# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=44 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 45 --- ## [UV Lights To Kill Germs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uv-lights-to-kill-germs/851380)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uv-lights-to-kill-germs/851380 "2020-04-13T01:22:25Z")
I was looking at some of these devices to potentially decontaminate things like cell phones and keys. Does anyone have any recommendations? I read a few on Amazon but a lot of the reviews seem to indicate they tend to br… --- ## [Oh crap, I am running out of thing to clean/fix/sort through around the house!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-i-am-running-out-of-thing-to-clean-fix-sort-through-around-the-house/851486)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-i-am-running-out-of-thing-to-clean-fix-sort-through-around-the-house/851486 "2020-04-13T01:18:19Z")
Give me some ideas please. I have 2 more windows to wash, and that’s it!! --- ## [unexpected side effect from wearing a mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-side-effect-from-wearing-a-mask/851328)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-side-effect-from-wearing-a-mask/851328 "2020-04-13T00:18:34Z")
Now that we have committed to wearing a mask all the time for any patients in the office, I have discovered an unwanted side effect. No, it’s not that the mask is hot and stuffy and my glasses fog up because I expected … --- ## [Where has our food supply line been disrupted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-our-food-supply-line-been-disrupted/851655)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-our-food-supply-line-been-disrupted/851655 "2020-04-13T00:10:12Z")
I’ve been reading many stories about farmers across the country having to destroy millions of pounds of crops and milk. Obviously food is still in high demand. Yet grocery stores are rationing items on the other end of… --- ## [New Jersey seeks COBOL programmers for COVID-19 fight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-seeks-cobol-programmers-for-covid-19-fight/851329)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-seeks-cobol-programmers-for-covid-19-fight/851329 "2020-04-12T23:49:37Z")
New Jersey needs volunteers who know COBOL, a 60-year-old programming language Apparently, the State of New Jersey unemployment compensation system is powered by 40 year old mainframe computers running programs written … --- ## [Anyone else feel like they're being taken on a roller coaster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-like-theyre-being-taken-on-a-roller-coaster/851337)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-like-theyre-being-taken-on-a-roller-coaster/851337 "2020-04-12T23:27:01Z")
For the past two weeks we’ve been told to expect 200K+ deaths. Last week we were told that the next two weeks will be the saddest ever. This week the message has been that we are starting to see the light at the end of… --- ## [Boris Johnson moved to ICU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boris-johnson-moved-to-icu/851212)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boris-johnson-moved-to-icu/851212 "2020-04-12T17:39:48Z")
Apparently his condition has worsened. --- ## [No, we don't all need to "get it eventually"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-we-dont-all-need-to-get-it-eventually/851344)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-we-dont-all-need-to-get-it-eventually/851344 "2020-04-12T17:21:29Z")
I don’t know who’s been pushing this idea, but someone has. I’ve heard this from so many different people that there’s no way it’s an independent thought for all of them, so someone must have crafted this message and pu… --- ## [Covid19 survivors are given the green light.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid19-survivors-are-given-the-green-light/851628)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid19-survivors-are-given-the-green-light/851628 "2020-04-12T16:52:16Z")
So, apparently there is antibodies. Can we deduce that there may be an antibody for this virus already in the genetic code in a portion of the world population? Passed on from ancestors? --- ## [Any "virtual happy hours" with STRANGERS available somewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-virtual-happy-hours-with-strangers-available-somewhere/851472)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-virtual-happy-hours-with-strangers-available-somewhere/851472 "2020-04-12T10:36:09Z")
Everywhere you look, there are articles about people using FaceTime or Zoom or what have you to engage in “happy hour” with their friends and family. And I have done this a few times. But as a serious extrovert, what I… --- ## [Would Massive Bankruptcies be All That Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-massive-bankruptcies-be-all-that-bad/851600)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-massive-bankruptcies-be-all-that-bad/851600 "2020-04-12T07:54:09Z")
Bankruptcy is a wonderfully American institution. It allows people to have a second chance and closed the debtor’s prisons. In the Old Days, lots of important people went bankrupt, Harry Truman and Sam Clemens spring t… --- ## [91 COVID-19 patients re-testing positive in SK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/91-covid-19-patients-re-testing-positive-in-sk/851535)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/91-covid-19-patients-re-testing-positive-in-sk/851535 "2020-04-12T06:47:38Z")
Just heard this on CBC radio news while I was out briefly. My impression, having just got back in the car and missed the beginning, was that a number of Canadian patients who had recovered from COVID-19 were testing pos… --- ## [Viruses Are Profoundly Strange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viruses-are-profoundly-strange/850687)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viruses-are-profoundly-strange/850687 "2020-04-12T06:07:10Z")
Have been reading up on virology and the history of infectious disease. You’d think we know a great deal about them. In medical school, we learned about the 250 or so viruses that infect people. We learned less about … --- ## [Long-term effect of COVID-19 on retail/restaurants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-effect-of-covid-19-on-retail-restaurants/849891)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-effect-of-covid-19-on-retail-restaurants/849891 "2020-04-12T02:42:03Z")
Just the other day we were blithely discussing here the retail apocalypse. As that name implies, retail and restaurants were already in fragile shape. Now with the apocalyptic rise of COVID-19, retail and restaurants ar… --- ## [Canada and CERB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-and-cerb/851513)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-and-cerb/851513 "2020-04-12T00:25:26Z")
Good day, I am in the process of applying for the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) online and partway through the application process I’ve been led into an Employment Insurance (EI) site, which is both confusi… --- ## [Recommedation needed for a non-coconut-based soap that will kill COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommedation-needed-for-a-non-coconut-based-soap-that-will-kill-covid/851549)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommedation-needed-for-a-non-coconut-based-soap-that-will-kill-covid/851549 "2020-04-11T22:44:01Z")
I have a friend who suffers from many allergies. Coconut is one of his deadliest. He once was hospitalized because somebody standing 10 feet away from him had washed his hair using coconut shampoo. About 95% of the so… --- ## [How to solve coronavirus-related food distribution conundrum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-solve-coronavirus-related-food-distribution-conundrum/851560)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-solve-coronavirus-related-food-distribution-conundrum/851560 "2020-04-11T21:19:03Z")
Dairy farmers are being told to dump huge quantities of milk, at the same time that consumers are facing shortages and purchase limitations and food banks are seeing huge spikes in demand because of coronavirus-related l… --- ## [Breathing Through N95 Mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathing-through-n95-mask/851465)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathing-through-n95-mask/851465 "2020-04-11T16:36:46Z")
The maintenance man where I work, managed to get me a mask. I live about 10 blocks or so from work, so I walk, sometimes I take buses elsewhere. So I was very grateful. Today I put it on for the first time. It fits me v… --- ## [High prevalence of obesity in "severe" cases of covid-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-prevalence-of-obesity-in-severe-cases-of-covid-19/851558)
**Author:** [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-prevalence-of-obesity-in-severe-cases-of-covid-19/851558 "2020-04-11T16:20:39Z")
About 40% of the population in the United States is obese. Higher for blacks and Hispanics. No surprise that obesity leads to poor outcomes since it also tends to be associated with diabetes and hypertension. Link - ht… --- ## [What will college be like in the fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-college-be-like-in-the-fall/851479)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-college-be-like-in-the-fall/851479 "2020-04-11T14:56:41Z")
What do you all think? Will colleges open as normal? Classes. Dorms. Sports. Frats. Will they just do online? By September do you anticipate their be some sort of medical test (like a physical) a student would h… --- ## [Did Anybody See This coming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-see-this-coming/851343)
**Author:** [@Sean\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_the_Dog)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-see-this-coming/851343 "2020-04-11T12:49:27Z")
I’m not talking about politicians or governments (who are supposed to predict how to keep us safe), I’m mean us average people. I saw bits and pieces of what was happening in China on the news but didn’t pay much attent… --- ## [Curfews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curfews/851524)
**Author:** [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curfews/851524 "2020-04-10T23:33:45Z")
So I keep hearing of places implementing curfews. What is the point of that? Some of them are even under a shelter-in-place order. What does a curfew even do in that situation? I understand stores needing to close to… --- ## [What happened to the heart attacks and strokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-heart-attacks-and-strokes/851408)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-heart-attacks-and-strokes/851408 "2020-04-10T22:21:49Z")
According to this article, hospitals are seeing far fewer of them recently than they have any reason to expect. Between the article itself and the reader comments, the best theories are that people are staying home when… --- ## [Could living in 3rd world squalor be an advantage in fighting Covid 19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-living-in-3rd-world-squalor-be-an-advantage-in-fighting-covid-19/851299)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-living-in-3rd-world-squalor-be-an-advantage-in-fighting-covid-19/851299 "2020-04-10T21:49:48Z")
This is something my friend from the Philippines who works in the medical field brought up. He said that living in a 3rd world squalor (like bad water, bad air, constant exposure to disease) could actually make a person… --- ## [Wear masks or not to wear masks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-masks-or-not-to-wear-masks/851346)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-masks-or-not-to-wear-masks/851346 "2020-04-10T20:21:14Z")
The local county is mandating that “essential business” workers begin wearing masks when they interact with customers beginning April 16 and that customers themselves wear masks beginning April 23. Have I lost my mind o… --- ## [Heads Up, Cat People. Kitty Can Catch CoV-2.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-cat-people-kitty-can-catch-cov-2/851402)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-cat-people-kitty-can-catch-cov-2/851402 "2020-04-10T19:12:08Z")
Thread title says it all. (Reuters) Do what you can to keep kitty safe, too! --- ## [When is a Covid-19 death NOT a Covid-19 death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-a-covid-19-death-not-a-covid-19-death/851203)
**Author:** [@Floppy\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floppy_Joe)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-a-covid-19-death-not-a-covid-19-death/851203 "2020-04-10T16:28:54Z")
I just copied a FB image that a “friend” posted. It states that… “I just heard a lady on a live broadcast that said her sister in law just died the other day from a heart attack and they told the family they were going… --- ## [Another possible symptom of COVID-19: Eye pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-possible-symptom-of-covid-19-eye-pain/851488)
**Author:** [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-possible-symptom-of-covid-19-eye-pain/851488 "2020-04-10T15:56:30Z")
Interesting article about how unusually high number of Google searches on eye pain from coronavirus hot spots suggest it may be a symptom of COVID-19. --- ## [When did you feel like the Coronavirus was on your doorstep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-feel-like-the-coronavirus-was-on-your-doorstep/851509)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-feel-like-the-coronavirus-was-on-your-doorstep/851509 "2020-04-10T15:47:28Z")
I know we’ve had threads about whether you or someone you know has been infected, but I’m interested in hearing more about what made you feel like this was no longer something happening “over there” but something that wa… --- ## [Waffle House is closing stores due to Corona Virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffle-house-is-closing-stores-due-to-corona-virus/850292)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffle-house-is-closing-stores-due-to-corona-virus/850292 "2020-04-10T05:05:00Z")
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