# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=47 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 48 --- ## [Is there any evidence that hand washing and not touching one’s face works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-that-hand-washing-and-not-touching-one-s-face-works/851084)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-that-hand-washing-and-not-touching-one-s-face-works/851084 "2020-04-05T17:40:25Z")
I’m still having a hard time understanding how a large number of people can actually catch COVID after touching a contaminated surface and then touching their face. Doesn’t the virus need to still travel to inside the n… --- ## [Any brand new nurses, Drs, PAs, etc here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-brand-new-nurses-drs-pas-etc-here/851134)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-brand-new-nurses-drs-pas-etc-here/851134 "2020-04-05T16:50:36Z")
I guess it’s baptism by fire for new health care workers. Drs. normally start their hospital training in July. Nurses might start in May. What’s it like to be brand new to a health care job now? --- ## [Does online shopping for nonessentials during pandemic create hardship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-online-shopping-for-nonessentials-during-pandemic-create-hardship/850246)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-online-shopping-for-nonessentials-during-pandemic-create-hardship/850246 "2020-04-05T12:45:55Z")
I’m reluctant to shop online for nonessentials because I picture the net effect would primarily be to burden people who are already working too hard. But is that correct? If there’s a huge employment shift, and people f… --- ## [Car Payments during the pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-payments-during-the-pandemic/851043)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-payments-during-the-pandemic/851043 "2020-04-05T12:44:38Z")
I’ve seen a lot about student loans, rent, and mortgage payment relief during this pandemic. I have not seen anything about car payments. Are they collecting as usual? Is repossession of cars an “essential service” wh… --- ## [Can't go outdoors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-go-outdoors/850855)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-go-outdoors/850855 "2020-04-05T04:53:00Z")
I’m in a US state where the rule is now “limit public movements and interactions outside the home to essential services and activities”. Apparently, many people are interpreting this as “must stay indoors”. I’m wonderin… --- ## [Things To Do While Home Bound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-while-home-bound/850568)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-while-home-bound/850568 "2020-04-05T01:36:46Z")
Things I and you should be doing this spring without endangering others: (Feel free to add ideas or your projects) Clean garage - rearrange stuff so I can find the different seasonal decorations boxes that my wife man… --- ## [What is the covid death rate in nursing homes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-covid-death-rate-in-nursing-homes/851077)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-covid-death-rate-in-nursing-homes/851077 "2020-04-05T00:58:46Z")
At least one nursing home has seen covid run through it, does anyone know what the death rate for infected people in a nursing home is? A cursory glance at the nursing home in Washington, Life Care Center of Kirkland, n… --- ## [Are you thinking about COVID19 enough? Too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-thinking-about-covid19-enough-too-much/851060)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-thinking-about-covid19-enough-too-much/851060 "2020-04-05T00:50:16Z")
This morning someone sent me a silly video about the virus. Which got me to thinking, is there a point at which the average person has acquired sufficient basic info to reasonably deal with the virus after which their a… --- ## [Anyone else having a hard time finding skim milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-hard-time-finding-skim-milk/850965)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-hard-time-finding-skim-milk/850965 "2020-04-04T20:42:30Z")
Man, the local lowfat cows just aren’t producing. Lately, skim milk has disappeared from the local stores, and only some of them have 1%. Plenty of whole milk and 2%. But skim is all we use - it’s what the Firebug’s b… --- ## [Hospital CUTTING staff due to Corona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-cutting-staff-due-to-corona/851030)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-cutting-staff-due-to-corona/851030 "2020-04-04T19:34:32Z")
Didn’t see this coming, although maybe I should have. This hospital is cutting staff due to reduced income from all those cancelled elective procedures, and apparently also reduced traffic at walk ins. --- ## [War for masks and other supplies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-for-masks-and-other-supplies/851055)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-for-masks-and-other-supplies/851055 "2020-04-04T17:01:12Z")
Per some European officials, the US has been buying up consignments of equipment that they had purchases, sometimes arriving on the tarmac with dollars and other times apparently just taking it. Merits aside, this is ba… --- ## [What to make of this paper claiming the coronavirus attacks red blood cells](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-make-of-this-paper-claiming-the-coronavirus-attacks-red-blood-cells/850842)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-make-of-this-paper-claiming-the-coronavirus-attacks-red-blood-cells/850842 "2020-04-04T12:48:31Z")
they claim this could be why anti malaria medications could work for the virus, because it attacks red blood cells and prevents them from carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide. Wouldn’t this be very easy to test for in … --- ## [How's your booze supply?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-booze-supply/850341)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-booze-supply/850341 "2020-04-04T11:19:35Z")
Liquor stores are considered essential in Michigan, so there’s no restriction on buying booze here right now. That being said, we have no desire to go out into this death trap of a world right now, so we’ve done a little… --- ## [In US: Lost Job = Lost Health Insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-us-lost-job-lost-health-insurance/850932)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-us-lost-job-lost-health-insurance/850932 "2020-04-04T09:57:07Z")
I’m not well acquainted with American health insurance. I understand Medicare is for elders and Medicaid for lower income families. I understand the goals of Obamacare and that it extended the number of people with cov… --- ## [Will the WHO survive the reckoning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-who-survive-the-reckoning/850688)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-who-survive-the-reckoning/850688 "2020-04-04T03:26:10Z")
I’ve been reading a lot about some governments anger with the Chinese for their reaction to the outbreak. Undeniably, Chinese government initially ignored or repressed news of the problem exemplified by the famous arrest… --- ## [What restrictions for the hospital ships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-restrictions-for-the-hospital-ships/851020)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-restrictions-for-the-hospital-ships/851020 "2020-04-04T02:59:13Z")
The two navy hospital ships that have been sent to NY and LA are not there to treat coronavirus patients, but rather other patients that the coronavirus has displaced from hospitals. OK, fine, we still need to treat othe… --- ## [Does freezing (or refrigeration) kill the virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-freezing-or-refrigeration-kill-the-virus/850936)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-freezing-or-refrigeration-kill-the-virus/850936 "2020-04-03T23:23:18Z")
If I bring frozen food home without disinfecting it, and put it immediately into the freezer, is any COVID-19 on it killed? And how about refrigerated items? --- ## [COVID-19 closures, postponements and cancellation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-closures-postponements-and-cancellation/849376)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-closures-postponements-and-cancellation/849376 "2020-04-03T22:10:16Z")
I thought it would be helpful to start tracking closures and cancellations in one place. School Systems and Universities -Maryland Schools -San Francisco Unified School District -Stanford -SF Diocese Schools -Ohio … --- ## [Cleaning leather--COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-leather-covid/850996)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-leather-covid/850996 "2020-04-03T22:04:39Z")
How to clean leather to remove COVID? I have no special leather cleaners. --- ## [Cars & COVID--does it die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-covid-does-it-die/850994)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-covid-does-it-die/850994 "2020-04-03T21:28:29Z")
The inside of a car tops 130 degrees, if you leave it in the sun. If I leave the car set 24 hours, will the CV-19 dies? --- ## [Coronavirus Rent Strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-rent-strike/850705)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-rent-strike/850705 "2020-04-03T20:12:49Z")
\*\*Should real estate owners face the brunt of a rent strike for 90 days? \*\* Critics of the approach counter with… --- ## [Debunk or confirm, please...\[long coronavirus survival on Princess Cruise ship\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-or-confirm-please-long-coronavirus-survival-on-princess-cruise-ship/850987)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-or-confirm-please-long-coronavirus-survival-on-princess-cruise-ship/850987 "2020-04-03T19:32:55Z")
I’ve heard reports that 17 days after anyone had been on the princess cruise ship they found the virus. But I read where what they found were snippets of RNA from the virus, not the virus. That seems to me to be what you… --- ## [Any positive side effects from all of this isolation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851 "2020-04-03T15:56:28Z")
Are there any statistics showing any positive effects as a result of all of the quarantining and social distancing? Reduction in car accidents/fatalities Reduction in spread of other communicable diseases (e.g., flu) W… --- ## [Fire alarms and the virus.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-alarms-and-the-virus/850952)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-alarms-and-the-virus/850952 "2020-04-03T15:04:35Z")
I live on the 7th floor of a 12-storey high-rise. Probably 500-600 people live in the building. Last night - the fire alarm went off. Normally - I would take the stairs and gather with everyone else in the lobby (and ma… --- ## [Why the wide variance in symptom severity with COVID-19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-wide-variance-in-symptom-severity-with-covid-19/850949)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-wide-variance-in-symptom-severity-with-covid-19/850949 "2020-04-03T14:08:30Z")
So originally the working theory was that the virus overwhelmingly targets older people and people with underlying health conditions. This is still mostly true, but more and more relatively young people with apparently n… --- ## [Security increased for Anrhony Fauci due to threats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-increased-for-anrhony-fauci-due-to-threats/850872)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-increased-for-anrhony-fauci-due-to-threats/850872 "2020-04-03T11:50:05Z")
I guess this was predictable. It’s like a damned cult. Is any other country facing this kind of resistance to health measures? --- ## [How is this mess impacting you financially, and what steps are you taking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-mess-impacting-you-financially-and-what-steps-are-you-taking/850634)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-mess-impacting-you-financially-and-what-steps-are-you-taking/850634 "2020-04-03T06:50:54Z")
Have your finances been impacted by this? Yet? What do you anticipate? What are you doing, either proactively or reactively? So far, my wife an I are still employed and not seeing any impact to income. We’re both in ph… --- ## [Covid-19 and unemployment benefits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-unemployment-benefits/850807)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-unemployment-benefits/850807 "2020-04-03T05:01:04Z")
As an Atlantic City Casino worker, I have been out of work for a few weeks now. I see and hear the urgent advice all around me to file for Unemployment Benefits. BUT… On my last day of work I was told that, although I… --- ## [Uh, you might want to rephrase that.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-you-might-want-to-rephrase-that/850833)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-you-might-want-to-rephrase-that/850833 "2020-04-03T02:29:32Z")
The radio host was talking about his upcoming special something-or-other about thanking healthcare workers. He said that in times like this, we all need to be positive. No, Mr. Duran, I’m preeeetty sure that at this tim… --- ## [Why do they feel we'll have a vaccine in 12-18 months when there is no HIV vaccine after 35 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-feel-well-have-a-vaccine-in-12-18-months-when-there-is-no-hiv-vaccine-after-35-years/850896)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-feel-well-have-a-vaccine-in-12-18-months-when-there-is-no-hiv-vaccine-after-35-years/850896 "2020-04-03T01:23:38Z")
Is HIV just an unusually strange or difficult virus to develop a vaccine for? Or is it possible there will be NO vaccine for Covid-19? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=48)