# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=6 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 7 --- ## [Worldometer counts up sharply](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldometer-counts-up-sharply/964541)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldometer-counts-up-sharply/964541 "2022-05-19T00:07:36Z")
I noticed that Monday’s Worldometer counts of the daily new cases was up quite sharply. It turns out that almost 400,000 new cases from North Korea were added to the totals. --- ## [Opposition to "free" Covid tests/vaccs as "socialized medicine"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposition-to-free-covid-tests-vaccs-as-socialized-medicine/958226)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposition-to-free-covid-tests-vaccs-as-socialized-medicine/958226 "2022-05-17T13:27:10Z")
I’ve long been curious about the economics involved in so much ostensibly “free” health care related to Covid. How much are the drug/test makers, insurance companies making off this? Of course, providers of highly prof… --- ## [How do we decide if not taking precautions against COVID is irresponsible and dangerous, generally as well as personally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-decide-if-not-taking-precautions-against-covid-is-irresponsible-and-dangerous-generally-as-well-as-personally/962705)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-decide-if-not-taking-precautions-against-covid-is-irresponsible-and-dangerous-generally-as-well-as-personally/962705 "2022-05-15T09:01:01Z")
This question is being discussed elsewhere, of course, but I don’t think this angle has gotten a lot of traction from what I’ve seen. Apologies if I’m mistaken. I think there’s an impulse (in my mind) to think, as long… --- ## [Supply chain problems you've noticed during the pandemic that are a little less obvious than TP and sanitizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supply-chain-problems-youve-noticed-during-the-pandemic-that-are-a-little-less-obvious-than-tp-and-sanitizer/948340)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supply-chain-problems-youve-noticed-during-the-pandemic-that-are-a-little-less-obvious-than-tp-and-sanitizer/948340 "2022-05-13T20:54:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Taco Bell Fire sauce discontinued?: Taco Bell Fire Sauce isn’t the only thing that seems to be in short supply due to COVID-19. In the Starbucks stores I’ve visited in Hampton Roads, Virg… --- ## [How quickly do c-19 symptoms present themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-do-c-19-symptoms-present-themselves/963761)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-do-c-19-symptoms-present-themselves/963761 "2022-05-09T13:11:20Z")
I did my first stupid thing (about C-19, that is) yesterday–I ate out indoors. Worse, maskless. Worse, in Florida. After two years of fanatical safety. And about 12 hours later, feeling anxious, I also started feeling … --- ## [Could a more severe, but less contagious variant become dominant at this point, or will each new dominant variant be more contagious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-more-severe-but-less-contagious-variant-become-dominant-at-this-point-or-will-each-new-dominant-variant-be-more-contagious/963992)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-more-severe-but-less-contagious-variant-become-dominant-at-this-point-or-will-each-new-dominant-variant-be-more-contagious/963992 "2022-05-05T19:04:13Z")
So the pattern seems to be each new variant that becomes dominant is more contagious than the last. Which makes sense since the more contagious variant will spread to more people and crowd out the less contagious variant… --- ## [Fortress Taiwan has been breached](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortress-taiwan-has-been-breached/942465)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortress-taiwan-has-been-breached/942465 "2022-04-27T10:15:41Z")
Before anyone else, Taiwan took Covid seriously, and has been one of the success stories, with only 1200 cases total as of May 10, just over a week ago. While we have to wear masks, there had been very few other restrict… --- ## [Snakes! Why does it always have to be snakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-why-does-it-always-have-to-be-snakes/963051)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-why-does-it-always-have-to-be-snakes/963051 "2022-04-26T23:47:47Z")
The Covid Loon-A-Sphere is all agog about the latest revelations concerning the origin of Covid-19 and the plandemic to poison humanity. Retired chiropractor Bryan Ardis is the star of a new documentary, Watch The Water,… --- ## [Florida judge ends CDC mask mandate on planes and other transportation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-judge-ends-cdc-mask-mandate-on-planes-and-other-transportation/963019)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-judge-ends-cdc-mask-mandate-on-planes-and-other-transportation/963019 "2022-04-26T02:51:49Z")
Maybe it’ll cut down on the number of absolute loonies on planes. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-judge-voids-us-mask-mandate-for-planes-other-travel/ar-AAWl6mD?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=996f1b50f5c24402aaa0f3497c588… --- ## [Itchiness as a side effect of the COVID vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchiness-as-a-side-effect-of-the-covid-vaccine/963292)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchiness-as-a-side-effect-of-the-covid-vaccine/963292 "2022-04-22T23:02:20Z")
My mother received the Pfizer vaccine for both the initial two shot as well as the booster, which she received several months ago. Since then, she’s had terrible itchiness all over. She saw her primary care physician thi… --- ## [Easiest way to get a bunch more Covid tests for the least cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-get-a-bunch-more-covid-tests-for-the-least-cost/962158)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-get-a-bunch-more-covid-tests-for-the-least-cost/962158 "2022-04-19T18:12:29Z")
Allergy season definitely started for me yesterday with a ton of coughing, sneezing and shortness of breath. This is normal for this time of year, I’ve had allergies as long as I can remember and usually bad ones. After… --- ## [What is a bigger factor in preventing the spread of Covid-19: Masks or Social Distancing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-bigger-factor-in-preventing-the-spread-of-covid-19-masks-or-social-distancing/961557)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-bigger-factor-in-preventing-the-spread-of-covid-19-masks-or-social-distancing/961557 "2022-04-12T20:12:23Z")
Another variant is on the verge of swamping the US, so we are being reminded to fully vaccinate, wear a good mask, and social distance. Of those three recommendations, vaccination is the most effective. However, its prot… --- ## [Eating in a flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-in-a-flight/962424)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-in-a-flight/962424 "2022-04-08T16:14:01Z")
We’re flying for the first time in a long time for a trip that Covid delayed. How risky is it to take your mask off to eat for a fully vaxxed person? A lot of the sources I’m seeing are from last year. Thanks. --- ## [Does the 4th booster ever cause a positive test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-4th-booster-ever-cause-a-positive-test/962241)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-4th-booster-ever-cause-a-positive-test/962241 "2022-04-07T02:54:22Z")
We got the (2nd) Moderna booster Friday. Today, Monday, Mrs. CC, older and immunocompromised, tested positive with a home test. Could that result be from getting a booster? --- ## [Can COVID-19 cause sleep apnoea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-covid-19-cause-sleep-apnoea/962056)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-covid-19-cause-sleep-apnoea/962056 "2022-03-31T16:59:29Z")
About 15 years ago I suffered from obstructive sleep apnoea. I lost weight and the problem disappeared. Fast forward to last week, when I recovered from two weeks of COVID-19. Now it seems my sleep apnoea has returned… --- ## [Would you cruise today, this week, this month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-cruise-today-this-week-this-month/958153)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-cruise-today-this-week-this-month/958153 "2022-03-30T22:24:51Z")
We are. And I don’t feel unsafe doing so. We’ll be tested 2 days prior and tested again at the pier. The ship will be sailing at 50% capacity. We’re to be masked aside from eating or drinking or in our staterooms. And al… --- ## ["Florida's Vaccine Policy without saying it was to basically deny minorities vaccines"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-vaccine-policy-without-saying-it-was-to-basically-deny-minorities-vaccines/961953)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-vaccine-policy-without-saying-it-was-to-basically-deny-minorities-vaccines/961953 "2022-03-30T21:50:14Z")
I’m listening to an older political podcast from around the time the first wave of vaccines were being distributed around the country and the hosts are from Florida and for some reason there’s a lot of talk about minorit… --- ## [Are we looking at another wave of covid in the US in the next 3-6 weeks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-looking-at-another-wave-of-covid-in-the-us-in-the-next-3-6-weeks/961152)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-looking-at-another-wave-of-covid-in-the-us-in-the-next-3-6-weeks/961152 "2022-03-30T04:08:56Z")
I’ve been reading that cases of omicron BA.2 are starting to increase. China is restarting lock downs due to it. my question is does most people having antibodies from vaccines and previous infections help stop it from … --- ## [How do deer catch covid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-deer-catch-covid/959457)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-deer-catch-covid/959457 "2022-03-29T20:43:37Z")
I’ve read lots of articles about deer having covid in north America. Here’s one: I haven’t seen any that say how they catch it, or spread it, however. Maybe that’s not known, yet. But it seems odd. We are told it’s no… --- ## [Ivermectin Isn't Horse Medicine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivermectin-isnt-horse-medicine/949831)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivermectin-isnt-horse-medicine/949831 "2022-03-26T14:11:52Z")
Well, yeah, I mean, it is used as a medication for horses. But in discussions on this board about its use for treating COVID - and let me be clear, I think that use is idiotic - quite a few posters have referred to it as… --- ## [I think the pandemic has made everybody a little bit crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-pandemic-has-made-everybody-a-little-bit-crazy/958764)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-pandemic-has-made-everybody-a-little-bit-crazy/958764 "2022-02-02T21:05:16Z")
Yelling at flight attendants who ask you to put on your mask. Assaulting Walmart associates who ask for same. And now, a report that a 40-person brawl broke out at Golden Corral when they ran out of steak. You think… --- ## [Weird to catch flu (was:Something odd and f\*\*ked up)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-to-catch-flu-was-something-odd-and-f-ked-up/961369)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-to-catch-flu-was-something-odd-and-f-ked-up/961369 "2022-03-24T16:43:51Z")
I managed to get the flu week before last. One of my kids brought it home from school, despite wearing masks and everything. I was convinced I had COVID, went and got tested, and when the CVS tech asked if I wanted the… --- ## [How will you decide when/how you'll rejoin society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-you-decide-when-how-youll-rejoin-society/959196)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-you-decide-when-how-youll-rejoin-society/959196 "2022-03-24T15:28:49Z")
Mask mandates are going away soon worldwide. Regardless of what you think of the wisdom of this, eventually everyone’s going to have to decide whether, when, and how to resume interacting with other human beings on the l… --- ## [Squeezing a third year onto the graphs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squeezing-a-third-year-onto-the-graphs/961458)
**Author:** [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squeezing-a-third-year-onto-the-graphs/961458 "2022-03-22T10:33:07Z")
How are they going to fit more information onto the day by day graphs. I would have thought they would run out of room months ago but they made each data point smaller . I want to be able to compare April to April and … --- ## [How soon will you give up what precautions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-will-you-give-up-what-precautions/960008)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-will-you-give-up-what-precautions/960008 "2022-03-19T18:43:43Z")
Around Chicago/IL, it seems a lot of mask mandates will fall by the roadside next Monday. I’m assuming mask usage and other precautions will pretty much disappear quite rapidly. I’m already seeing signs - went to the g… --- ## [Bill Gates & Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-covid/959962)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-covid/959962 "2022-03-14T20:18:52Z")
For some reason, his name comes up a lot in media reporting and discussion of the pandemic. Some of it is from conspiracy theorists with various theories of what his sinister role is, but much of it is from the MSM, and … --- ## [South Korea is having a very mysterious Covid outbreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-is-having-a-very-mysterious-covid-outbreak/961003)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-is-having-a-very-mysterious-covid-outbreak/961003 "2022-03-14T20:08:33Z")
At 86% vaccinated, South Korea is one of the most-vaxxed nations in the world, yet it’s experiencing a ferocious 300,000-new-cases-per-day outbreak at the moment - an insane rate for a nation whose population is but 50 m… --- ## [Do covid precautions work? (NYT article re Omicron)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-covid-precautions-work-nyt-article-re-omicron/960752)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-covid-precautions-work-nyt-article-re-omicron/960752 "2022-03-12T19:41:17Z")
The following link is to an article in today’s NYT, but I’ve linked to another source which does not appear to be paywalled. Do Covid Precautions Work? – The New York Times - Teazilla The basic gist is that it appears … --- ## [Canadian anti-vaxxer kidnaps daughter away from her mother to prevent her from being vaccinated; appears on right-wing talk show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-anti-vaxxer-kidnaps-daughter-away-from-her-mother-to-prevent-her-from-being-vaccinated-appears-on-right-wing-talk-show/957672)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-anti-vaxxer-kidnaps-daughter-away-from-her-mother-to-prevent-her-from-being-vaccinated-appears-on-right-wing-talk-show/957672 "2022-03-09T21:29:34Z")
A father from Saskatchewan kidnapped his 7-year-old daughter away from his mother to prevent her from getting the vaccine, gaslit her into believing the vaccine will change her DNA and that God doesn’t want her to have i… --- ## [Antibody test question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-test-question/960547)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-test-question/960547 "2022-03-08T19:37:19Z")
I’ve been googling, and must not be putting my question right, because I’m not finding a specific answer. I know that the antibody test shows if you’ve had Covid in the past. Once you’ve been vaccinated, though, wouldn… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=7)