# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=35 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 36 --- ## [USN vessels covid update?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usn-vessels-covid-update/854490)
**Author:** [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usn-vessels-covid-update/854490 "2020-06-01T15:08:30Z")
Several weeks back a few US navy vessels were waylaid with Covid-19 in the crew. I have not heard of any recent updates to the story. % of total crew infected, deaths per ship personnel, anything? They were spoken of … --- ## [Will anyone be surprised if we discover after the quarantining is over there a some people missing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-be-surprised-if-we-discover-after-the-quarantining-is-over-there-a-some-people-missing/854565)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-be-surprised-if-we-discover-after-the-quarantining-is-over-there-a-some-people-missing/854565 "2020-06-01T01:19:45Z")
I won’t be surprised. Forcing dysfunctional families to spend even more time together could be dangerous. Emotions run high. Since more and more people are not going to work, or school, no one will miss them, at least… --- ## [COVID’s Metamorphosis (WARNING: Contains original poetry)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-s-metamorphosis-warning-contains-original-poetry/854525)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-s-metamorphosis-warning-contains-original-poetry/854525 "2020-06-01T00:34:31Z")
You hid in winds and pangolins The darkest danger of the year, And waited for the clouds to clear. To send them into quarantine - Queasy, quiescent and quotidian. Collective memories of scourges past. Broken and br… --- ## [Spillover \[Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic - Book\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spillover-animal-infections-and-the-next-human-pandemic-book/854625)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spillover-animal-infections-and-the-next-human-pandemic-book/854625 "2020-05-29T15:45:04Z")
The author will be on Anderson cooper’s show tonight. I found his book to be very readable and fascinating. Very interested in hearing what he thinks of the pandemic. --- ## [anyone been through Chicago Union Station lately? what's it like "hustle and bustle"-wise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-through-chicago-union-station-lately-whats-it-like-hustle-and-bustle-wise/854611)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-through-chicago-union-station-lately-whats-it-like-hustle-and-bustle-wise/854611 "2020-05-28T19:35:04Z")
Just curious about any firsthand experiences with Chicago Union Station recently? Is it a “hub” for the local trains (similar to what you might think of Penn Station or Grand Central Station in NYC for their subway syst… --- ## [Second wave...explain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-wave-explain/854405)
**Author:** [@legion60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion60)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-wave-explain/854405 "2020-05-28T14:40:32Z")
What is a second wave and why do so many predict a second wave of infection? If numbers are going down week on week, why would there be a 2nd wave? --- ## [Home Depot doesn't seem to understand the point of curbside pickup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-doesnt-seem-to-understand-the-point-of-curbside-pickup/854355)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-doesnt-seem-to-understand-the-point-of-curbside-pickup/854355 "2020-05-28T00:22:48Z")
So I ordered some compost from Home Depot using their should–be-handy and safe curbside pickup option. They text that it’s ready two days after I ordered it. It generally takes Target about an hour to get a similar order… --- ## [What have the survivalists been up to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-survivalists-been-up-to/854561)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-survivalists-been-up-to/854561 "2020-05-27T23:13:08Z")
One thing I haven’t heard much about during all of this is the survivalists… particularly the hard core types with “bug out bags” and so forth. Anyone know any? Did they head off to their secret bunkers back in March? Or… --- ## [Driving interstate these days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-interstate-these-days/853531)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-interstate-these-days/853531 "2020-05-27T18:50:38Z")
Has anyone driven interstate lately? We are considering a 14 hr drive at some point over the next few months, which will take us through 3 states other than our own. We’ll do it in one stretch, and at the destination, … --- ## [Will there be a significant Memorial Day spike in Covid-19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-significant-memorial-day-spike-in-covid-19/854413)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-significant-memorial-day-spike-in-covid-19/854413 "2020-05-27T03:44:51Z")
Many families are enjoying the Memorial Day weekend. It’s traditionally the big kick off to summer fun. Will there be a nation wide spike in Covid-19? How significant do you expect it to be? A recent high school pool … --- ## [Expansion of unemployment eligibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expansion-of-unemployment-eligibility/854505)
**Author:** [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expansion-of-unemployment-eligibility/854505 "2020-05-26T18:32:40Z")
1\> What percentage of the currently unemployed that are receiving unemployment insurance payments courtesy of the various legislative actions would not have been eligible for it 6 months ago. 2\> How does that legislatio… --- ## [When does one test negative after infection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-one-test-negative-after-infection/854500)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-one-test-negative-after-infection/854500 "2020-05-26T17:16:45Z")
I don’t know f I was given false information or if I somehow heard it wrong although I am reasonably sure I heard it right. I was tested for the virus a few weeks ago. For about 10 days I had a strange tightness in my ch… --- ## [So what are they doing with all the chairs, or is this a business opportunity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-they-doing-with-all-the-chairs-or-is-this-a-business-opportunity/854416)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-they-doing-with-all-the-chairs-or-is-this-a-business-opportunity/854416 "2020-05-26T16:22:00Z")
2 different doctors offices in the last week and my dentist advised via email that patients will be told to wait in their cars, so no waiting room - no chairs. The doctors’ offices I visited had removed probably 2/3 of … --- ## [Assuming America survives this: Name permanent changes to American life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-america-survives-this-name-permanent-changes-to-american-life/853112)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-america-survives-this-name-permanent-changes-to-american-life/853112 "2020-05-26T11:39:12Z")
I am an optimist. But make no mistake, our country will emerge from this a lot different from when it entered this Shit Show: Lack of need for live fans at sporting events. I think the advent of NASCAR returning with … --- ## [Is my nieces wedding scheduled for July going to be allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-nieces-wedding-scheduled-for-july-going-to-be-allowed/853962)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-nieces-wedding-scheduled-for-july-going-to-be-allowed/853962 "2020-05-26T08:14:48Z")
My niece has had her wedding planned for over a year. It’s supposed to be in a rural area outside Pittsburgh with about 100 people on the last weekend in July. Will that be allowed? --- ## [Are you getting antibody tested? Why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-getting-antibody-tested-why-or-why-not/853234)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Turk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Turk)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-getting-antibody-tested-why-or-why-not/853234 "2020-05-26T00:55:33Z")
I’m going to the urgent care to get an antibody test tomorrow. Why? It’s free and I’m curious. Also, if I have any sort of resistance, I’ll sleep so much better. --- ## [How to implement vaccinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-implement-vaccinations/852989)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-implement-vaccinations/852989 "2020-05-25T16:25:24Z")
I think this is the right forum, but if not please move it. Imagine that in January, say, a safe and effective vaccine has been found and several billion doses have been prepared. How do you organize the vaccination pr… --- ## [Trip advisor - but for Covid issues.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-advisor-but-for-covid-issues/854381)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-advisor-but-for-covid-issues/854381 "2020-05-25T10:28:12Z")
I went to a Nursery yesterday to pick up some plants. Outside shopping was fine. But inside the store and checkout, was miserable. Employees not masking or distancing. Cashier sneezed, but not into her elbow pit. Should’… --- ## [CDC Lumping Together Active and Recovered Testing Data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-lumping-together-active-and-recovered-testing-data/854342)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-lumping-together-active-and-recovered-testing-data/854342 "2020-05-24T21:05:14Z")
The idiots at the CDC have been mixing together testing numbers from active COVID-19 cases with serology (antibody?) tests. Here is a semi-paywalled article: Epidemiologists in the article seem to think this is disas… --- ## [The curve is flattened enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curve-is-flattened-enough/854050)
**Author:** [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curve-is-flattened-enough/854050 "2020-05-24T14:36:23Z")
The “flatten the curve” idea became well-known a couple of months ago, and we in the US have responded better than I could have imagined. The whole point of that was not to reduce the number of people who eventually get… --- ## [If we went all Jenner on vaccine research, how long would it take to develop one for use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-went-all-jenner-on-vaccine-research-how-long-would-it-take-to-develop-one-for-use/853140)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-went-all-jenner-on-vaccine-research-how-long-would-it-take-to-develop-one-for-use/853140 "2020-05-24T13:42:32Z")
Edward Jenner’s experiment had some serious ethical problems to say the least. He gave his gardener’s son cowpox and a few weeks later administered smallpox variolous material, multiple times. (After he came of age, Jen… --- ## [Remdesivir?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remdesivir/852824)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remdesivir/852824 "2020-05-24T05:25:16Z")
So today the stock market has gone up, supposedly because of the news that Gilead’s (what a name) early trials of remdesivir show promise as a treatment for COVID 19. However, from what I can tell it was a small group of… --- ## [what to do to protect from corona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-to-protect-from-corona/849166)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-to-protect-from-corona/849166 "2020-05-24T03:16:36Z")
They announced on the news today there are 3 cases of coronavirus in a county of Cleveland. I am not panicking or anything, but I would like to know what I should be concerned about. DO I stock up on foodstuffs and toile… --- ## [Back to work next week.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-work-next-week/853422)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-work-next-week/853422 "2020-05-24T02:45:07Z")
I’m getting recalled to my normal schedule (for now) starting next week. I thought we were starting to return to normal, slowly but surely ramping up. But then I got a text with details. Apparently I’m the only one gett… --- ## [High-risk people who are called back to work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-risk-people-who-are-called-back-to-work/854307)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-risk-people-who-are-called-back-to-work/854307 "2020-05-23T22:20:33Z")
Suppose someone has been identified by MD’s as being at high risk for a severe, possibly fatal case of COVID. When that person’s place of employment reopens and he’s called back to work, are his only choices to return to… --- ## [Musicians, Movie and Tv Celebrities with Coronavirus. Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312 "2020-05-23T14:04:04Z")
Well, the first Coronavirus entry is Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson. Hanks was in Australia preparing to play Colonial Tom Parker in an Elvis film. Tom & Rita are 63 and in good health. Hopefully they’ll recover and… --- ## [How are you personally affected by the Corona Virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 646\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340 "2020-05-23T02:29:40Z")
My wife and I work in the same building but for different companies. Normally has about 3,000 people there. About 4 cars in the parking lot when I met my boss to grab my laptop this morning. They wouldn’t let me inside. … --- ## [Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-covid-19-patients-infect-many-others-whereas-most-don-t-spread-the-virus-at-all/854274)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-covid-19-patients-infect-many-others-whereas-most-don-t-spread-the-virus-at-all/854274 "2020-05-22T23:08:18Z")
Science article noted by Stranger in another thread in this post that, as suggested by raspberry hunter is worth its own thread. There’s an old rule that 80% of infections are spread by 20% those infected. Obviously it … --- ## [Delay loan payments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-loan-payments/854231)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-loan-payments/854231 "2020-05-22T20:44:14Z")
I’ve seen it proposed that lenders (credit card companies, auto lenders and mortgage holders, in particular) give borrowers a three month reprieve and add the payments to the end of the loan period. On it’s face, this s… --- ## [Questions about Confirmed Cases, Total Tests and Brazil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-confirmed-cases-total-tests-and-brazil/854295)
**Author:** [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-confirmed-cases-total-tests-and-brazil/854295 "2020-05-22T19:50:34Z")
Looking at the worldometers numbers, I’m wondering what to make of the numbers for total cases vs. total tests. Worldwide, the percentages of total cases from total tests seems surprisingly low, in the 7% - 12% range. U… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=36)