# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=4 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 5 --- ## [I'm Sick--rather poorly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-rather-poorly/975210)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-rather-poorly/975210 "2023-02-01T15:52:00Z")
Nose runny, bad cough, phlegm. Used to have a sore throat. I went to the doctor Monday. Tested negative for COVID Tested negative for Flu. Negative for strep. Up to date on all vaccines, including COVID, flu & Pneumo… --- ## [How often are adults supposed to get Covid booster shots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799)
**Author:** [@pyromyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pyromyte)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799 "2023-01-11T17:43:31Z")
I am so confused about the covid vaccinations! I promise I am trying to do the right thing. I have the original two shots, plus a booster. So for the longest time I have thought I was good. I had heard of a 4th shot (2nd… --- ## [Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2022 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 696\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022 "2023-01-03T18:24:57Z")
Here we go again. In case anyone wants to easily find the previous threads: Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News As I did last year… --- ## [Do you still mask?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-mask/976491)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-mask/976491 "2023-01-03T13:03:26Z")
poll Just a quick ad-hoc poll. Yes, any masking could be considered medical necessity, but that choice is intended for people who are in higher risk groups. If you’re masking out of an abundance of caution, please choo… --- ## [Comments on having Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-having-covid/966383)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-having-covid/966383 "2023-01-03T00:57:23Z")
I just tested positive for Covid, but there’s nothing to worry about at present. Basically I’ve been isolating at home for over 2 years and just last week went on a trip with a couple of friends. Sadly two of us caught … --- ## [My symptoms that never went away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-symptoms-that-never-went-away/975957)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-symptoms-that-never-went-away/975957 "2022-12-26T20:16:15Z")
I had covid in July 2021 and felt sick, but never scary sick - no shortness of breath, for example. but a year and a half later I don’t have a normal sense of smell and this bothers me a lot. I spent a long stretch of tr… --- ## [China removes most covid restrictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-removes-most-covid-restrictions/976785)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-removes-most-covid-restrictions/976785 "2022-12-25T07:11:32Z")
I’ve just read the headlines, and I honestly don’t know the details, but I gather that China has pivoted away from zero-covid rather sharply, and they everyone is expecting a covid surge in response. And I’ve heard that … --- ## [Mask use in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mask-use-in-japan/976147)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mask-use-in-japan/976147 "2022-12-23T02:14:50Z")
Japan fully opened to foreign tourism in October, and my wife and I took advantage of the opportunity soon after that. While there, we noticed that COVID prevention practices there are quite different from here in the U… --- ## [Flu and Covid shots at the same time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-and-covid-shots-at-the-same-time/973947)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-and-covid-shots-at-the-same-time/973947 "2022-12-23T01:35:17Z")
I just got a covid booster and this year’s flu shot today. Has anyone else done this? I know that reactions are fairly personal, but did it seem better, worse, no different than just getting the shots separately on dif… --- ## [Is the CDC card useless now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-cdc-card-useless-now/975563)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-cdc-card-useless-now/975563 "2022-12-12T12:40:25Z")
So I’ve been vaccinated 5 times - 2 vaccinations + 3 boosters. I got the last booster in October, forgot my CDC card and was told I could come back to get it updated. I came back and they said the card was full and they … --- ## [What's the current thinking on isolating if you're symptomatic but test negative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-thinking-on-isolating-if-youre-symptomatic-but-test-negative/965599)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-thinking-on-isolating-if-youre-symptomatic-but-test-negative/965599 "2022-12-12T05:07:49Z")
For almost the entire first year of the pandemic, I didn’t get sick at all. But over the last year, I’ve caught several mild colds. I haven’t been tested every time, but every time I have tested, it’s been negative. I’ve… --- ## [What's the name of the liver test that they run before they'll prescribe Paxlovid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-liver-test-that-they-run-before-theyll-prescribe-paxlovid/975756)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-liver-test-that-they-run-before-theyll-prescribe-paxlovid/975756 "2022-12-12T04:17:37Z")
I’m trying to find online if our local CVS Minute Clinic will run this test, and I see that they do do that common lipid panel test, but I don’t know if this is what the pharmacist will want to see. I’ll call and ask a … --- ## [Does anyone here know anyone personally who has been diagnosed, or has been yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 918\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941 "2022-12-11T21:54:35Z")
For me, the answer is no, although there have been only 3 confirmed cases in my metropolitan area of 400,000, and none of them were residents of the county in which they were diagnosed. :confused: I actually wonder if … --- ## [Court case: Parents refused blood from vaccinated donors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-case-parents-refused-blood-from-vaccinated-donors/976317)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-case-parents-refused-blood-from-vaccinated-donors/976317 "2022-12-11T04:04:38Z")
Court rules against parents of a baby who needed urgent heart surgery. The parents didn’t want blood from vaccinated donors to go into their child because they believed dangerous spike proteins are in the blood. --- ## [Long Covid - what's the prevalence and prognosis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid-whats-the-prevalence-and-prognosis/937157)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid-whats-the-prevalence-and-prognosis/937157 "2022-12-10T00:16:11Z")
I broke out a discussion on long covid from the breaking news thread. I’m interested in seeing more info on this. Continuing the discussion from Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News: I… --- ## [Questions about Covid brain fog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-covid-brain-fog/975862)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-covid-brain-fog/975862 "2022-12-03T15:17:55Z")
Does “Covid brain fog” happen even in mild or almost-no-symptom cases? When it happens is it typically permanent or the patient recovers full brain function within months? Is it severe enough that you lose common sense… --- ## [COVID-19 is more deadly than smoking (re: Twitter)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-is-more-deadly-than-smoking-re-twitter/975819)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-is-more-deadly-than-smoking-re-twitter/975819 "2022-12-01T01:04:26Z")
It would take a bit of math to ascertain but I would be reasonably certain that smoking has a higher fatality rate than Covid-19. The businesses that sell cigarettes have had no issue staying in business for centuries -… --- ## [Share your Covidiot stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 1768\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854 "2022-11-22T02:30:33Z")
Yes, I will see you via telemedicine. Yes, that means we can connect via audio and video on your phone. No, it does NOT mean that you can actually be driving during our appointment! You are a grown-ass person. Pull ove… --- ## [Things my pulmonologist just told me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-my-pulmonologist-just-told-me/974904)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-my-pulmonologist-just-told-me/974904 "2022-11-14T23:18:08Z")
This morning I had another routine office visit with my pulmonologist, who treats my chronic bronchitis. I’ve worried about her because the pandemic seemed like it must be such a brutal thing for pulmonologists. She com… --- ## [Is COVID over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-covid-over/974718)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-covid-over/974718 "2022-11-14T22:27:57Z")
Right from the beginning of the pandemic, many infectious disease experts correctly predicted how the pandemic would progress. The probable end state was that it would transition from pandemic to endemic, and just becom… --- ## [COVID fraudster picked up at Disneyworld](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-fraudster-picked-up-at-disneyworld/974804)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-fraudster-picked-up-at-disneyworld/974804 "2022-11-13T13:28:06Z")
What are the odds you spot the guy you’re looking for at Disneyworld?. I’m glad this guy was found, anyway. --- ## [Am I missing something here? (re: reopening of bars, etc... now)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 1376\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356 "2022-11-11T04:02:47Z")
So I’m seeing all sorts of news stories about various states reopening various things- Texas, where I live, is considering reopening bars, for example. And schools have reopened to in-person students, although where I l… --- ## [Anyone else fill up your shot card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-fill-up-your-shot-card/973165)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-fill-up-your-shot-card/973165 "2022-11-05T14:28:05Z")
Did you get a prize? I got my latest booster today and all of the lines on my card are now filled in. Nobody offered me a free coffee or donut or anything so I bought myself a Buzz Bomb to drink when I got home. Has an… --- ## [What's the ethical position in this COVID situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ethical-position-in-this-covid-situation/974089)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ethical-position-in-this-covid-situation/974089 "2022-11-01T23:01:46Z")
This may not be a Great Debate, but I wasn’t sure if it belonged in the Zone. So there was a neighborhood get-together/tree-planting on Sunday. People socialized, ate good chili, and so on. Then yesterday afternoon a fri… --- ## [Just got my updated vaccine for Omicron & BA5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-updated-vaccine-for-omicron-ba5/971231)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-updated-vaccine-for-omicron-ba5/971231 "2022-10-20T10:08:41Z")
I just got it. This is my 5th shot: 1st shot 2nd shot 3rd shot (that is, full strength Moderna) Booster (that is, half strength Moderna) Omicron version today Plus, I got the senior flu vaccine (double strength) i… --- ## [Post-Covid similar to sleep deprivation #the-quarantine-zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-covid-similar-to-sleep-deprivation-the-quarantine-zone/973517)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-covid-similar-to-sleep-deprivation-the-quarantine-zone/973517 "2022-10-20T02:34:48Z")
Interesting article re post-Covid: mental effects are similar to sleep-deprivation. That matches my personal experience; lack of energy, both mental and physical, needing more sleep, and really tired in the evenings, … --- ## [Taste and smell wiped out. Ugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taste-and-smell-wiped-out-ugh/967420)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taste-and-smell-wiped-out-ugh/967420 "2022-10-18T20:29:17Z")
I finally caught this thing last week after what, 2 years? Vaxxed and boosted. I’ve travelled a fair amount for work over this period so it was bound to get to me eventually. My case has been pretty mild, stuffy nose,… --- ## [How do Covid vaccines work with a child who is about to turn 12?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-covid-vaccines-work-with-a-child-who-is-about-to-turn-12/973400)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-covid-vaccines-work-with-a-child-who-is-about-to-turn-12/973400 "2022-10-18T19:36:32Z")
I will discuss with our pharmacist or doctor and am not relying on the Straight Dope to be my medical advisory team. I am curious, however, how this situation would work. My son is about to turn 12. He has had three Cov… --- ## [Long Covid / Exercise Intolerance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid-exercise-intolerance/973209)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid-exercise-intolerance/973209 "2022-10-14T01:46:25Z")
Article in the Washington Post says long Covid may make aerobic exercise more difficult. I am unsure if this is true. Long Covid, according to this article, affects one in twenty people causing a bizarre constellation … --- ## [Will the US lockdown for the next pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-us-lockdown-for-the-next-pandemic/971139)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-us-lockdown-for-the-next-pandemic/971139 "2022-10-10T13:33:31Z")
After the very expensive and disruptive experience with lockdowns during COVID, will the US do it again for the next pandemic? Was it worth it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=5)