# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=43 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 44 --- ## [Dopers with a family member on lockdown in a facility-how are they, how are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-a-family-member-on-lockdown-in-a-facility-how-are-they-how-are-you/851817)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-a-family-member-on-lockdown-in-a-facility-how-are-they-how-are-you/851817 "2020-04-15T22:58:56Z")
Mom, 95, with ALZ. locked in her facility. No cases there, and god knows if there are, she’ll be gone more than likely. We can’t be with her, they’re not as of yet set up for Skype, not that I’d want to try to “talk” to … --- ## [Aren't the vast majority of us going to get infected by the Corona Virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-the-vast-majority-of-us-going-to-get-infected-by-the-corona-virus/850997)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-the-vast-majority-of-us-going-to-get-infected-by-the-corona-virus/850997 "2020-04-15T22:23:29Z")
And all these precautions we are being asked to take are meant to slow down the infection rate so the hospitals aren’t overwhelmed all at one time. Isn’t a matter of “when”, not “if”?. And like all other viruses, the vas… --- ## [Shopping during COVID maps perfectly onto J.Campbell's Hero's Journey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-during-covid-maps-perfectly-onto-j-campbells-heros-journey/851882)
**Author:** [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-during-covid-maps-perfectly-onto-j-campbells-heros-journey/851882 "2020-04-15T22:11:15Z")
\[del\]Stolen from\[/del\] Found at BoingBoing.Net: Getting groceries during COVID-19 maps perfectly onto Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey Coincidence, or fate? --- ## [Why would my own serological test be affected by total percentage of infected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-my-own-serological-test-be-affected-by-total-percentage-of-infected/851792)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-my-own-serological-test-be-affected-by-total-percentage-of-infected/851792 "2020-04-15T21:20:28Z")
A doctors Livestream said that serological tests are no better than a coin flip if the overall infection rate is 1 percent, assuming the test is 99 percent sensitive and specific. I can understand in the context of Nati… --- ## [Will We Social Distance Forever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-social-distance-forever/850830)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-social-distance-forever/850830 "2020-04-15T20:56:17Z")
I can’t see people shaking hands in a few months due to fears. Even if say I was totally carefree and open to being in crowds, if my friends are averse to it, then I won’t be doing it, either. I also have been hearing th… --- ## [Well meaning social distancing guidelines that seem to have backfired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-meaning-social-distancing-guidelines-that-seem-to-have-backfired/851521)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-meaning-social-distancing-guidelines-that-seem-to-have-backfired/851521 "2020-04-15T20:08:35Z")
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in an effort to protect its employees and the public, closed its state run liquor stores a few weeks ago. Since the closure was announced ahead of time, it created a panic run which res… --- ## [What good (or bad) habits has this situation led you to revive/acquire (or give up)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-or-bad-habits-has-this-situation-led-you-to-revive-acquire-or-give-up/851351)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-or-bad-habits-has-this-situation-led-you-to-revive-acquire-or-give-up/851351 "2020-04-15T20:01:32Z")
The reason might be anything pandemic-related, i.e., isolation/lockdown, what you have seen or read, what family members or co-workers have endured, just having more time on your hands (for good or ill), looking at the f… --- ## [Does/will the covid test differentiate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-will-the-covid-test-differentiate/851812)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-will-the-covid-test-differentiate/851812 "2020-04-15T19:48:17Z")
It seems like it’s important to know both whether someone is currently infected so they can quarantine, and also whether they were previously infected and now immune and non contagious so they can carry on. Do or will … --- ## [Covid-19 attacking the immune system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-attacking-the-immune-system/851643)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-attacking-the-immune-system/851643 "2020-04-15T18:53:16Z")
This article in the South China Morning Post suggests, rather sensationally, that this virus can behave a bit like HIV. I don’t have enough science, and I’m not familiar enough with the newspaper, to be able to evaluate … --- ## ["Superbugs" and COVID disinfection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbugs-and-covid-disinfection/851715)
**Author:** [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbugs-and-covid-disinfection/851715 "2020-04-15T15:38:00Z")
I haven’t seen much discussion about any negative consequences of the more thorough cleaning procedures in place everywhere due to COVID. There are also secondary infections in COVID patients. Are we going to create mor… --- ## [How concerned should I be about eating fast food in the covid-19 pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-i-be-about-eating-fast-food-in-the-covid-19-pandemic/849494)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-i-be-about-eating-fast-food-in-the-covid-19-pandemic/849494 "2020-04-15T14:28:42Z")
In general, can I potentiallyy get the coronavirus from eating fast food. Also because this is the SDMB I don’t want the first 20 replies telling me about how you don’t eat fast food and nobody else should either. --- ## [Any Long-Term Effects for Survivors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-long-term-effects-for-survivors/851618)
**Author:** [@Sean\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_the_Dog)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-long-term-effects-for-survivors/851618 "2020-04-15T06:12:20Z")
Probably a bit early to ask this… Has anyone heard of any long-term aftereffects for people who were seriously ill but recovered? I’m wondering if there is any permanent damage done to their bodies, especially lungs si… --- ## [Six (Impossible) Conditions Before People in California Are Free](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-impossible-conditions-before-people-in-california-are-free/851815)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-impossible-conditions-before-people-in-california-are-free/851815 "2020-04-15T03:50:06Z")
Note that not one law was passed by the CA Legislature concerning these mandatory conditions. They were made by the Governor through a dictatorial edict (Comrade Newsom). --- ## [Northeast governors form group to discuss reopening of region economies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northeast-governors-form-group-to-discuss-reopening-of-region-economies/851731)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northeast-governors-form-group-to-discuss-reopening-of-region-economies/851731 "2020-04-15T02:36:00Z")
Sounds like a smart idea. I hope Arkansas joins with it’s neighbors too and coordinates when to reopen for business. Covid-19 has struck differently in various regions of the country. The densely populated cities were h… --- ## [Helping hairdresser, barber, manicurist, etc. with direct $$ assistance? Good idea? If so, how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-hairdresser-barber-manicurist-etc-with-direct-assistance-good-idea-if-so-how/851783)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-hairdresser-barber-manicurist-etc-with-direct-assistance-good-idea-if-so-how/851783 "2020-04-14T21:44:46Z")
A friend just called me to ask for advice, and I said I’d consult my panel of experts (that would be youse guys). We both go to the same hairdresser and have been for several years. “Mary Lou” (not her name) is the mana… --- ## [Will people end up rebelling against the quarantine if it goes too long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-people-end-up-rebelling-against-the-quarantine-if-it-goes-too-long/851339)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-people-end-up-rebelling-against-the-quarantine-if-it-goes-too-long/851339 "2020-04-14T21:28:16Z")
The experts in the US it seems, would like the quarantine to stay in place, and make it even tighter, probably until late summer or fall and possibly for a full year. I cant quote anyone but its out there. Which makes se… --- ## [UK vandals burning down 5G cell towers and attacking workers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-vandals-burning-down-5g-cell-towers-and-attacking-workers/851330)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-vandals-burning-down-5g-cell-towers-and-attacking-workers/851330 "2020-04-14T21:12:23Z")
The latest crackpot conspiracy theory circulating on Facebook is that 5G cell towers are somehow causing COVID-19. As a result people in the UK have been burning down cell towers (sometimes the wrong ones) and attackin… --- ## [Are we lower paid essential workers with middling credit going to be better positioned in society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lower-paid-essential-workers-with-middling-credit-going-to-be-better-positioned-in-society/851474)
**Author:** [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lower-paid-essential-workers-with-middling-credit-going-to-be-better-positioned-in-society/851474 "2020-04-14T19:33:30Z")
So, a few years ago I took my first employment after 13 years of being self-employed and/or a student and being stressed out by family, clients, biz partners, etc and just sort of reaching bottom in all facets of life. I… --- ## [Covid-19 and quitting smoking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-quitting-smoking/851763)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-quitting-smoking/851763 "2020-04-14T17:11:19Z")
Anyone quit smoking to lower your risk? Or know someone who did? I’m just wondering, because with all the paranoia, masking, and TP hoarding, I still see the hands dangling out of open car windows on 33 degree days, wit… --- ## [American Enterprise Institute Plan to Reopen the Economy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-enterprise-institute-plan-to-reopen-the-economy/851780)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-enterprise-institute-plan-to-reopen-the-economy/851780 "2020-04-14T17:14:30Z")
The American Enterprise Institute has produced a plan to reopen the economy, with the lead author Scott Gottlieb, former FDA administrator. While I am generally negative about this very conservative organization, this i… --- ## [Suggested temporary restaurant guidelines when it’s time to “open” again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-temporary-restaurant-guidelines-when-it-s-time-to-open-again/851482)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-temporary-restaurant-guidelines-when-it-s-time-to-open-again/851482 "2020-04-14T14:47:15Z")
Let’s say America starts allowing restaurants to reopen mid-May to June providing the cases start declining to a suitable level. Probably one of the top things Americans miss is getting out of the house and eating out. W… --- ## [8 Variants of COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-variants-of-covid-19/851696)
**Author:** [@EhhMon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EhhMon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-variants-of-covid-19/851696 "2020-04-14T10:57:36Z")
Scientist and Health Officials have discovered 8 variants of COVID-19. The most widely known Variants are: Variant A Variant B Variant C Variant D Variant E Variant A was found up and down the West Coast of the US,… --- ## [Company develops drone that can disinfect with UVC light (really?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742 "2020-04-14T09:59:58Z")
“This drone can disinfect approximately 1,000 cubic feet within ten minutes of flight time” Sounds way to fast with something as power limited as a drone. Anybody with more knowledge of the subject? https://www.kctv5.c… --- ## [Bill Maher: "We SHOULD blame China."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-we-should-blame-china/851550)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-we-should-blame-china/851550 "2020-04-14T04:39:13Z")
As usual, Bill is spot on, a lonely voice of reason in the wilderness (Sam Harris is too, but Bill is funnier): \[QUOTE\] You can't yell at someone for breaking a rule you just made up. Scientists, who are generally pre… --- ## [Has AI / Analytics found insights into COVID-19 ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-ai-analytics-found-insights-into-covid-19/851693)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-ai-analytics-found-insights-into-covid-19/851693 "2020-04-14T02:32:30Z")
So before the Epidemic, it was widely talked about how AI and Data Analytics was revolutionizing the world and finding deep insights which were previously not possible. Since there is so much data from around the world,… --- ## [False negative tests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-negative-tests/851676)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-negative-tests/851676 "2020-04-14T02:32:09Z")
All tests have false negatives, some due to the test itself under ideal circumstances, some due to technique in sample acquisition. Interpreting results, in studies and clinically, needs to be done with an appreciation o… --- ## [If you have a D.N.R. on file, will a hospital refuse you a ventilator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-d-n-r-on-file-will-a-hospital-refuse-you-a-ventilator/851602)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-d-n-r-on-file-will-a-hospital-refuse-you-a-ventilator/851602 "2020-04-14T01:21:59Z")
I can’t find this answer online?? --- ## [Somebody please prove this isn't true.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-please-prove-this-isnt-true/851601)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-please-prove-this-isnt-true/851601 "2020-04-13T19:35:18Z")
This came up on Facebook. Covid vs. US Daily Average Cause of Death | Flourish --- ## [Pandemic Modeling Explained in Cartoon Format](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-modeling-explained-in-cartoon-format/851706)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-modeling-explained-in-cartoon-format/851706 "2020-04-13T18:09:23Z")
Five Thirty Eight . com is carrying Zack Wienersmith’s lengthy cartoon explaining the difficulty of coronavirus pandemic modeling. Weinersmith is the creator of the sarcastic science-themed webcomic Saturday Morning B… --- ## [Can you get coronavirus by eating it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-coronavirus-by-eating-it/851652)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-coronavirus-by-eating-it/851652 "2020-04-13T04:54:43Z")
If not, as many experts say, then why do news reports also include “the mouth” as a site for where the virus can enter the body? In the npr report where experts weighed in on this topic, one of them said that it is an … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=44)