# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=37 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 38 --- ## [Has there been any speculation when N95 masks will be available to the public again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-any-speculation-when-n95-masks-will-be-available-to-the-public-again/853563)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-any-speculation-when-n95-masks-will-be-available-to-the-public-again/853563 "2020-05-14T17:01:55Z")
I work at home and use grocery pickup, but there’s some things that aren’t getting done. All we have are those cloth masks that are essentially worthless to keep from getting the virus (don’t they only block like 25% of … --- ## [Second COVID19 wave questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-covid19-wave-questions/853597)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-covid19-wave-questions/853597 "2020-05-13T23:49:16Z")
There has been a lot of talk that the COVID19 is likely to peak again in the autumn and winter and much like the Spanish flu of 1918, this is likely to be much worse, I have read stuff like that a similar result to the N… --- ## [Hard hit city's mayors... and their governors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-hit-citys-mayors-and-their-governors/851877)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-hit-citys-mayors-and-their-governors/851877 "2020-05-13T16:29:20Z")
Are any doing a particularly good job (or bad) of responding to the virus based on what has happened and not what you think might happen? Do mayors have the ability to enact the same kind of measure that a governor has? … --- ## [Something I noticed about the food supply issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-noticed-about-the-food-supply-issues/853514)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-noticed-about-the-food-supply-issues/853514 "2020-05-13T16:08:22Z")
Okay, since so many farmers aren’t able to sell their various crops and products to the restaurant, school, and other institutional food industries, but the same number of people are still eating every day, it’s made me … --- ## [Virologist Dr. Peter Piot tells his own COVID story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virologist-dr-peter-piot-tells-his-own-covid-story/853689)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virologist-dr-peter-piot-tells-his-own-covid-story/853689 "2020-05-13T02:57:36Z")
This MD/PH.D. doctor was instrumental in the discoveries of Ebola in 1976, and AIDS just a few years later. This is a condensed version of an article that appeared in a prominent Dutch magazine a few days ago, also tran… --- ## [Is online shopping an economy booster or a hardship generator in the current stage of the pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-online-shopping-an-economy-booster-or-a-hardship-generator-in-the-current-stage-of-the-pandemic/853670)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-online-shopping-an-economy-booster-or-a-hardship-generator-in-the-current-stage-of-the-pandemic/853670 "2020-05-12T21:03:36Z")
Should be feel free, encouraged even, to be buying stuff online that is not essential? Or is doing so a disservice to the delivery chain and others who have to work on our orders and are unable to tell whether our orders… --- ## [Behavior if you contract COVID-19 and live in a house with others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behavior-if-you-contract-covid-19-and-live-in-a-house-with-others/853326)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behavior-if-you-contract-covid-19-and-live-in-a-house-with-others/853326 "2020-05-12T20:41:57Z")
This seems to be an unaddressed issue here in the USA. In China they were aggressive about encouraging or pulling people out of their homes to live someone else. It’s hard to argue that if you are to be infected with C… --- ## [Czech police tell nudists to wear facemasks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czech-police-tell-nudists-to-wear-facemasks/853346)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czech-police-tell-nudists-to-wear-facemasks/853346 "2020-05-12T19:58:29Z")
Not sure if this should go here or MPSIMS. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/czech-nudists-virus-police/index.html :slight\_smile: --- ## [Are Coronavirus Stimulus Paper Checks Being Sent Out Now, Or Not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-coronavirus-stimulus-paper-checks-being-sent-out-now-or-not/853657)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-coronavirus-stimulus-paper-checks-being-sent-out-now-or-not/853657 "2020-05-12T19:34:45Z")
I can’t seem to find a straight answer to this relatively simple question. All I want to know is, have any paper checks gone out yet? That’s it. Have you gotten yours? (Not asking about direct deposit, I’m asking about … --- ## [They're Baaaaaaaaaacck! \[Police back on duty\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-baaaaaaaaaacck-police-back-on-duty/853639)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-baaaaaaaaaacck-police-back-on-duty/853639 "2020-05-12T15:08:47Z")
When the lockdown went into effect and traffic was greatly reduced, police traffic enforcement disappeared as well. Normally, on that infamous stretch of West 95th Street between Western Avenue and I-294, I pick up at le… --- ## [Looking for a specific coronavirus-related website or blog entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-specific-coronavirus-related-website-or-blog-entry/853595)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-specific-coronavirus-related-website-or-blog-entry/853595 "2020-05-12T00:45:55Z")
I came across a great page explaining how COVID-19 superspread events happen. It’s written by an epidemiologist who starts out with a description of how the disease spreads. (Basically, risk of infection = (the density o… --- ## [Are you satisfied with reporting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-satisfied-with-reporting/852375)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-satisfied-with-reporting/852375 "2020-05-12T00:26:02Z")
I am not satisfied. I would like to see more specifics on who is dying and who is not dying. I would like to see specifics on risk groups that are driving up numbers in places like New York. If we had a graph showing de… --- ## [Just How Many Coronaviruses Are There?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-coronaviruses-are-there/853313)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-coronaviruses-are-there/853313 "2020-05-11T23:13:03Z")
I have to tell you that I don’t know the answer to this question. But it already blows my mind. Just how many Coronaviruses worldwide are there now? I am not just talking about inside sufferers bodies. I mean on ever… --- ## [How Much Has COVID-19 Affected the Death Rate in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-covid-19-affected-the-death-rate-in-the-us/853549)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-covid-19-affected-the-death-rate-in-the-us/853549 "2020-05-11T22:09:51Z")
Not sure if this belongs in GQ, but let’s start here. Do we know how much the death rate in the US has increased from the corona virus? I did some Googling, but I can’t find anything. I can find lots of figures on how… --- ## [Cruise ship breeding grounds discovered!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ship-breeding-grounds-discovered/853473)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ship-breeding-grounds-discovered/853473 "2020-05-11T18:32:24Z")
This article has some amazing photos of schools of gigantic cruise ships milling around in the Caribbean. It reminds me of photos of breeding grounds/nursery areas of sharks. --- ## [85 NY kids stricken with mysterious coronavirus-linked disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85-ny-kids-stricken-with-mysterious-coronavirus-linked-disease/853555)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85-ny-kids-stricken-with-mysterious-coronavirus-linked-disease/853555 "2020-05-10T23:11:08Z")
It’s not just nursing homes and elderly. --- ## [Are many people not aware that they have a fever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-many-people-not-aware-that-they-have-a-fever/853062)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-many-people-not-aware-that-they-have-a-fever/853062 "2020-05-10T20:44:38Z")
Body temperature checks prior to entering a public, closed or risky area seem to be the standard in many parts of the world. I had to make an emergency dentist appointment a couple of weeks ago and they took my temperat… --- ## [Are you getting fire truck birthday drive-bys in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-getting-fire-truck-birthday-drive-bys-in-your-area/853476)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-getting-fire-truck-birthday-drive-bys-in-your-area/853476 "2020-05-10T18:39:58Z")
Fire trucks driving past the house of kids on their burthdays blasting their sirens and horns. There was one about a half-mile from me a couple of weeks ago, I thought there was some major accident on the highway in that… --- ## [More on kids and COVID-19: HEROS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-on-kids-and-covid-19-heros/853536)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-on-kids-and-covid-19-heros/853536 "2020-05-10T14:06:17Z")
There is finally some serious study in progress that may (or may not) confirm the apparent very low infectiousness of children who catch COVID-19 (a key bit of information to get a handle on both for modeling the spread … --- ## [Trump aide tests positive for CV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-aide-tests-positive-for-cv/853333)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-aide-tests-positive-for-cv/853333 "2020-05-10T06:33:54Z")
The valet works closely with Trump and his family. One of Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus | CNN Politics --- ## [Rate of false positives/negatives in COVID/other tests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-of-false-positives-negatives-in-covid-other-tests/853512)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-of-false-positives-negatives-in-covid-other-tests/853512 "2020-05-10T03:27:30Z")
How is the rate of bad results determined in new tests for any disease? Bonus if you can explain the different types of tests and why the rates of bad results might differ across them. Sorry if this is a duplicate, I d… --- ## [What does this tell us--so many asymptomatic people test positive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-tell-us-so-many-asymptomatic-people-test-positive/853416)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-tell-us-so-many-asymptomatic-people-test-positive/853416 "2020-05-10T03:21:17Z")
In the San Antonio Express-News this morning, the following story appeared: We’ve known this for a while, namely, that lots of people walk around positive for COVID and don’t show symptoms yet, or in fact, ever. This … --- ## [America's Bible Belt played down the pandemic and even cashed in. Now dozens of pastors are dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-bible-belt-played-down-the-pandemic-and-even-cashed-in-now-dozens-of-pastors-are-dead/853240)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-bible-belt-played-down-the-pandemic-and-even-cashed-in-now-dozens-of-pastors-are-dead/853240 "2020-05-10T03:16:39Z")
. Can we arrest people for crying “no fire” in a burning theater? --- ## [Statistical breakdown of COVID-related unemployment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistical-breakdown-of-covid-related-unemployment/853505)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistical-breakdown-of-covid-related-unemployment/853505 "2020-05-10T03:01:56Z")
So tens of millions of people have lost their jobs in the past few weeks because of COVID-19. How many of those job losses are because the job violates a lockdown order (bartenders, hairdressers, etc.) or is in a busines… --- ## [Why quarantine now and not with other recent epidemics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-quarantine-now-and-not-with-other-recent-epidemics/853469)
**Author:** [@dflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dflower)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-quarantine-now-and-not-with-other-recent-epidemics/853469 "2020-05-09T21:51:12Z")
Why did the government, federal, local, and global, choose to use quarantine as the response to this epidemic? There have been major flu epidemics in 1957, 1968, and 2009 that were widespread and deadly. In none of thos… --- ## [How long/much of a lockdown will people tolerate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-much-of-a-lockdown-will-people-tolerate/849747)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-much-of-a-lockdown-will-people-tolerate/849747 "2020-05-09T21:28:23Z")
I just read an opinion on Reddit by a doctor (not an epidemiologist or anything like that, though) that an effective curve-flattening social distancing mandate in the United States would have to last for months, like fiv… --- ## [Covid-19 and obesity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-obesity/853373)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-obesity/853373 "2020-05-09T20:00:33Z")
A entire long Island town has gone on a diet. I can see the logic of improving your health as much as possible. Try to be ready for the next predicted round of Covid-19 later this summer. There’s still no guarantee that … --- ## [New rules for blood donations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-blood-donations/851147)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-blood-donations/851147 "2020-05-09T13:58:21Z")
There was already a thread on blood donations but I think this merits its own thread. Some major changes to who is eligible to donate blood are now in effect. For the first time in decades I am now eligible to donate alo… --- ## [Are we lowering our immune systems by staying home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lowering-our-immune-systems-by-staying-home/853402)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lowering-our-immune-systems-by-staying-home/853402 "2020-05-09T03:14:22Z")
Our bodies are used to touching surfaces and our immune systems develop defenses to the germs we touch. By staying inside, washing our hands and staying away from people, aren’t we all lowering our immune systems? Once… --- ## [Facemask gripes (not political)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facemask-gripes-not-political/853445)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facemask-gripes-not-political/853445 "2020-05-09T02:30:25Z")
The tops of my ears are chafed and sore. I’m dreading having to wear one in the heat of the summer. Mine smell despite regular washing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=38)