# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1913 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1914 --- ## [Wrong strains for flu shots last few years!!! How reliable are Epidemiology models?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-strains-for-flu-shots-last-few-years-how-reliable-are-epidemiology-models/852279)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-strains-for-flu-shots-last-few-years-how-reliable-are-epidemiology-models/852279 "2020-04-22T01:21:21Z")
So last few years I’ve had flu shots only to later learn that the epidemiologists picked the wrong strains and the flu shot was not effective !! In light of the above, what’s the confidence in current Covid-19 models ? … --- ## [Can an oral thermometer register a temp higher than the patient is experiencing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-oral-thermometer-register-a-temp-higher-than-the-patient-is-experiencing/852165)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-oral-thermometer-register-a-temp-higher-than-the-patient-is-experiencing/852165 "2020-04-22T01:06:28Z")
Doc advice needed! Long story short, my daughter and I have been a bit crook over the last couple of weeks. Took our temps, both registering over 38.3 consistently. We went for Covid 19 testing last week, and both of us… --- ## [Are buffets finished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-buffets-finished/852184)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-buffets-finished/852184 "2020-04-22T01:04:53Z")
There are some restaurants that entirely or at least partially feature a buffet, where dozens (if not hundreds) of customers handle the same serving utensils. In the aftermath of COVID-19, have we seen the last of this … --- ## [Coronavirus Ratpocalypse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-ratpocalypse/851759)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-ratpocalypse/851759 "2020-04-22T00:07:47Z")
The massive reduction in restaurant activity has resulted in a corresponding massive reduction in the availability of food scraps for rats. And they’re getting desperate. :eek: --- ## [Why would a Republican dislike Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-republican-dislike-trump/852064)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-republican-dislike-trump/852064 "2020-04-21T23:55:33Z")
The first article in this month’s Atlantic is about “never-Trumpers.” I just don’t get it. Whatever you think about the man, from this liberal’s perspective, he has had unprecedented success in furthering various part… --- ## [Do I need a miter saw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-miter-saw/852213)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-miter-saw/852213 "2020-04-21T23:34:24Z")
This is a question for the woodworkers out there. I’ve been doing amateur woodworking for over 30 years. I’ve never had a miter saw but am considering getting one. I have a Delta cabinet saw with a 6 foot extension table… --- ## [Psychological effects of this pandemic on young people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-effects-of-this-pandemic-on-young-people/852196)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-effects-of-this-pandemic-on-young-people/852196 "2020-04-21T23:26:50Z")
For a teenager (or up to mid-20s), this pandemic is the first really shocking world-wide historic tragedy to affect them. They wouldn’t have much memory of the World Trade Center bombings. Do you think this will have a … --- ## [When are latex gloves reusable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-latex-gloves-reusable/852277)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-latex-gloves-reusable/852277 "2020-04-21T22:19:36Z")
When I make my bi-weekly grocery run, I use disposable gloves – a new pair for each store I stop at. I put the used gloves in a plastic bag in my car. We’re starting to get short of gloves. Given that it’s two weeks s… --- ## [Trolling? Did you think/ hope that the Covid 19 pandemic might unite us in adversity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-did-you-think-hope-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-might-unite-us-in-adversity/852082)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-did-you-think-hope-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-might-unite-us-in-adversity/852082 "2020-04-21T20:46:20Z")
This thread: Did you think/ hope that the Covid 19 pandemic might unite us in adversity? http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=894410 Was closed and given a warning by Colibri: While I could see this … --- ## [Republicans lose the state supreme court election in Wisconsin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-lose-the-state-supreme-court-election-in-wisconsin/851739)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-lose-the-state-supreme-court-election-in-wisconsin/851739 "2020-04-21T20:41:46Z")
This is great news, because this is why the GOP fought so hard against mail in ballots on the state level, and then the federal supreme court (the same one that basically said gerrymandering wasn’t their concern because … --- ## [Foreign food habits you've imported](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-food-habits-youve-imported/852041)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-food-habits-youve-imported/852041 "2020-04-21T20:31:14Z")
Traditionally, to a Brit, the idea of breakfasting on pancakes and bacon with syrup would be like breakfasting on apple pie and roast beef with ice cream. “Pancakes” refers - unless specified - to crepes, they’re not eat… --- ## [How would a tax rate of 100% work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-tax-rate-of-100-work/851675)
**Author:** [@Muddibog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muddibog)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-tax-rate-of-100-work/851675 "2020-04-21T19:32:17Z")
I know this may seem like a dumb question, but I don’t really know how taxes work. I hear that President FDR proposed a tax rate of 100% in the '40s for all incomes above $25,000 (which today would be about $400,000). D… --- ## [Doctors, Nurses, and First Responders: "Thank you for your service."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-nurses-and-first-responders-thank-you-for-your-service/851140)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-nurses-and-first-responders-thank-you-for-your-service/851140 "2020-04-21T18:41:14Z")
I don’t usually start threads but I felt compelled to put this out there. After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and subsequent conflicts there began a social meme of thanking first responders and service peo… --- ## [What year can we start saying Twenty instead of Two Thousand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-can-we-start-saying-twenty-instead-of-two-thousand/153134)
**Author:** [@Alzarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alzarian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-can-we-start-saying-twenty-instead-of-two-thousand/153134 "2020-04-21T18:39:21Z")
Is there any rule to follow in the naming of years this century? My gut tells me that 2010 would be the first year we would use the “Twenty-year” format instead of “Two Thousand-year” format, as it would become quicker … --- ## [Mutual intelligibility of Spanish and Italian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutual-intelligibility-of-spanish-and-italian/851988)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutual-intelligibility-of-spanish-and-italian/851988 "2020-04-21T18:36:59Z")
Both descended from Latin and both have varying degrees of Germanic and Arabic influence. How easily would a Spaniard, or Spanish speaking Latin American be able to understand an Italian? Could a Madrid resident easily f… --- ## [Is There a Best Way to Organize Family Photos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-best-way-to-organize-family-photos/852246)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-best-way-to-organize-family-photos/852246 "2020-04-21T18:34:12Z")
My extended family is scanning in old photos and putting them on one of those shared online drive services. Is there a good way to organize them? When I used an Apple I used to add meta-data with key words. Now I have d… --- ## [Intended purpose/procedure for testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intended-purpose-procedure-for-testing/852271)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intended-purpose-procedure-for-testing/852271 "2020-04-21T18:17:30Z")
I see a lot of news about the desire to increase testing. What exactly is the intended goal of testing? Is it to identify people who have HAD the virus, and as such, are presumably safe to return to work? Or is it int… --- ## [What is the perfect weather and landscape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-perfect-weather-and-landscape/852099)
**Author:** [@Beefer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beefer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-perfect-weather-and-landscape/852099 "2020-04-21T18:11:24Z")
Everyone seems to have different preferences. What’s yours? I like plains. Especially those rolling, golden grassy plains you can find in the Southern United States. A low-lying river cutting through plains would be the… --- ## [Great song but terrible music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703 "2020-04-21T17:52:55Z")
I nominate “Don’t Look Any Further” by Dennis Edwards featuring Sideah Garrett. I really love the song. But the video reminds me of those low-budget videos you could get made at the typical 1980s mall. Don’t front lik… --- ## [What does blue/urban America see in the Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-blue-urban-america-see-in-the-democrats/851865)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-blue-urban-america-see-in-the-democrats/851865 "2020-04-21T17:27:32Z")
In the “What does Middle America see in Trump” thread, \*\*Ann Hedonia \*\*wrote a terrific post - a liberal trying to show things from the perspective of a Trump voter. It is very long, so I have it spoiled so as not to clu… --- ## [Hot Sauce Recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-recipes/852183)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-recipes/852183 "2020-04-21T16:06:32Z")
Hey dopers! The UK’s days of regarding chilli and garlic as tantamount to devil worship - the sort of hideous departure from boiled grey vegetables which only a…foreigner would countenance - are largely behind us, but i… --- ## ['Vulgar But Not Slang'.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulgar-but-not-slang/852021)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulgar-but-not-slang/852021 "2020-04-21T15:56:54Z")
I am a little confused by the classification of certain words, specifically in a dictionary I have had for some time now. That is where I first found out this fact. Some English words are 'vulgar", but not ‘slang’. I g… --- ## [Asymptomatic carriers - are they for real ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-carriers-are-they-for-real/852266)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-carriers-are-they-for-real/852266 "2020-04-21T15:39:09Z")
My sister lives in Dubai. They went into quarantine starting April 3. My Brother in Law had gone to work on April 1, and as it later turned out : one of his coworkers had tested positive. So his office required him to ge… --- ## [Will desktop PCs ever be obsolete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-desktop-pcs-ever-be-obsolete/848528)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-desktop-pcs-ever-be-obsolete/848528 "2020-04-21T15:30:33Z")
Someone on a thread I made listed desktop PCs as outdated, and it got me to thinking. With how rapidly technology advances, will laptops, smartphones and tablets become as powerful as desktop PCs, eventually making them … --- ## [Finding Numbers Divisible By 13 and 76.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-numbers-divisible-by-13-and-76/852176)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-numbers-divisible-by-13-and-76/852176 "2020-04-21T15:04:56Z")
As I must’ve said by now, I enjoy playing around with numbers, calculators and the like. And as I also must’ve made clear by now, I am fascinated with coïncidences. Anyway as you will see, the two are related, for this … --- ## [Stephen Wolfram's Theory on the Nature of Reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-wolframs-theory-on-the-nature-of-reality/851898)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-wolframs-theory-on-the-nature-of-reality/851898 "2020-04-21T13:12:13Z")
I’ve just come across an interesting articlein which Stephen Wolfram puts forth a model of the universe where everything is explained as the application of simple abstract rules to abstract elements, which generates comp… --- ## [German soccer league starting back in May with no fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-soccer-league-starting-back-in-may-with-no-fans/852218)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-soccer-league-starting-back-in-may-with-no-fans/852218 "2020-04-21T13:01:09Z")
I guess some league was going to be first --- ## [COVID symptoms, vomiting blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-symptoms-vomiting-blood/852210)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-symptoms-vomiting-blood/852210 "2020-04-21T12:56:00Z")
I don’t need an answer fast, but I heard about a college kid (friend of my son) who had to take his mom to the hospital today because she was vomiting blood. Unfortunately the mom has multiple health conditions but I don… --- ## [Censored Movies You Love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censored-movies-you-love/852211)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censored-movies-you-love/852211 "2020-04-21T12:27:24Z")
“Ucho” (The Ear) was “released” in 1970, but not officially until 1990 (end of the USSR). It’s a fine movie, and very well executed. I’ll paste the IMDB description, since I don’t want to spoil it, but if there are some… --- ## [Things you find you DON’T miss thanks to the quarantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-you-don-t-miss-thanks-to-the-quarantine/851407)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-you-don-t-miss-thanks-to-the-quarantine/851407 "2020-04-21T12:18:10Z")
For me and my wife, we don’t have children and go out to eat almost every night. Over the past several years, we found this has turned into us staring at our phones and grunting to each other over our dinners and drinks. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1912) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1914)