# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=40 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 41 --- ## [I can get a COVID antibody test. I have never had symptoms. Should I get the test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-get-a-covid-antibody-test-i-have-never-had-symptoms-should-i-get-the-test/852508)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-get-a-covid-antibody-test-i-have-never-had-symptoms-should-i-get-the-test/852508 "2020-04-29T16:51:35Z")
It will cost me less than $200. The price isn’t an issue. There are plenty of tests so I would not be denying someone who has an urgent need. This is a blood draw test that takes three days for results. You can’t have h… --- ## [What currently closed businesses or places could be allowed to reopen (with restrictions)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-closed-businesses-or-places-could-be-allowed-to-reopen-with-restrictions/852537)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-closed-businesses-or-places-could-be-allowed-to-reopen-with-restrictions/852537 "2020-04-29T15:50:18Z")
InMissouri they are preparing to allow some businesses to reopen. I cannot find a link to share it but on a morning radio talk show KCMO Mayor said while his city is extending the lockdown another 2 weeks, he is willing… --- ## [What are you surprised that there is not a shortage of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-surprised-that-there-is-not-a-shortage-of/852193)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-surprised-that-there-is-not-a-shortage-of/852193 "2020-04-29T01:01:53Z")
I was going to say sugar, but then I googled it and apparently there either is a shortage or one is coming. Or maybe that news is from traders trying to jack up the price. So, now I don’t know. I’ve had no issues with f… --- ## [Taste 2 \[Second wave of infections\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taste-2-second-wave-of-infections/852657)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taste-2-second-wave-of-infections/852657 "2020-04-29T00:56:40Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/governors-facing-pressures-on-all-sides-weigh-reopening-their-states/ar-BB13eHAb The above article discusses the various responses of governors around the country, especially with regar… --- ## [The Switch to Online Education - How is going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-switch-to-online-education-how-is-going/852685)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-switch-to-online-education-how-is-going/852685 "2020-04-29T00:32:47Z")
With most schools now closed, education is now online. I’d like to hear people’s experiences, whether as students, parents or educators (or just interested bystanders). My daughter is in high school, taking standard aca… --- ## [How many victims before we all know someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-victims-before-we-all-know-someone/851574)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-victims-before-we-all-know-someone/851574 "2020-04-29T00:20:42Z")
Statistically speaking, how many people become sick with something, before everyone knows someone with the disease? My naive idea is that if a fraction “f” of the population has the illness, that’s also the chances of k… --- ## [What are your specific rituals for navigating shopping and other essential public spaces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-specific-rituals-for-navigating-shopping-and-other-essential-public-spaces/852601)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-specific-rituals-for-navigating-shopping-and-other-essential-public-spaces/852601 "2020-04-28T22:48:41Z")
Looking to tweak and see what I might be missing. Please share your rituals for containment / sterilization when going out. Doesn’t matter if you’re inner city or deep country. At SOME point you have to go to a store or … --- ## [USNS Comfort, beds are full, they are leaving NY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usns-comfort-beds-are-full-they-are-leaving-ny/852758)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usns-comfort-beds-are-full-they-are-leaving-ny/852758 "2020-04-28T21:41:11Z")
The USNS Comfort has been converted to 500 beds for Covid19 patients. According to this: All beds are full. Besides because ‘Trump’, is there any reasoning as to why it’s leaving at this time? Trump does say he tal… --- ## [Is a vaccine possible if antibodies don't prevent reinfection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-vaccine-possible-if-antibodies-dont-prevent-reinfection/852635)
**Author:** [@leswax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leswax)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-vaccine-possible-if-antibodies-dont-prevent-reinfection/852635 "2020-04-28T17:10:44Z")
If, as the WHO suggests, antibodies don’t prevent reinfection of COVID-19, does that mean a vaccine is not possible? My evaluation of this link as a non-doctor leads me to believe the consensus is “we dunno.” --- ## [things start to open in your area, which ones will you vist and which ones still avoid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-start-to-open-in-your-area-which-ones-will-you-vist-and-which-ones-still-avoid/852731)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-start-to-open-in-your-area-which-ones-will-you-vist-and-which-ones-still-avoid/852731 "2020-04-28T14:44:05Z")
In his \[del\]in\[/del\]finite wisdom, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has decide we gotta open some shit (or die trying?). I’m anticipating possibly going to the hair colorist by the first of June. I’ve described below why this seem… --- ## [I don't understand the numbers/charts/graphs of COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-numbers-charts-graphs-of-covid-19/852633)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-numbers-charts-graphs-of-covid-19/852633 "2020-04-28T00:06:21Z")
Do any of these graphs and maps showing the spread of COVID-19 make sense to anyone else? I can’t tell if I just don’t understand them because I probably have undiagnosed dyscalculia (difficulty learning and understandi… --- ## [Stupidities you've witnessed (people oblivious to the virus)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidities-youve-witnessed-people-oblivious-to-the-virus/850064)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidities-youve-witnessed-people-oblivious-to-the-virus/850064 "2020-04-27T23:34:43Z")
In Whole Foods a man in line dropped his box of cookies and they all spilled out onto the floor. At first I felt bad for him. But then he picked up each cookie, put it back in the box…and put the box back on the shelf.… --- ## [Any full-time RVers here? How's it going in COVID time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-full-time-rvers-here-hows-it-going-in-covid-time/852646)
**Author:** [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-full-time-rvers-here-hows-it-going-in-covid-time/852646 "2020-04-27T22:15:11Z")
Public parks and campgrounds around here (central California) have been closed for some time now - our little RV has been idle all year - but private sites like KOAs are not affected by shutdowns AFAIK and a nearby “trai… --- ## [Interesting Observations in Virus Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-observations-in-virus-time/851526)
**Author:** [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-observations-in-virus-time/851526 "2020-04-27T19:49:34Z")
This is just a place to post any interesting observations you might have about people, society, media, etc during the pandemic. Positive or negative, mundane or life-changing, whatever you happen to have noticed. One th… --- ## [Any new news on why this is severe/lethal to some, and not others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-news-on-why-this-is-severe-lethal-to-some-and-not-others/852273)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-news-on-why-this-is-severe-lethal-to-some-and-not-others/852273 "2020-04-27T16:07:06Z")
So about a week and a half ago, we found out that my dad indeed does have COVID-19. He’s essentially bedridden and lives in a nursing home in the Houston area that has several cases. He actually had to go to the hospit… --- ## [Microwaves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwaves/852501)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwaves/852501 "2020-04-27T12:35:06Z")
Supposedly if you put the virus in a microwave, it kills it in about 1 minute. So what if we had Ford convert the ventilators they are making (which we don’t need anymore) into human sized microwaves, that a person coul… --- ## [Are you willing to die from Covid 19 to help the economy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-willing-to-die-from-covid-19-to-help-the-economy/850198)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-willing-to-die-from-covid-19-to-help-the-economy/850198 "2020-04-27T08:46:02Z")
Apparently this feller is: --- ## [What do doctors and medical staff actually do to keep COVID patients alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-doctors-and-medical-staff-actually-do-to-keep-covid-patients-alive/852599)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-doctors-and-medical-staff-actually-do-to-keep-covid-patients-alive/852599 "2020-04-27T01:54:16Z")
While most of us who follow the news know about the importance of ventilators when the situation is dire, is there an established protocol for treatment upon entry into the hospital and possibly the ICU? Has this change… --- ## [Legality of Nevada malaria treatment ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-nevada-malaria-treatment-ban/850247)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-nevada-malaria-treatment-ban/850247 "2020-04-26T03:49:52Z")
From: “Sisolak \[the Governor if Nevada\] signed an emergency order earlier Tuesday barring the use of anti-malaria drugs for someone who has the coronavirus. The order restricting chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine came… --- ## [Anyone change up their hand washing song??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381 "2020-04-26T03:25:52Z")
I got well sick and tired of Jolene so now I sing “A blessing on your head, Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov To see a daughter wed, Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov And such a son-in-law like no one ever saw The tailor Motel Camzoil, Motel … --- ## [Universities and the Coronavirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universities-and-the-coronavirus/851803)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universities-and-the-coronavirus/851803 "2020-04-26T00:33:55Z")
The universities (colleges) were in a tough position once cases of coronavirus started to increase. They could anticipate lots of cases, and being on campus would cause big increases. They generally made a good call f… --- ## [Virus on the soles of your shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-on-the-soles-of-your-shoes/852497)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-on-the-soles-of-your-shoes/852497 "2020-04-25T15:38:19Z")
Ta na na, ta na na na… :wink: This is something I’ve wondered about after my last couple of trips to the grocery store. I’m walking on floors that other people have walked on, in footwear that has been in homes where t… --- ## [Estimating the number of local Covid-19 cases by testing the sewer water.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estimating-the-number-of-local-covid-19-cases-by-testing-the-sewer-water/852514)
**Author:** [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estimating-the-number-of-local-covid-19-cases-by-testing-the-sewer-water/852514 "2020-04-25T13:09:59Z")
My hometown is one of 100 communities that is taking part in an experiment of estimating the local Covid-19 situation by measuring the level of the virus in the local sewer system. Seems like it might have promise. The … --- ## [Belarus: vodka and sauna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belarus-vodka-and-sauna/852174)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belarus-vodka-and-sauna/852174 "2020-04-25T10:22:11Z")
Some time ago, Belarus President Lukashenko suggested his countrymen drink vodka and take saunas to ward off the virus. I suppose that seemed to work for a while, but the worldometer Belarus page shows a steeply growing … --- ## [Without red tape, what's the fastest a vaccine could be done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-red-tape-whats-the-fastest-a-vaccine-could-be-done/851699)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-red-tape-whats-the-fastest-a-vaccine-could-be-done/851699 "2020-04-25T08:26:28Z")
I see the 18-months timetable frequently quoted, but that’s taking into account all sorts of red tape and bureaucratic hoops to jump through. Suppose all the red tape were done away with and the government essentially g… --- ## [Possible Business Reopenings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-business-reopenings/852502)
**Author:** [@taf1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taf1987)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-business-reopenings/852502 "2020-04-25T07:16:00Z")
Said to reopen all businesses this next week in accordance with local and regional authorities approval… it took me three (almost four) weeks to finalize my unemployment. My first payment will be made right before the ha… --- ## [How is an out-of-state-traveler quarantine enforced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-an-out-of-state-traveler-quarantine-enforced/851004)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-an-out-of-state-traveler-quarantine-enforced/851004 "2020-04-25T06:02:53Z")
Some states are requiring those entering the state to quarantine for 14 days. Travelers generally have to fill out a form indicating where they’ll be quarantining or turn around and go home. I understand why states would… --- ## [Where's the science that determines how strict a lockdown we need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-science-that-determines-how-strict-a-lockdown-we-need/852220)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-science-that-determines-how-strict-a-lockdown-we-need/852220 "2020-04-25T01:30:08Z")
Governor Gavin Newsom says he will reopen California by science, not politics: (Newsom tells protesters of stay-at-home order he will be swayed by science, not politics) Okay. So where’s the science that says what typ… --- ## [Any good news re: COVID-19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-news-re-covid-19/849610)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-news-re-covid-19/849610 "2020-04-25T01:20:10Z")
I’ve been trying to keep my chin up during this COVID-19 crisis, but it gets harder and harder as the news gets grimmer, both in terms of the disease itself and what it’s doing to the economy. I know most people survive … --- ## [Britain begins human vaccine trials for Covid-19.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britain-begins-human-vaccine-trials-for-covid-19/852478)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britain-begins-human-vaccine-trials-for-covid-19/852478 "2020-04-24T22:34:30Z")
I sure hope the so called experts in the US are awake and paying attention. IMHO other countries should be cooperating and running simultaneous trials with the Brit scientists. A larger study will yield more meaningful r… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=41)