer to have a critical airbag recall service performed–they have been nagging us with scary notices for months. When she went to pick up her car, the… --- ## [Interesting Article About Failtures in Covid 19 Research](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-about-failtures-in-covid-19-research/855507)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-about-failtures-in-covid-19-research/855507 "2020-06-12T09:32:55Z")
Please refer to obove link^^ for history and context. I did no won’t to infringe on copyright law. “Meanwhile, public-health officials appear oblivious to this gaping hole in the science. They imperiously pronounce th… --- ## [Costco has Hand Sanitizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-has-hand-sanitizer/854698)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-has-hand-sanitizer/854698 "2020-06-11T20:51:36Z")
As of an hour ago, Costco in Clarkston Washington (on Idaho border) has a huge stock of hand sanitizer. 32 oz. bottle $9.99 also 32 oz bottle of same stuff in thinner mix for spray bottle. Same price. Limit one each … --- ## [COVID stimulus check = advanced tax credit??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-stimulus-check-advanced-tax-credit/855306)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-stimulus-check-advanced-tax-credit/855306 "2020-06-11T03:32:16Z")
I recently received an email from my tax preparer about the COVID stimulus payments, with the following language: “The checks will be an advanced credit from the government towards your 2020 return”. I am not a tax exp… --- ## [Does my work need to let us know if someone in the office tests positive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-work-need-to-let-us-know-if-someone-in-the-office-tests-positive/855283)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-work-need-to-let-us-know-if-someone-in-the-office-tests-positive/855283 "2020-06-10T18:19:25Z")
I work in an office of about 50 people. Two women have been conspicuously absent for the last week. One of them in the receptionist (who has the most interaction with the public) and one is a file clerk, who also functio… --- ## [Captain of USN Aircraft carrier begs for help as COVID19 ravages ships company.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-of-usn-aircraft-carrier-begs-for-help-as-covid19-ravages-ships-company/850738)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-of-usn-aircraft-carrier-begs-for-help-as-covid19-ravages-ships-company/850738 "2020-06-10T03:16:12Z")
Here Did they not hear about the cruise ships? Why did they not cancel the deployment?:eek::smack: Who needs Chinese anti ship BMs when a Chinese virus does just fine. --- ## [When did you last pay with cash since this began?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-pay-with-cash-since-this-began/852408)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-pay-with-cash-since-this-began/852408 "2020-06-09T16:03:38Z")
For me, I think it was March 16 2020, when Santa Cruz County (I think, I’m not finding a good cite for the day, but IIRC was a Monday) issued “shelter in place”. I was at a local liquor store when I heard, bought extra b… --- ## [Racial Disparity and the Virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-disparity-and-the-virus/853001)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-disparity-and-the-virus/853001 "2020-06-09T01:12:52Z")
From The Hill on April 29 Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are taking leading positions in the House Democratic response to the coronavirus as data shows African Americans are dying in disproportionate num… --- ## [Asymptomatic infection rates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-infection-rates/851145)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-infection-rates/851145 "2020-06-08T22:53:04Z")
Over the next few weeks we should getting some data that in aggregate will give us a better sense of how many have actually been infected but never even sick enough to think of it, let alone officially diagnosed, in area… --- ## [Honestly, I'm not TRYING to hoard, but having been burned...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honestly-im-not-trying-to-hoard-but-having-been-burned/854893)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honestly-im-not-trying-to-hoard-but-having-been-burned/854893 "2020-06-08T00:42:32Z")
I now have 4 8- roll packages of paper towel and 5 package of TP. 7 bottles of vinegar and 8 of hydrogen peroxide. I’ve never kept stuff around in this quantity before; I guess it’s a reaction to panic. --- ## [Could police riot gear gas masks have been used as effective PPE against COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-police-riot-gear-gas-masks-have-been-used-as-effective-ppe-against-covid/854829)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-police-riot-gear-gas-masks-have-been-used-as-effective-ppe-against-covid/854829 "2020-06-07T16:17:13Z")
It’s extremely surreal to me to suddenly see thousands of police deployed around the country kitted in full protective equipment including gas masks designed to filter out tear gas. Have those just been sitting in stora… --- ## [Percentage likelihood of organ damage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-likelihood-of-organ-damage/854553)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-likelihood-of-organ-damage/854553 "2020-06-06T17:53:03Z")
The main fear of Covid may not be its fatality rate (if you’re under age 40, your odds of dying are like 0.3 percent if you contract the disease) but rather the organ damage the virus inflicts. Any stats on how many peo… --- ## [Food (etc) shortages: will they last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-etc-shortages-will-they-last/849897)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-etc-shortages-will-they-last/849897 "2020-06-06T16:02:17Z")
Toilet paper is the best-known household product that has largely disappeared (in addition to things like hand sanitizer, of course). Most of this is driven by panic buying, which in turn drives more panic buying (“Ther… --- ## [Early hydroxychloroquine associated with survival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-hydroxychloroquine-associated-with-survival/853192)
**Author:** [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-hydroxychloroquine-associated-with-survival/853192 "2020-06-06T04:41:18Z")
Publish today. There are no randomized double blind trials published yet. Until then this is what we have. With that, the evidence is mounting for hydroxychloroquine when administered "early\* in the disease. I intentiona… --- ## [I finally qualified for a free nasal swab test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-qualified-for-a-free-nasal-swab-test/855080)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-qualified-for-a-free-nasal-swab-test/855080 "2020-06-05T23:41:32Z")
And here’s my advice: If you do this, have someone else drive you. I went to the local collection site this afternoon, and was shocked at how incredibly painful it was. No way was I going to allow them to do the secon… --- ## [Does a second wave or resurgence mean that efforts up to now have been for nothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-second-wave-or-resurgence-mean-that-efforts-up-to-now-have-been-for-nothing/854958)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-second-wave-or-resurgence-mean-that-efforts-up-to-now-have-been-for-nothing/854958 "2020-06-05T22:58:38Z")
I’ve heard this a few times in relation to reopenings and protests, and thought it deserved its own discussion. --- ## [What's the straight dope on the vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-the-vaccine/854494)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-the-vaccine/854494 "2020-06-05T22:55:32Z")
I wanted to separate the discussion about the process of developing the vaccine from the other thread about delivering the vaccine. I have heard opinions ranging from “we’ve never developed a vaccine for a coronavirus, … --- ## [Solid data on safety of air travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-data-on-safety-of-air-travel/854447)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-data-on-safety-of-air-travel/854447 "2020-06-03T16:12:58Z")
I get opinions on air travel that are all over the place - it’s near-suicidal! it’s quite harmless!.. Have there been solid sources by now on how safe it is to fly? i.e., 1 million have flown but only a dozen got infec… --- ## [online grocery delivery options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-grocery-delivery-options/851664)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-grocery-delivery-options/851664 "2020-06-02T04:03:14Z")
I’ve gone to Fresh Direct, Peapod, Mercato, others. Nothing available for weeks. Went to Walmart.com. A package of 10 tortillas is $42! And I can’t have them delivered until April 30. Ground beef, no delivery. In store p… --- ## [How long do you personally think you could stay locked down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-personally-think-you-could-stay-locked-down/853890)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-personally-think-you-could-stay-locked-down/853890 "2020-06-01T20:50:11Z")
Assume that the government is paying your necessary bills, personally and for any business you own; in addition, assume that you can WFH if your job supports it. Assume “typical” rules: no nonessential travel, stay withi… --- ## [Less straightforward economic effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-straightforward-economic-effects/852779)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-straightforward-economic-effects/852779 "2020-06-01T17:34:40Z")
With all the shutdowns, the obvious economic effects are things like lost jobs, reduced spending on discretionary expenses even for those whose income is unaffected, stores / restaurants going under, and so on. Take it … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=35)