# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=39 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 40 --- ## [Quarantine Together by Drive-By Truckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-together-by-drive-by-truckers/853005)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-together-by-drive-by-truckers/853005 "2020-05-03T01:31:11Z")
As a mundane escape from serious news, have a listen to Quarantine Together, released today by the Drive-By Truckers. Patterson Hood recorded a demo in his attic, sent it to his bandmates, and they all recorded their own… --- ## [Detecting the virus: analysing wastewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-the-virus-analysing-wastewater/852874)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-the-virus-analysing-wastewater/852874 "2020-05-02T22:14:16Z")
Researchers are analysing wastewater to determine how much coronavirus is circulating in the community: Poop may tell us when the coronavirus lockdown will end --- ## [How will stores and businesses handle customer demands upon reopening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-stores-and-businesses-handle-customer-demands-upon-reopening/852988)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-stores-and-businesses-handle-customer-demands-upon-reopening/852988 "2020-05-02T21:42:17Z")
A thread about donating items when moving got me thinking. With things reopening soon, I am looking forward to shopping at thrift stores again. But I am pondering when would be the best time to go. The stores have been… --- ## [Making a Selfie Mask!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970 "2020-05-02T21:37:04Z")
Just saw this on Maddowblog. You definitely need to look at it: --- ## [More US CV deaths than all but 3 US wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-us-cv-deaths-than-all-but-3-us-wars/852488)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-us-cv-deaths-than-all-but-3-us-wars/852488 "2020-05-02T18:28:10Z")
In a week or so the number of CV deaths will be more than all US wars except WW 1, WW2 and Civil war. And in just 3 months. --- ## [Impact of COVID-related prevention measures on other infectious diseases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-covid-related-prevention-measures-on-other-infectious-diseases/853016)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-covid-related-prevention-measures-on-other-infectious-diseases/853016 "2020-05-02T15:28:06Z")
What makes the novel Coronavirus unique is its resiliency that allows for it to spread itself among the population, whether through the air or by staying “alive” on surfaces for periods longer than other pathogens. In or… --- ## [From an article on possible future air travel restrictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-an-article-on-possible-future-air-travel-restrictions/853000)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-an-article-on-possible-future-air-travel-restrictions/853000 "2020-05-02T13:47:42Z")
Thatttt,would eventually run into some sort of accommodation lawsuit would it not? And if not, I can certainly see a lot of states scrambling to pass laws making it so. I’ve already seen a case during lockdown where a … --- ## [What's international air travel like right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-international-air-travel-like-right-now/852732)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-international-air-travel-like-right-now/852732 "2020-05-02T10:47:30Z")
Yes, there are still international flights now (the end of April) - for instance, within Europe. Who’s still traveling, and why? What happens at the destination - in most countries, won’t they be put in a two-week quara… --- ## [Herd immunity and isolation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herd-immunity-and-isolation/852882)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herd-immunity-and-isolation/852882 "2020-05-01T23:55:46Z")
Okay, again, I’m not a medical talking guy at all, so please use small words and correct me if any of my premises are wrong. So, my understanding is that for this whole thing to play out, we have to have “herd immunity”… --- ## [Why was New York hit so hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-new-york-hit-so-hard/852313)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-new-york-hit-so-hard/852313 "2020-05-01T19:34:24Z")
There are many more infected and dead in New York and New Jersey than the rest of the country. The high population density might account for some of it, but there are other high-density urban areas that were not as sever… --- ## [How do we know a vaccine for COVID-19 is even possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-know-a-vaccine-for-covid-19-is-even-possible/852721)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-know-a-vaccine-for-covid-19-is-even-possible/852721 "2020-05-01T19:33:13Z")
Entirely non-political question. My biology education isn’t what it could have been. Why are we taking it for granted that it’s only a matter of time before we get a COVID-19 vaccine? It would be terrible if we neve… --- ## [Essential workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-workers/852403)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-workers/852403 "2020-05-01T17:24:45Z")
There has been a lot of attention and love given to health care workers. And there totally should be! They are on the front lines of this and we are all dependent of their hard work and sacrifice. There are secondary am… --- ## [What does "social distancing" actually look like in your location?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-social-distancing-actually-look-like-in-your-location/852866)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-social-distancing-actually-look-like-in-your-location/852866 "2020-05-01T14:11:32Z")
So I’m trying to understand what “social distancing” actually means in various parts of the country. I live in Hudson County, NJ, across the river from Manhattan. It’s one of (if not the) densest metropolitan areas in … --- ## [Are face masks a field where there is still room for improvement or is it mostly a mature technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-face-masks-a-field-where-there-is-still-room-for-improvement-or-is-it-mostly-a-mature-technology/852949)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-face-masks-a-field-where-there-is-still-room-for-improvement-or-is-it-mostly-a-mature-technology/852949 "2020-05-01T08:34:32Z")
With the viral pandemic going around, and all the info about the effectiveness of various kinds of face masks going around, combined with how hard they can be to manufacture or how they supposedly aren’t reusable (some s… --- ## [Could a version of dialysis work to help low-ox patients?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-version-of-dialysis-work-to-help-low-ox-patients/852320)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-version-of-dialysis-work-to-help-low-ox-patients/852320 "2020-05-01T06:38:00Z")
(This may belong in GQ. Please move if needed.) I was thinking today about the question of how to get more oxygen into patients with breathing problems due to CoVID-19. I started wondering if using a cardiac bypass mach… --- ## [Suspect dollar store hand sanitizer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspect-dollar-store-hand-sanitizer/852841)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspect-dollar-store-hand-sanitizer/852841 "2020-05-01T06:28:56Z")
Shortly after the pandemic became newsworthy, I picked up a bottle of hand sanitizer at the dollar store before the run on it occurred. It doesn’t have the stringent alcohol odor that is typically associated with hand sa… --- ## [Is this a rich country disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rich-country-disease/852945)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rich-country-disease/852945 "2020-05-01T04:37:21Z")
It sure is appearing that this virus is mostly dangerous in the wealthier countries. Is this because we keep people alive that in poorer countries would have long since passed. Is it because we are fatter? I mentioned a… --- ## [Is the US migrating to the “Swedish model”....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-migrating-to-the-swedish-model/852933)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-migrating-to-the-swedish-model/852933 "2020-05-01T02:03:42Z")
…without saying we are? I’m not seeing any significant or sustained improvements in numbers of new cases or deaths. Sure, the growth rates are lower, but that’s only due to the denominator getting larger. And while th… --- ## [When are you going to open up your home / accept invitations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-open-up-your-home-accept-invitations/852853)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-open-up-your-home-accept-invitations/852853 "2020-04-30T23:08:46Z")
As we see everywhere right now, there’s few legal reasons you couldn’t have three other people, or even one, over for dinner, but there are medical and moral reasons not to. I haven’t seen my cousin’s new baby or been t… --- ## [Not all heroes wear capes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes/852922)
**Author:** [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes/852922 "2020-04-30T19:56:01Z")
Apparently some wear pasties and G-strings. --- ## [Meat processing plants having Covid-19 Outbreaks is a preventable tragedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-processing-plants-having-covid-19-outbreaks-is-a-preventable-tragedy/852873)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-processing-plants-having-covid-19-outbreaks-is-a-preventable-tragedy/852873 "2020-04-30T17:15:57Z")
trump signed an executive order on Tuesday invoking the Defense Production Act to keep meat processing plants open, a senior White House official told CBS News. Plants owned by some of the country’s largest food companie… --- ## [Coronavirus disaster in library](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-disaster-in-library/852559)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-disaster-in-library/852559 "2020-04-30T16:51:33Z")
Coronavirus: Library books rearranged in size order by cleaner The horror. The horror. --- ## [Masks with one-way (exhalation) valves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masks-with-one-way-exhalation-valves/852738)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masks-with-one-way-exhalation-valves/852738 "2020-04-30T05:02:54Z")
Lots of places are now recommending or requiring masks, and I understand they serve a dual purpose - protect the wearer if the wearer is not infected, and protect the people around them if the wearer is infected. But ma… --- ## [Possible treatment: famotidine (Pepcid)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-treatment-famotidine-pepcid/852630)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-treatment-famotidine-pepcid/852630 "2020-04-30T02:56:52Z")
There’s a clinical trial going on about the effectiveness of famotidine (Pepcid) in treating Covid-19. It’s still underway and the results won’t be available for a few weeks. The dosage they’re testing is about 9 times t… --- ## [When will we be able to buy Isopropyl Alcohol again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-we-be-able-to-buy-isopropyl-alcohol-again/852829)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-we-be-able-to-buy-isopropyl-alcohol-again/852829 "2020-04-30T01:42:46Z")
I haven’t had a sighting in months. On line it seems to be sold out. I suppose it has a value in a civic emergency and there might be limits on purchases. But what are the manufacturers doing now? --- ## [Food stamp increase due to Coronavirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamp-increase-due-to-coronavirus/852692)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamp-increase-due-to-coronavirus/852692 "2020-04-29T23:25:52Z")
I was checking my food stamp benefits today and found a nice little surprise. Thanks to federal government assistance with the Covid-19 pandemic, I received the max benefit for my state, $200. And should get the same amo… --- ## [Does the death per M figure have the best potential for estimating infection rates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-death-per-m-figure-have-the-best-potential-for-estimating-infection-rates/852835)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-death-per-m-figure-have-the-best-potential-for-estimating-infection-rates/852835 "2020-04-29T22:59:35Z")
It looks like New York will be the first state to approach a saturation point. Will the final Death Per Million figures from New York be our best barometer of infection rates in other states or regions? Hopefully New Yor… --- ## [First confirmed cases of Covid-19 in house cats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-in-house-cats/852443)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-in-house-cats/852443 "2020-04-29T19:15:13Z")
Cat lovers, please keep your kitties indoors and safe. Coronavirus isn’t believed to jump from animals back to humans, but nobody wants to see their pets ill, especially at a time like this. --- ## [Anyone making fabric masks? Best patterns/instructions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-making-fabric-masks-best-patterns-instructions/851088)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-making-fabric-masks-best-patterns-instructions/851088 "2020-04-29T18:57:34Z")
I’m thinking of making a few for the immediate household, and maybe also for Mom to use on her daily walks. I don’t have a sewing machine, so this will all be done by hand. We were lucky enough to have 2 N95 masks in the… --- ## [Explain the process and stages of herd immunity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-process-and-stages-of-herd-immunity/852444)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-process-and-stages-of-herd-immunity/852444 "2020-04-29T18:26:30Z")
It would seem that the most active and out going would be first to catch the virus and the also the ones most likely to spread it. Once the first 10% of the most active catch it and quickly pass it on to those close you … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=40)