# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=41 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 42 --- ## [Stephen Moore has the answer - Space suits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-moore-has-the-answer-space-suits/852517)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-moore-has-the-answer-space-suits/852517 "2020-04-24T19:07:36Z")
I can’t even believe what I just typed, it is not from The Onion. --- ## [Who is not working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-working/852462)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-working/852462 "2020-04-24T18:38:31Z")
My brother and I were just talking about how we don’t know too many people who aren’t working still (in Ohio, where our shutdown is moderate). Many of our friends are able to work from home (lawyers and law-adjacent, pro… --- ## [when are you re-opening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-re-opening/852441)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-re-opening/852441 "2020-04-24T18:31:06Z")
With GA leading the way, when are your local governments re-opening? I’m on the KS/MO border, and it looks like the governors are going to let the stay at home orders expire May 1 (KS) or May 3 (MO). Seems early, altho… --- ## [Issues with Santa Clara study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-with-santa-clara-study/852513)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-with-santa-clara-study/852513 "2020-04-24T18:11:04Z")
Forgive me if this is mentioned elsewhere, but a recent study of COVID19 in Santa Clara county estimated that a lot more folks are infected, and thus the death rate is significantly lower. Although there were som sample… --- ## [So much for warm weather stopping it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-warm-weather-stopping-it/850917)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-warm-weather-stopping-it/850917 "2020-04-24T17:34:52Z")
Ecuador is pretty warm, right? --- ## [Shake Shack returns $10 million PPP loan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-shack-returns-10-million-ppp-loan/852186)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-shack-returns-10-million-ppp-loan/852186 "2020-04-24T16:15:58Z")
There aren’t any real close to me but I’ve seen them and ate at one. The food wasn’t very good, didn’t like the place at all, but next time I see one that’s open I’m going to buy some food from them anyway. --- ## [Does lockdown work in reverse for the 2nd wave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-lockdown-work-in-reverse-for-the-2nd-wave/852500)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-lockdown-work-in-reverse-for-the-2nd-wave/852500 "2020-04-24T14:57:07Z")
So I understand how the social distancing and lock-down works on the front-end of a disease outbreak to slow the rate of infection. What I was just wondering is if it works in the reverse for the second wave of infectio… --- ## [There Is No Balm In Gilead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-balm-in-gilead/852452)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-balm-in-gilead/852452 "2020-04-24T14:15:39Z")
While the news isn’t reassuring, it did give me the opportunity to use that thread title :smiley: Linky TL;DR: The Gilead medication remdesivir isn’t charting very successfully in medication trials. --- ## [How concerned are you about this Coronavirus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-this-coronavirus/847164)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 636\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-this-coronavirus/847164 "2020-04-23T21:59:21Z")
I’m pretty concerned. It has a two week incubation period. --- ## [Tips For All Who Are/Have Been Sick (COVID or Horrible FLU)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-all-who-are-have-been-sick-covid-or-horrible-flu/852235)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-all-who-are-have-been-sick-covid-or-horrible-flu/852235 "2020-04-23T21:51:35Z")
I’ve been sick for exactly one month and two days… I had 2-3 days where I was SO much better a week ago, but needed food, walked to a gas station to buy bread and peanut butter, and while I was paying, this guy sneezed T… --- ## [Wearing Face Mask with COPD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-face-mask-with-copd/852130)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-face-mask-with-copd/852130 "2020-04-23T18:52:54Z")
My friend’s father has COPD and tried to wear a mask when he went out of the house to shop at the supermarket, but he says he can’t get his breath. Now that the markets are requiring masks, he is freaking out. He’s worri… --- ## [What's Happening in Belgium?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-in-belgium/852198)
**Author:** [@Falchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falchion)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-in-belgium/852198 "2020-04-23T16:56:40Z")
So I was looking at Worldometer today and the top ten countries at death per million (excluding San Marino, Andorra, and Saint Martin, which seem like outliers based on the size of the country are): Belgium (490) Spain… --- ## [Study of the impact of coronavirus messaging on death rates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-of-the-impact-of-coronavirus-messaging-on-death-rates/852407)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-of-the-impact-of-coronavirus-messaging-on-death-rates/852407 "2020-04-23T04:11:23Z")
I’ll say upfront, this is still undergoing peer review, so it’s not final. It’s a study comparing messaging by Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson, and impacts on death rates. As you might know, Carlson has been advocating … --- ## [Johns Hopkins v IHME](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johns-hopkins-v-ihme/852358)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johns-hopkins-v-ihme/852358 "2020-04-22T17:53:32Z")
Nevermind…it’s still morning for me. I figured it out. --- ## [Will the ratio of deaths to recoveries maintain a constant ratio as the illness progresses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-ratio-of-deaths-to-recoveries-maintain-a-constant-ratio-as-the-illness-progresses/852362)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-ratio-of-deaths-to-recoveries-maintain-a-constant-ratio-as-the-illness-progresses/852362 "2020-04-22T17:24:42Z")
The rate of death to recovery varies by country, and I’m sure a big part of it is how many people get tested (the more widely available the tests are, the more people who will recover vs die). In the US I think we only … --- ## [Discovering your inner & heretofore unknown hoarding instinct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovering-your-inner-heretofore-unknown-hoarding-instinct/851250)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovering-your-inner-heretofore-unknown-hoarding-instinct/851250 "2020-04-22T02:13:36Z")
I try to be a decent member of the human race. I have been pretty desperate for white vinegar. I need it for laundry, if I don’t rinse with it, I break out in really bad itches. Been looking since this shit started. Las… --- ## [Were there any social practices permanently killed off by The Spanish Flu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-social-practices-permanently-killed-off-by-the-spanish-flu/852234)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-social-practices-permanently-killed-off-by-the-spanish-flu/852234 "2020-04-22T02:10:13Z")
This question about buffets and other speculations about the future of cruise ships and the like has me wondering, was there anything that was common before The Spanish Flu that became virtually extinct afterwards becaus… --- ## [Origin of 6 feet apart for social distancing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-6-feet-apart-for-social-distancing/852248)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-6-feet-apart-for-social-distancing/852248 "2020-04-22T01:50:10Z")
A couple of questions about the 6’ or 2m rule. I heard it came from a study of a sick person on an airplane and looking at the passengers around them that then ended up getting sick. That makes sense. But is that truly… --- ## [Wrong strains for flu shots last few years!!! How reliable are Epidemiology models?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-strains-for-flu-shots-last-few-years-how-reliable-are-epidemiology-models/852279)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-strains-for-flu-shots-last-few-years-how-reliable-are-epidemiology-models/852279 "2020-04-22T01:21:21Z")
So last few years I’ve had flu shots only to later learn that the epidemiologists picked the wrong strains and the flu shot was not effective !! In light of the above, what’s the confidence in current Covid-19 models ? … --- ## [Are buffets finished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-buffets-finished/852184)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-buffets-finished/852184 "2020-04-22T01:04:53Z")
There are some restaurants that entirely or at least partially feature a buffet, where dozens (if not hundreds) of customers handle the same serving utensils. In the aftermath of COVID-19, have we seen the last of this … --- ## [Coronavirus Ratpocalypse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-ratpocalypse/851759)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-ratpocalypse/851759 "2020-04-22T00:07:47Z")
The massive reduction in restaurant activity has resulted in a corresponding massive reduction in the availability of food scraps for rats. And they’re getting desperate. :eek: --- ## [Psychological effects of this pandemic on young people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-effects-of-this-pandemic-on-young-people/852196)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-effects-of-this-pandemic-on-young-people/852196 "2020-04-21T23:26:50Z")
For a teenager (or up to mid-20s), this pandemic is the first really shocking world-wide historic tragedy to affect them. They wouldn’t have much memory of the World Trade Center bombings. Do you think this will have a … --- ## [When are latex gloves reusable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-latex-gloves-reusable/852277)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-latex-gloves-reusable/852277 "2020-04-21T22:19:36Z")
When I make my bi-weekly grocery run, I use disposable gloves – a new pair for each store I stop at. I put the used gloves in a plastic bag in my car. We’re starting to get short of gloves. Given that it’s two weeks s… --- ## [Doctors, Nurses, and First Responders: "Thank you for your service."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-nurses-and-first-responders-thank-you-for-your-service/851140)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-nurses-and-first-responders-thank-you-for-your-service/851140 "2020-04-21T18:41:14Z")
I don’t usually start threads but I felt compelled to put this out there. After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and subsequent conflicts there began a social meme of thanking first responders and service peo… --- ## [Intended purpose/procedure for testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intended-purpose-procedure-for-testing/852271)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intended-purpose-procedure-for-testing/852271 "2020-04-21T18:17:30Z")
I see a lot of news about the desire to increase testing. What exactly is the intended goal of testing? Is it to identify people who have HAD the virus, and as such, are presumably safe to return to work? Or is it int… --- ## [Asymptomatic carriers - are they for real ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-carriers-are-they-for-real/852266)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-carriers-are-they-for-real/852266 "2020-04-21T15:39:09Z")
My sister lives in Dubai. They went into quarantine starting April 3. My Brother in Law had gone to work on April 1, and as it later turned out : one of his coworkers had tested positive. So his office required him to ge… --- ## [COVID symptoms, vomiting blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-symptoms-vomiting-blood/852210)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-symptoms-vomiting-blood/852210 "2020-04-21T12:56:00Z")
I don’t need an answer fast, but I heard about a college kid (friend of my son) who had to take his mom to the hospital today because she was vomiting blood. Unfortunately the mom has multiple health conditions but I don… --- ## [Price of crude oil is now a negative number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-crude-oil-is-now-a-negative-number/852209)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-crude-oil-is-now-a-negative-number/852209 "2020-04-21T03:39:08Z")
COVID-19 has now torpedoed the world economy so badly that they will now pay you to take oil off their hands. It’s this kind of thing that frightens me about the virus. It’s not people getting sick; that’s bad enough, … --- ## [Post pandemic, whats going to happen to all these excess ventilators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-pandemic-whats-going-to-happen-to-all-these-excess-ventilators/852108)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-pandemic-whats-going-to-happen-to-all-these-excess-ventilators/852108 "2020-04-20T22:57:01Z")
Ventilators are being cranked out at an alarming rate, several countries have started making them domestically. Even though the requirement turned out to be less than feared back in early March, production is continuing… --- ## [Social Security and RR Retirement recipients with dependents: Act by 4/22/20.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-and-rr-retirement-recipients-with-dependents-act-by-4-22-20/852216)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-and-rr-retirement-recipients-with-dependents-act-by-4-22-20/852216 "2020-04-20T20:39:21Z")
Special alert for benefit recipients who don’t file a tax return and have dependents The IRS issued a notice today to taxpayers who received Social Security, Railroad Retirement, SSI, and VA benefits and also have depe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=42)