# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=51 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 52 --- ## [How’s things where you are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-things-where-you-are/849669)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-things-where-you-are/849669 "2020-03-27T21:00:32Z")
Here (Holland) schools, bars, restaurants gyms and other assorted assembly places are closed until the 6th of April. The public is advised to work from home if at all possible. Looking at public transportation (-75%) an… --- ## [Medicines to protect from Covid-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicines-to-protect-from-covid-19/849651)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicines-to-protect-from-covid-19/849651 "2020-03-27T20:47:56Z")
While a vaccine won’t be available for many months, there may be other remedies to bolster the immune system, or to protect from the severe symptoms of Covid-19. Let’s discuss them here. Authorities may be reluctant to… --- ## [What exactly do additional medical professionals \*\*do\*\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-do-additional-medical-professionals-do/850195)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-do-additional-medical-professionals-do/850195 "2020-03-27T19:04:18Z")
In some of the worst-hit pandemic areas, all doctors whatever the specialty have been called up to treat the ill. In Italy, they have placed \*psychiatrist \* on duty in the wards, and not for mental health. I understand … --- ## [PM Boris Johnson tests positive for Coronavirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pm-boris-johnson-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/850413)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pm-boris-johnson-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/850413 "2020-03-27T18:36:28Z")
BBC Article Details to follow. --- ## [I'm rethinking potluck meals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rethinking-potluck-meals/850325)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rethinking-potluck-meals/850325 "2020-03-27T17:45:58Z")
I’ve always liked potluck meals but this new virus has me thinking how much we put trust in the next person. And it can easily happen. Two years ago my mother was making green bean casserole for Thanksgiving and acciden… --- ## [Statistics Site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-site/850437)
**Author:** [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-site/850437 "2020-03-27T16:49:36Z")
I’ve lost a website that I found. I think I found it in the breaking news thread, but who knows for sure. It graphed and listed projected deaths by state with various levels of social distancing, at various dates, alon… --- ## [Does having single-payer health care make a difference in how countries can deal with this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-having-single-payer-health-care-make-a-difference-in-how-countries-can-deal-with-this/849919)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-having-single-payer-health-care-make-a-difference-in-how-countries-can-deal-with-this/849919 "2020-03-27T16:46:15Z")
I’ve been listening to the Ohio governor’s daily updates (really mostly for Dr. Amy Acton) and interspersed with tons of other info is some directives that are being given to health insurance companies. One about making … --- ## [Study proving coronavirus origin is natural and not man-made.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-proving-coronavirus-origin-is-natural-and-not-man-made/850431)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-proving-coronavirus-origin-is-natural-and-not-man-made/850431 "2020-03-27T15:46:07Z")
Debunking a common myth making the rounds, that the virus was man-made and escaped or was released from a lab. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature?fbclid=I… --- ## [300 Dead in Iran from Drinking Methanol \[corrected title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/300-dead-in-iran-from-drinking-methanol-corrected-title/850406)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/300-dead-in-iran-from-drinking-methanol-corrected-title/850406 "2020-03-27T14:21:55Z")
Says the AP. Rumors, panic & quackery kill. --- ## [Study released today showing effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin combo for COVID-19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-released-today-showing-effectiveness-of-hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin-combo-for-covid-19/850069)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-released-today-showing-effectiveness-of-hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin-combo-for-covid-19/850069 "2020-03-27T12:08:38Z")
It sure would be awesome if a combination of two old, cheap, generic drugs were a magic bullet, but will it be? I am getting mixed feedback from friends in health professions. One (an advanced practice nurse) forwarded … --- ## [The United States Is Now Number One in Total COVID-19 Cases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-is-now-number-one-in-total-covid-19-cases/850363)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-is-now-number-one-in-total-covid-19-cases/850363 "2020-03-27T09:41:06Z")
First Number is Total Cases, Second Number is New Cases USA 82,150 +13,939 China 81,285 +67 Italy 80,589 +6,203 Spain 56,347 +6,832 Germany 43,646 +6,323 The United States is now number one in tot… --- ## [How Do You Know When You've Recovered From Corvid 19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-when-youve-recovered-from-corvid-19/850400)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-when-youve-recovered-from-corvid-19/850400 "2020-03-27T05:54:25Z")
OK, so you have it, and now you’re feeling better. Are there any guidelines when you are considered “over it” and more importantly no longer contagious? --- ## [Only in Arkansas. :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-arkansas/849812)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-arkansas/849812 "2020-03-27T03:47:38Z")
A florist in Arkansas is offering a bouquet made from toilet paper for $75 for people who can’t find any on the shelves due to hoarding out of fear of the coronavirus. @Beck, if I could, I’d send one your way. … --- ## [If the virus gets you, how will we know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-virus-gets-you-how-will-we-know/850322)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-virus-gets-you-how-will-we-know/850322 "2020-03-27T03:28:04Z")
I didn’t see a similar thread to this, so apologies if this has already been done. I’m not sure how to put this delicately, so here goes the blunt version: Many of our most valuable members here on the SMDB are gettin’ … --- ## [Fuck Donald Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-donald-trump/850384)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-donald-trump/850384 "2020-03-27T03:12:43Z")
Fuck his inhuman lack of empathy or sympathy. Fuck his selfishness. Fuck his deceptive pretense of caring for those who support him. Fuck him, and if hell exists may he burn in hell for eternity. If hell does not exist, … --- ## [How long do you think it’ll take you to trust going out again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-think-it-ll-take-you-to-trust-going-out-again/850261)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-think-it-ll-take-you-to-trust-going-out-again/850261 "2020-03-26T21:17:43Z")
No matter how many people this disease affects, no matter how many waves may or may not happen in the future, eventually half of the U.S. population will have to try to get back into a normal routine SOMETIME, whether it… --- ## [Businesses that either won’t be hurt or will profit during the COVID-19 crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-that-either-won-t-be-hurt-or-will-profit-during-the-covid-19-crisis/850150)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-that-either-won-t-be-hurt-or-will-profit-during-the-covid-19-crisis/850150 "2020-03-26T20:33:25Z")
Off the top of my head: ANYONE involved in healthcare, from hospitals to suppliers to pharmacies I think is the most obvious one. Grocers and food producers Online television and movie on demand companies News media … --- ## [Social distancing on album covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-distancing-on-album-covers/850357)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-distancing-on-album-covers/850357 "2020-03-26T20:14:39Z")
A website has reimagined some classic album covers so that the artists appear to be maintaining a distance of six feet apart from each other. These include classic albums from the Beatles, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, and KISS,… --- ## [The checks they're sending are a scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-checks-theyre-sending-are-a-scam/850315)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-checks-theyre-sending-are-a-scam/850315 "2020-03-26T20:11:31Z")
My recollection is that the $300/$600 check that the US government gave us in 2008 was not free money. It was a loan, or more technically, an advance from the tax refunds we would otherwise have gotten the following year… --- ## [TV station reporters broadcasting from home? Is it a ratings stunt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-station-reporters-broadcasting-from-home-is-it-a-ratings-stunt/850293)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-station-reporters-broadcasting-from-home-is-it-a-ratings-stunt/850293 "2020-03-26T19:14:59Z")
My local ABC affiliate began broadcasting some of their local news reports from home. The Metrologist and several assignment reports earnestly informed us (cue dramatic music) that they’re isolating and working from home… --- ## [Covid-19 frivolous lawsuits ... How are they going to prove it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-frivolous-lawsuits-how-are-they-going-to-prove-it/850340)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-frivolous-lawsuits-how-are-they-going-to-prove-it/850340 "2020-03-26T17:53:35Z")
Ford Motor Company wants to open their production lines back up April 6th Fine with me, but what if someone gets the virus while working at Ford or any company like Amazon, Walmart, Kroger, Fedex, UPS, Uber, law enforce… --- ## [Poll: Are you working from home due to Coronavirus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-working-from-home-due-to-coronavirus/849563)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-working-from-home-due-to-coronavirus/849563 "2020-03-26T17:29:28Z")
My company has told its workers to stay home over the next week or so. How about you? --- ## [Considering Zpack for a virus (COVID19) - Destroys don't take a antibiotic for a virus argument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-zpack-for-a-virus-covid19-destroys-dont-take-a-antibiotic-for-a-virus-argument/850130)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-zpack-for-a-virus-covid19-destroys-dont-take-a-antibiotic-for-a-virus-argument/850130 "2020-03-26T16:41:31Z")
It seems like Zpack is being considered as part of a cure/treatment for COVID19. That seems to obliterate the argument that antibiotics do nothing against viruses. Just that it was considered as a potential treatment s… --- ## [COVID-19 home care methods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-home-care-methods/850186)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-home-care-methods/850186 "2020-03-26T13:27:30Z")
So, if the predictions are right a whole lot of us are going to get this and a majority of us will stay at home with it and recover there. Being a respiratory virus are there any tips (non-supplement) as the best way to… --- ## [What's the Story with Private Hospitals/Healthcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-with-private-hospitals-healthcare/850185)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-with-private-hospitals-healthcare/850185 "2020-03-26T13:01:07Z")
Disclaimer: Most of the below is based on my understanding of this. I am open to being disabused. As I understand it, there are healthcare facilities that cater to wealthy individuals who can afford what amounts to a me… --- ## [Video/songs for corona times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-songs-for-corona-times/850050)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-songs-for-corona-times/850050 "2020-03-26T11:15:06Z")
My office is on a skeleton staff, with most of us working from home. We’re trying to stay in touch via e-mail. I’d like to start sending a song, a funny video clip or something similar every morning, just to bring a smi… --- ## [But I'm on a fixed income!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-im-on-a-fixed-income/850216)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-im-on-a-fixed-income/850216 "2020-03-26T08:21:18Z")
And as long as Trump et al keep their hands off my Social Security I’m glad I am. But will I be eligible for the stimulus payments? A grand or two would hit the spot before June, when I get all my SS (it’s complicated)… --- ## [Are you taking more vitamin-C?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-taking-more-vitamin-c/850255)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-taking-more-vitamin-c/850255 "2020-03-26T02:05:09Z")
I’ve read that vitamin-C might help with prevention and/or treatment of this current virus. Years ago, it seemed “mega-doses” of vitamin-C was a fad, with some skeptics. Probably can’t hurt. Might take a 500-mg tab eve… --- ## [Doctor Trump Prescribing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131 "2020-03-25T23:24:12Z")
He’s still hitting hard on the anti-malarial drug combined with Z-mycin will cure everybody. Remember, he’s asmart guy, and the reports look good to him! Noticeably absent from the Presidential press conference was Dr A… --- ## [Top Priorities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-priorities/850278)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-priorities/850278 "2020-03-25T20:57:13Z")
I believe there needs to be one aspect of this virus that doesn’t care about outcomes it just studies numbers. Currently the world does not have any idea what we are really dealing with. We simply have no idea how many a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=52)