# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=45 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 46 --- ## [anit-virus spray?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anit-virus-spray/851277)
**Author:** [@shinnen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shinnen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anit-virus-spray/851277 "2020-04-09T22:59:13Z")
Hi all, I hope you are all keeping well. I sometime see, on TV, people spaying places with something(?). I assume it’s to deactivate or ??? COVID19. Does anyone know what they’re spraying? Thanks, … john --- ## [Worldometers Inconsistency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldometers-inconsistency/851451)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldometers-inconsistency/851451 "2020-04-09T22:46:03Z")
I have noticed that US Territories are listed under the numbers for the USA. Territories belonging to other nations such as Bermuda(UK), Aruba(Netherlands), and Martinique(France) are listed as if they were independent … --- ## [Any information on whether refrigeration/freezing kills/preserves the virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-information-on-whether-refrigeration-freezing-kills-preserves-the-virus/851383)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-information-on-whether-refrigeration-freezing-kills-preserves-the-virus/851383 "2020-04-09T21:07:29Z")
I was putting groceries away today and started wondering if any knowledge is out there on whether the virus dies at the same rate in cold or freezing temps as it does at room temps. My inclination is that if freezing pre… --- ## [Is there any way to distinguish coronavirus from other infections based on symptoms alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-distinguish-coronavirus-from-other-infections-based-on-symptoms-alone/849927)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-distinguish-coronavirus-from-other-infections-based-on-symptoms-alone/849927 "2020-04-09T19:14:20Z")
Since there is a shortage of tests, is there any realistic or validated way to distinguish the coronavirus from other infections like flu, bronchitis, cold, etc based on symptoms alone and without a test? For example, I… --- ## [Is this where ‘government aid’ will really end up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-where-government-aid-will-really-end-up/851421)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-where-government-aid-will-really-end-up/851421 "2020-04-09T17:58:59Z")
I read a disturbing article about investment firms already Actually planning to manipulate aid programs to create profit for their investors. And they seem to be expecting big returns. Exclusive: Wall Street firm dangle… --- ## [What does testing positive for coronavirus actually mean? aka The numbers are almost meaningless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-testing-positive-for-coronavirus-actually-mean-aka-the-numbers-are-almost-meaningless/851406)
**Author:** [@Nippless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nippless)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-testing-positive-for-coronavirus-actually-mean-aka-the-numbers-are-almost-meaningless/851406 "2020-04-09T16:19:00Z")
I’ve “heard” the test is testing for the presence of a coronavirus. ANY coronavirus. CVs are not so uncommon. You could’ve tested positive a year ago. It also explains why covid has such a wide range of symptoms, from as… --- ## [Hypoglycemia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypoglycemia/851385)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypoglycemia/851385 "2020-04-09T06:47:37Z")
Before I say anything else, I will note that I sent an email regarding this to my doctor, and should get a response from her in 16 hrs from the time she sees the note, which could be “one business day” from the time she … --- ## [Anybody growing a quarantine beard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-growing-a-quarantine-beard/850585)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-growing-a-quarantine-beard/850585 "2020-04-09T06:27:50Z")
Sort of like when baseball or hockey players grow playoff beards. More than once over the last few weeks, I’ve thought “if I gotta be a hermit, I’m going to look like a hermit!” But after about three or four days I can’t… --- ## [don't forget the zinc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-zinc/851382)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-zinc/851382 "2020-04-09T01:55:12Z")
I’m sick of reading news articles portraying the “Trump Pills” as just hydroxychloroquine. So I’ve written parody lyrics, to be sung to Janet Jackson’s “Nasty”, to help reporters (and doctors) remember what the proposed… --- ## [What is up with this green screen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-this-green-screen/851100)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-this-green-screen/851100 "2020-04-08T20:51:14Z")
This is on the MPSIMS side of things. AT 0:40 and 4:33 the reporter is clearly in front of a green screen, but they keep emphasizing she is “in Times Square”. It is weird. --- ## [HEPA Filter material for virus masks, really?…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hepa-filter-material-for-virus-masks-really/851237)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hepa-filter-material-for-virus-masks-really/851237 "2020-04-08T19:20:45Z")
Kind of a straight GQ, but it’s about the virus. Who’s making masks, and out of what? I want to make some masks. I can sew a pattern and have stuff available. The best patterns create a pocket to put a disposable filter… --- ## [Sanders facepalm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-facepalm/851356)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-facepalm/851356 "2020-04-08T17:02:32Z")
On the IMHO side of things: Sanders drops out just after the Wisconsin primary where his supporters had to risk Covid to go out and vote for him. And that was probably the main group thinking they needed to take the ris… --- ## [Can someone explain to me why what we are doing isn't overreacting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-why-what-we-are-doing-isnt-overreacting/850297)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-why-what-we-are-doing-isnt-overreacting/850297 "2020-04-08T16:58:55Z")
I’m sure I’ll get a lot of hostility for this but hear me out. Back when the death rate was considered to be 2-4%, that is a pretty high number. We’re looking at worst case scenario, 60-70% of the human race gets the in… --- ## [Reported anyone for gathering? Would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reported-anyone-for-gathering-would-you/851352)
**Author:** [@HeweyLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeweyLogan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reported-anyone-for-gathering-would-you/851352 "2020-04-08T16:57:00Z")
California’s encouraging it - “snitches” get “rewards”. Since money isn’t involved presumably the “reward” is a sense of well-being and… citizenship? That’s not how I’d frame it, but then again I haven’t and can’t imagi… --- ## [New plan for all MLB games to be played in Arizona.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-plan-for-all-mlb-games-to-be-played-in-arizona/851272)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-plan-for-all-mlb-games-to-be-played-in-arizona/851272 "2020-04-08T15:32:18Z")
Just saw this article where one idea on the table would be for all the MLB teams to just play games in Arizona where 1. many teams already hold spring training and 2. Eleven ballparks all within 50 miles. LINK --- ## [What criteria should there be for lifting the quarantine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-should-there-be-for-lifting-the-quarantine/851288)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-should-there-be-for-lifting-the-quarantine/851288 "2020-04-08T14:51:50Z")
As we are going thru this it seems like some areas should have this under control pretty soon while with others, I’m not sure if it could take a year or more (thinking big cities). However just because its still in some… --- ## [Tiger in Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-in-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-for-covid-19/851197)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-in-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-for-covid-19/851197 "2020-04-08T14:16:12Z")
A Malayan tiger in New York’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. The virus is believed to have originated in bats and jumped across species into humans. Now it appears to have jumped species into anoth… --- ## [Schools, bars, restaurants, gyms etc. in South Korea and in Wuhan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-bars-restaurants-gyms-etc-in-south-korea-and-in-wuhan/851305)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-bars-restaurants-gyms-etc-in-south-korea-and-in-wuhan/851305 "2020-04-08T04:30:42Z")
In these two places, they seem to have contained the outbreak. Are schools, bars, restaurants, gyms etc. still closed there? If yes, when will they open them? --- ## [Rewinding back 3 months - what was the rosiest possible scenario for the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewinding-back-3-months-what-was-the-rosiest-possible-scenario-for-the-united-states/851295)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewinding-back-3-months-what-was-the-rosiest-possible-scenario-for-the-united-states/851295 "2020-04-08T04:21:41Z")
Say we take politics out of the equation - either Trump becomes a super-competent president, or a super-competent individual other than Trump were president at the moment: Say we rewind back to around the middle of Janu… --- ## [I had a fever on Jan 18...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-fever-on-jan-18/851326)
**Author:** [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-fever-on-jan-18/851326 "2020-04-08T04:09:47Z")
Even though I had a flu shot before, I developed flu-like symptoms from Jan 18-21. The symptoms were nothing extraordinary - fever of about 101 and tiredness. No breathing problems, no loss of smell, or any other telltal… --- ## [Where are all these people getting masks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-these-people-getting-masks/850709)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-these-people-getting-masks/850709 "2020-04-08T04:08:00Z")
Even in the age of social distancing, I need to take minor risks like picking up food from the grocery store. It’s been 10 days since my last trip into NYC, so I think these little local trips are my biggest risk. But … --- ## [Why was the American public told not to wear face masks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-american-public-told-not-to-wear-face-masks/850742)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-american-public-told-not-to-wear-face-masks/850742 "2020-04-08T02:34:47Z")
Even if face masks don’t protect 100%, they are surely better than nothing. Countries like Japan where the public is encouraged to wear face masks has had a much smaller occurrence of COVID-19 transmission. Was it just… --- ## [Personal Covid-19 Experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-covid-19-experience/851308)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-covid-19-experience/851308 "2020-04-08T02:26:24Z")
So we heard from older daughter. She works as a tour guide in New Orleans. She has been flat on her back for the last week with quote "The worst flu she has ever had. " She is under 30 and is recovering but her insuran… --- ## [ORDERLIES! And Other Help the Federal Government Could Be Providing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orderlies-and-other-help-the-federal-government-could-be-providing/850548)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orderlies-and-other-help-the-federal-government-could-be-providing/850548 "2020-04-08T01:52:32Z")
I’m using specifics about the USA here, but this idea could be used in many nations: To put it lightly, health care workers are massively overworked, now. The exhaustion can only be contributing to doctors, nurses, and … --- ## [What scares you the most about Covid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scares-you-the-most-about-covid/851171)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scares-you-the-most-about-covid/851171 "2020-04-08T00:51:41Z")
I can’t sleep thinking about any of my loved ones being in the hospital and I can’t see them, be with them. I can’t stand it. Mom is on lockdown in memory care, if it gets in there, I got no Mom, and I can’t even see her… --- ## [Korean Pharmaceutical Association warning on Ivermectin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-pharmaceutical-association-warning-on-ivermectin/851268)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-pharmaceutical-association-warning-on-ivermectin/851268 "2020-04-08T00:33:24Z")
Public warned about taking parasiticide to kill coronavirus More at the link. Seriously, folks. Can we please, just for the fun of it, start trusting scientists to do their thing their way (scientific method, double b… --- ## [New York paramedics and EMTs told to leave people to die in place.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-paramedics-and-emts-told-to-leave-people-to-die-in-place/851001)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-paramedics-and-emts-told-to-leave-people-to-die-in-place/851001 "2020-04-08T00:22:33Z")
My son is an EMT and told me this a few days ago. He told me he didn’t know if he could follow this order if faced with it. Most of his fellow EMTs would have a very hard time following this edict. My question-- are ther… --- ## [Is anyone considering refusing intubation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-considering-refusing-intubation/851243)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-considering-refusing-intubation/851243 "2020-04-07T20:49:48Z")
I had no idea until this crisis that being intubated for a prolonged time was such a horrible, neverending nightmare for the patient. It sounds like the most horrid situation imaginable (unless you’re the caregiver of ma… --- ## [can places of public congregation be set up as negative air pressure rooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-places-of-public-congregation-be-set-up-as-negative-air-pressure-rooms/851297)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-places-of-public-congregation-be-set-up-as-negative-air-pressure-rooms/851297 "2020-04-07T20:35:59Z")
and would it be a good idea to do so in the case of current or future pandemics? Would workplaces, grocery stores, restaurants, churches, etc. be set up to be negative pressure rooms where the air was constantly filtere… --- ## [What is the straight dope on people in the U.S. having Covid-19 in November-January?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-people-in-the-u-s-having-covid-19-in-november-january/851248)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-people-in-the-u-s-having-covid-19-in-november-january/851248 "2020-04-07T20:29:56Z")
I’ve heard this in several places. Something to the effect of: I know I had Covid-19 back in December because of X, Y, and Z. Is this even possible? I say this because I was pretty sick around January 10. I had ches… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=46)