# The Quarantine Zone **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=7 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 8 --- ## [What is the latest data on reinfection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-data-on-reinfection/960378)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-data-on-reinfection/960378 "2022-03-08T13:44:02Z")
The last I looked it was certainly possible to be infected more than once. Have they narrowed down the likelihood of being sick more than once? Not bringing this up out of thin air. I was vaccinated and caught Covid fir… --- ## [COVID community levels and COVID hospital usage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-community-levels-and-covid-hospital-usage/960607)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-community-levels-and-covid-hospital-usage/960607 "2022-03-07T20:28:09Z")
Last week the CDC introduced “community levels” as a new metric for understanding the intensity of the pandemic: In contrast to the earlier “community transmission levels” metric, the new system only has three distinc… --- ## [COVID pneumonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-pneumonia/960376)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-pneumonia/960376 "2022-03-07T16:33:12Z")
I read sorryantivaxxer.com, and I’ve noticed that many of those profiled (or their friends/relatives) say the person has/had ‘COVID pneumonia’. OK, I get that the patient has/had pneumonia that was brought on by COVID. … --- ## [I’m sick and have a bunch of negative Covid tests. Ok to not quarantine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-sick-and-have-a-bunch-of-negative-covid-tests-ok-to-not-quarantine/960413)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-sick-and-have-a-bunch-of-negative-covid-tests-ok-to-not-quarantine/960413 "2022-03-07T02:50:16Z")
So, I’ve had what I think is a very nasty case of gastroenteritis since Monday. I still feel pretty bad but I really need to go out and get a form notorized. I’ve taken two at home Covid tests, every single one has been… --- ## [By the time Omicron subsides, what percentage of humans do you think will never have had COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-the-time-omicron-subsides-what-percentage-of-humans-do-you-think-will-never-have-had-covid/957068)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-the-time-omicron-subsides-what-percentage-of-humans-do-you-think-will-never-have-had-covid/957068 "2022-03-06T16:58:56Z")
I’m wondering how specific we can get with all the “with how contagious Omicron is, everyone’s gonna get it eventually” theory. --- ## [You hear someone died of Covid. Do you ask?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-someone-died-of-covid-do-you-ask/960234)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-someone-died-of-covid-do-you-ask/960234 "2022-03-02T16:09:56Z")
If they were vaxxed? It seems like recently I’ve had a couple of people referring to memorial services and such for people who recently died from Covid. None of them have commented as to whether or not the deceased was… --- ## [The Omicron Variant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omicron-variant/955134)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 539\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omicron-variant/955134 "2022-02-28T04:22:17Z")
So, 8 countries in Southern Africa are now on the restricted travel list because of a new and significantly mutated variant called, Omicron. Will it be as troublesome as Delta or more or less so? I’m hoping we can get … --- ## [How many US deaths do you expect in early 2022?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-deaths-do-you-expect-in-early-2022/954423)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-deaths-do-you-expect-in-early-2022/954423 "2022-02-25T03:50:50Z")
Last winter, in spite of mask mandates, in spite of limits to how many people were supposed to gather for the holidays, just under 100,000 Americans died in January (99,998 subtracting Snowboarder\_Bo’s January 1 cumulati… --- ## [Who’s been vaccinated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-s-been-vaccinated/928473)
**Author:** [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Replies:** 899\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-s-been-vaccinated/928473 "2022-02-23T13:20:57Z")
I’m curious to see how the vaccine roll-out goes in the community. So post her if you’ve gotten the vaccine and (if you feel comfortable sharing the details) what was your indication for getting it. Also were there any … --- ## [Canada and the Coronavirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-and-the-coronavirus/850643)
**Author:** [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Replies:** 992\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-and-the-coronavirus/850643 "2022-02-22T22:12:12Z")
Hi Guys, I have been watching all these threads on Coronavirus. I have paid attention to many countries, and the US is the center of attention it seems for most of them, which is cool. I care what happens in the US, b… --- ## [Judge rules against school mask mandates, Chicago Public Schools to ignore order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-against-school-mask-mandates-chicago-public-schools-to-ignore-order/958998)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-against-school-mask-mandates-chicago-public-schools-to-ignore-order/958998 "2022-02-22T19:03:23Z")
An Illinois state judge has issued a restraining order barring schools from enforcing mask mandates, however the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) issued a statement that their masking policies will not change. Can any legal… --- ## [Identifying PCR vs. home (antigen) test results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-pcr-vs-home-antigen-test-results/958546)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-pcr-vs-home-antigen-test-results/958546 "2022-02-22T18:09:11Z")
TLDR background, feel free to skip): My organization has grudgingly decided to accept negative COVID test results within 72 hours of admission to our facilities, instead of proof of vaccination. We’re not happy about it… --- ## [Why is Omicron receding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-omicron-receding/959746)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-omicron-receding/959746 "2022-02-19T00:53:59Z")
In the current surge, the current daily new case count is only about 12% of what it was a month ago. Why is this variant receding so dramatically all of a sudden? Japan had something similar happen with their surge las… --- ## [Recipes you have turned to since the world ended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-you-have-turned-to-since-the-world-ended/958287)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-you-have-turned-to-since-the-world-ended/958287 "2022-02-16T21:38:20Z")
Over in the shortages thread folks were discussing recipes with substitutions or even just the substitutions in random places in the thread. Lets put them all in one place to make it easy for someone to go back to a subs… --- ## [Covid booster shots, news and opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-booster-shots-news-and-opinion/950565)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-booster-shots-news-and-opinion/950565 "2022-02-12T20:58:48Z")
Thus thread was started after a longish digression in the “breaking news thread”. @Aspenglow and I felt it was worth its own topic, and decided to move a bunch of the posts here. --- ## [100 weeks of pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-weeks-of-pandemic/958937)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-weeks-of-pandemic/958937 "2022-02-09T22:47:04Z")
We’re approaching 100 weeks of pandemic life in the US and most of the rest of the world. I’m counting from the week of March 16, 2020, which is when we started to get lockdowns, school closures, mandatory remote work, … --- ## [I got vaccinated with the Sputnik V and so far everything is фниз!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-vaccinated-with-the-sputnik-v-and-so-far-everything-is/941457)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-vaccinated-with-the-sputnik-v-and-so-far-everything-is/941457 "2022-02-07T18:39:18Z")
So I just got the russian vaccine. I’ll let you know if I get a sudden urge to seize the means of production. --- ## [Are there any symptoms of illness NOT associated with COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528 "2022-02-06T03:29:29Z")
We’ve known for a while that this virus is pretty creative in the many bodily systems it can affect and the different ways it can present. Last night my left wrist broke out in hives, and more out of curiosity than conce… --- ## [Ivermectin question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivermectin-question/958741)
**Author:** [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivermectin-question/958741 "2022-02-05T15:28:20Z")
According to this article, a Japanese pharmaceutical company has found that Ivermectin has an “anti-viral effect” against COVID-19 in non-clinical research. Originally, the article said Ivermectin was “effective” agains… --- ## [Pooled sample statistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pooled-sample-statistics/957328)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pooled-sample-statistics/957328 "2022-02-04T19:47:24Z")
To cut down own testing load, sometimes samples are pooled. Maybe 10 samples mixed and tested once. If a pool tests hot, then the individual 10 samples are run separately. If the testing equipment breaks after the poole… --- ## [University professor to students: "You cocksuckers are vectors of disease to me"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-professor-to-students-you-cocksuckers-are-vectors-of-disease-to-me/957767)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-professor-to-students-you-cocksuckers-are-vectors-of-disease-to-me/957767 "2022-02-04T01:26:20Z")
A history professor at Ferris State University in Michigan is on administrative leave after posting a profanity-filled introductory course to his students in which he refers to them as “cocksuckers” and says they’re vect… --- ## [A realistic look at the future in a COVID world -- 2020, 2021, and beyond](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-realistic-look-at-the-future-in-a-covid-world-2020-2021-and-beyond/920340)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-realistic-look-at-the-future-in-a-covid-world-2020-2021-and-beyond/920340 "2022-02-04T01:23:46Z")
COVID is not just going away – poof! :woman\_mage:t4: That’s a given. If and when an effective vaccine is developed (and that’s by no means an absolute certainty) there’s still manufacturing it, distributing it, gettin… --- ## [Piss drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667 "2022-02-03T21:28:15Z")
The joke around here is that anti-vaxxers will drink their own urine for a cure. And now… https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-vaxxer-tells-supporters-covid-195908571.html Didn’t the urine-drinking thing start as a joke? --- ## [What would lead you to be tested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-lead-you-to-be-tested/956417)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-lead-you-to-be-tested/956417 "2022-02-03T16:43:04Z")
Basically what the OP asks. I have not yet had a covid test. I’ve greatly limited my social contacts, haven’t travelled, am not aware of any contacts to transmissible folk, and have never ad symptoms beyond an occasion… --- ## [Regular test users- what are your testing nostril preferences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-test-users-what-are-your-testing-nostril-preferences/957716)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-test-users-what-are-your-testing-nostril-preferences/957716 "2022-02-02T01:46:57Z")
poll Yes, I’m bored in isolation. Only one more day… For myself, I started off alternating, but I realised a few days back that I’m almost exclusively testing my left nostril now. I’m right handed- I wonder if that has … --- ## [Turns out you can test positive for quite a long time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-out-you-can-test-positive-for-quite-a-long-time/958339)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-out-you-can-test-positive-for-quite-a-long-time/958339 "2022-02-01T01:56:25Z")
Had symptoms for Rona:The Omicron Edition on the 9th. Tested positive on the 10th. Was a little sick on the 11th and 12th…went back to full WFH on the 13th. Then tested positive on the 15th and again on the 17th Those… --- ## [The Moderna Vaccine now has full FDA approval!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderna-vaccine-now-has-full-fda-approval/958699)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderna-vaccine-now-has-full-fda-approval/958699 "2022-01-31T20:47:34Z")
Yay! I have no doubt this will stop people from resisting getting the vaccine because it’s only “experimental”. Herd immunity, here we come! --- ## [Traveling to country that requires proof of negative Covid test within past 48 hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-country-that-requires-proof-of-negative-covid-test-within-past-48-hours/958605)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-country-that-requires-proof-of-negative-covid-test-within-past-48-hours/958605 "2022-01-29T02:48:12Z")
Some countries say PCR negative Covid test required, but won’t specify what exactly. Does this mean you could go to a place like Walgreens or CVS for it? --- ## [UK Opening Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-opening-up/958137)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-opening-up/958137 "2022-01-29T01:45:49Z")
Delete --- ## [Is it physically possible for a coronavirus variant to be as contagious as omicron but as deadly as MERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-physically-possible-for-a-coronavirus-variant-to-be-as-contagious-as-omicron-but-as-deadly-as-mers/957864)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-physically-possible-for-a-coronavirus-variant-to-be-as-contagious-as-omicron-but-as-deadly-as-mers/957864 "2022-01-28T17:04:21Z")
is that possible or is there no way to know. I don’t know to what degree it’s a trade off between the two traits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-quarantine-zone/29.md?page=8)