# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=50 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 51 --- ## [Lets talk about our Mental Health. How you coping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-mental-health-how-you-coping/850343)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-mental-health-how-you-coping/850343 "2020-03-29T17:34:45Z")
This is a hotline to use if you need to talk to someone. 844-863-9314 So, I’m pretty emotional. Lots of swings in my mood. Sometimes I’m just so angry with how awful everything is and other times I’m just overwhelmed w… --- ## [A second-hand medical account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-second-hand-medical-account/849750)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-second-hand-medical-account/849750 "2020-03-29T16:41:54Z")
My cousin/neighbor here in South Carolina drove her brother to the eye doctor today for an outpatient cataract removal. (She was surprised that elective non-critical operations like that.) she said that in the waiting ro… --- ## [Great COVID mapping/charting app.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-covid-mapping-charting-app/850584)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-covid-mapping-charting-app/850584 "2020-03-29T14:11:29Z")
This mapping app is one of the best I’ve seen. Lot’s of ways to quickly and easily look at the data - University of Virginia COVID-19 Dashboard Does not seem to work in IE. Works well in Chrome. --- ## [Does Covid-19 linger in the body after have been ill with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-covid-19-linger-in-the-body-after-have-been-ill-with-it/850524)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-covid-19-linger-in-the-body-after-have-been-ill-with-it/850524 "2020-03-29T13:11:14Z")
Does Covid-19 linger in the body after have been ill with it? I was wondering if the Covid-19 virus lingers in the body of people after they have been sick from it and could they still be carriers to transmit it after t… --- ## [Estimating the percentage of contagious people walking around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estimating-the-percentage-of-contagious-people-walking-around/850397)
**Author:** [@Settimo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Settimo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estimating-the-percentage-of-contagious-people-walking-around/850397 "2020-03-29T12:00:18Z")
Anyone have any ideas (or cites) for estimating the actual number (a/o %) of contagious people walking around in a given region (that is, those not yet isolating themselves, but out and about)? They would have built up a… --- ## [Minor coronavirus quandary: the local small business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-coronavirus-quandary-the-local-small-business/849980)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-coronavirus-quandary-the-local-small-business/849980 "2020-03-29T04:22:33Z")
There’s this local small business I’ve been patronizing for years that I really want to support through times like this. It’s still open, apparently, and it’s not a restaurant, so non-essential (so there are a couple of … --- ## [Coal Miners and Covid-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coal-miners-and-covid-19/850552)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coal-miners-and-covid-19/850552 "2020-03-29T02:04:34Z")
Coal-mining is notorious bad for your lungs. My maternal grandfather, who was never a smoker, got the black lung benefit, because he’d been diagnosed with it, albeit, he lived to 83, and was actually quite healthy, and n… --- ## [Is there any actual American exceptionalism in play in the virus response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-actual-american-exceptionalism-in-play-in-the-virus-response/850553)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-actual-american-exceptionalism-in-play-in-the-virus-response/850553 "2020-03-29T01:39:47Z")
Inspired by this remark in another thread: My immediate reaction was, that is indeed simple, yes, but it doesn’t sound easy. How to you enforce the entire country, including rural areas? What do you need to do to make … --- ## [I am a driving enthusiast. Will I be breaking the law during any lockdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-driving-enthusiast-will-i-be-breaking-the-law-during-any-lockdown/850138)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-driving-enthusiast-will-i-be-breaking-the-law-during-any-lockdown/850138 "2020-03-29T00:19:18Z")
“Hi, do you know why I pulled you over?” “Not sure, officer. I was doing the speed limit.” “Well, as you may know, the entire state is in lockdown mode. You are not allowed to drive except for essentials.” “I am a d… --- ## [Is it a coincidence that both early 2000s SARS and COVID-19 both came from China?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-coincidence-that-both-early-2000s-sars-and-covid-19-both-came-from-china/850418)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-coincidence-that-both-early-2000s-sars-and-covid-19-both-came-from-china/850418 "2020-03-28T23:04:33Z")
I don’t mean that in the sense of either having been intentional. However, is there something about the China that makes it more like to be the starting point of this type of thing? --- ## [Constitutionality of bans of \> 10 person gatherings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutionality-of-bans-of-10-person-gatherings/849689)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutionality-of-bans-of-10-person-gatherings/849689 "2020-03-28T22:43:12Z")
This is not to debate the merits of said bans, or the ability to enforce them. I am just wondering if Governors can legally ban gatherings of 10 or more people. I believe there is a health and safety exception of the F… --- ## [Congressman demands voice vote...Factual Only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-demands-voice-vote-factual-only/850472)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-demands-voice-vote-factual-only/850472 "2020-03-28T21:04:39Z")
I watched today as a lone Congressman (Massie-R, Kentucky) attempted to force a recorded vote on the stimulus bill. You can watch it here: I get the procedural rule that a sufficient number of Congresspeople must ari… --- ## [Why are schools closed but daycares are not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-schools-closed-but-daycares-are-not/850521)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-schools-closed-but-daycares-are-not/850521 "2020-03-28T18:56:10Z")
87% of students on earth have seen their schools closed, about 1.5 billion students. But from what I can tell, daycares are still open. Is there a reason schools are closing but daycare is not? Is it because people a… --- ## [Inoculation site correlated with presentation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoculation-site-correlated-with-presentation/850528)
**Author:** [@illoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illoe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoculation-site-correlated-with-presentation/850528 "2020-03-28T18:54:18Z")
Does the presentation of viral infections commonly depend on the inoculation site? I know this can happen for HPV, but I wonder if the different possible symptoms of other (obvious) infectious agents are correlated with … --- ## [U of Washington forecasts COVID-19 numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-of-washington-forecasts-covid-19-numbers/850467)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-of-washington-forecasts-covid-19-numbers/850467 "2020-03-28T18:31:18Z")
For what it’s worth, a University of Washington growth modelprojects: •the peak # of cases should hit the US around April 14th\*. • by the peak, US will need: 49,000 more beds 14,000 more ICU beds 19,000 more ventila… --- ## [Food Chain, Hoarding, and viruses that haven't killed all odf mankind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-chain-hoarding-and-viruses-that-havent-killed-all-odf-mankind/850506)
**Author:** [@traverseit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/traverseit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-chain-hoarding-and-viruses-that-havent-killed-all-odf-mankind/850506 "2020-03-28T17:35:12Z")
I’ve just wanted to get this out there and this seems like as good a place as any-maybe better than most. First, no need to hoard, buy out the store,anything like that. Here’s how it works for those how don’t know or nev… --- ## [Social isolation - it will reduce cases dramatically very quickly...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-isolation-it-will-reduce-cases-dramatically-very-quickly/850510)
**Author:** [@paulmarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulmarkj)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-isolation-it-will-reduce-cases-dramatically-very-quickly/850510 "2020-03-28T17:06:53Z")
…of have I got my estimations wrong? The BBC had an illustration of how much difference social isolation would make. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52056111 Their numbers: 1 person infects 2.5 others in 5 days and … --- ## [Next big surprise: prescription drug shortages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-big-surprise-prescription-drug-shortages/850469)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-big-surprise-prescription-drug-shortages/850469 "2020-03-28T14:56:16Z")
This article pertains specifically to Nova Scotia but other provinces are either already limiting patients to 30-day supplies at a time or are considering dong so, and the Canadian Pharmacists Association is recommending… --- ## [Is intentional infection with a less virulent strain of coronavirus a way to build immunity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-intentional-infection-with-a-less-virulent-strain-of-coronavirus-a-way-to-build-immunity/850446)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-intentional-infection-with-a-less-virulent-strain-of-coronavirus-a-way-to-build-immunity/850446 "2020-03-28T14:54:23Z")
With smallpox, it was found that infection with cowpox led to antibodies that could fight the more severe smallpox disease. My understanding is that other viruses in the coronavirus family can just cause a mild cold. Ha… --- ## [Man dies after ingesting chloroquine phosphate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-ingesting-chloroquine-phosphate/850159)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-ingesting-chloroquine-phosphate/850159 "2020-03-28T14:40:21Z")
Reportedly, the wife mistook chloroquine phosphate, used to treat parasites in fish, for the anti-malarial chloroquine, ‘the stuff they’re talking about on TV’. I’m really trying hard not to make this political. But, … --- ## [Need Work Out Suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-work-out-suggestion/850513)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-work-out-suggestion/850513 "2020-03-28T14:31:28Z")
Just learned my Y will be closed til end of June. I use is several times a week for cardio (elliptical) and upper body weights. Is anyone aware of a site that demonstrates workouts that don’t require gym equipment? --- ## [Trump wanting to open country back up. What exactly would that mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wanting-to-open-country-back-up-what-exactly-would-that-mean/850207)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wanting-to-open-country-back-up-what-exactly-would-that-mean/850207 "2020-03-28T13:43:38Z")
At this point, it’s not like Trump can just flip a switch and have everything go back to the way it was. For one, many states and municipalities will maintain their own restrictions. In fact, it seems like most of what’… --- ## [Army asking for voluntary recall of retirees.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-asking-for-voluntary-recall-of-retirees/850451)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-asking-for-voluntary-recall-of-retirees/850451 "2020-03-28T06:16:59Z")
I didn’t see this posted anywhere. A few days ago the US Army sent out message to retirees asking for a voluntary recall. As of now they are asking specifically for those who were in healthcare related fields. I don’t t… --- ## [With the Coronavirus Distraction (Re: Democratic Primaries)...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-coronavirus-distraction-re-democratic-primaries/850493)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-coronavirus-distraction-re-democratic-primaries/850493 "2020-03-28T04:26:24Z")
Something that has me a little confused. But with all the distraction that the Coronavirus pandemic is causing, does anyone know what is going on in the Democratic presidential primaries? I mean, is Joe Biden still the f… --- ## [Economic impact of "let 'er rip" vs shutting down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-impact-of-let-er-rip-vs-shutting-down/850263)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-impact-of-let-er-rip-vs-shutting-down/850263 "2020-03-28T04:18:18Z")
The impact of the current move toward more and more restrictions is relatively easy to see: Immediate lost jobs Drain on unemployment funds Decrease in all sort of retail spending Cascading impacts such as landlords no… --- ## [When did you start taking COVID-19 seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-start-taking-covid-19-seriously/850296)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-start-taking-covid-19-seriously/850296 "2020-03-28T02:37:04Z")
And by “seriously” I mean realizing that this is here and you need to take action about it and stop saying stupid shit like “oh it’s just a bad flu” or “X people die of Y anyway”? I’m thinking almost exactly one month a… --- ## [Should I be disinfecting packages that are delivered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-disinfecting-packages-that-are-delivered/850105)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-disinfecting-packages-that-are-delivered/850105 "2020-03-27T23:24:12Z")
I’ve ordered a number of things on Amazon that are going to be arriving over the next few days. But I’ve seen some troubling figures on how long the virus can last on different surfaces. On paper/cardboard and plastic, i… --- ## [2 people in a house. One starts exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. Suggestions for home quarantining?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-people-in-a-house-one-starts-exhibiting-covid-19-symptoms-suggestions-for-home-quarantining/850449)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-people-in-a-house-one-starts-exhibiting-covid-19-symptoms-suggestions-for-home-quarantining/850449 "2020-03-27T21:53:36Z")
I couldn’t explain clearly in the title (not enough characters). Here’s what I’m saying: assume there are 2 people living in a house. 1 person starts exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. Is there ANY chance that immediately … --- ## [Pneumonia questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumonia-questions/850460)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumonia-questions/850460 "2020-03-27T21:46:42Z")
As someone who is a “well read amateur” about many things medical: I actually don’t know what pneumonia really ls like. I’m a lifelong asthmatic, but somehow have managed to escape actually developing pneumonia. Also, a… --- ## [Oregon is in lockdown, Cancer Cat has a vet appointment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-in-lockdown-cancer-cat-has-a-vet-appointment/850181)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-in-lockdown-cancer-cat-has-a-vet-appointment/850181 "2020-03-27T21:23:28Z")
This is Rocky (in the middle; Ophelia is on the left, Irving is on the right). Last summer, during a routine vet visit, a mass was found in his abdomen. Since then, surgery was performed, a pancreatic cancer diagnosis w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=51)