# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1954 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1955 --- ## [When the new Pandemic Starts...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-new-pandemic-starts/830734)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-new-pandemic-starts/830734 "2020-03-28T19:05:55Z")
Blame me! Sitting inside a Ruby Tuesdays tonight in Atlanta, GA I sneezed all over a Taiwaneze pilot whom, apparently makes a lot of trips between the states, including Alaska, Taiwan, and mainland China. I’ve been sick… --- ## [Are cigarettes still dirt cheap in Kentucky? Missouri?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigarettes-still-dirt-cheap-in-kentucky-missouri/850209)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigarettes-still-dirt-cheap-in-kentucky-missouri/850209 "2020-03-28T19:03:43Z")
2 years ago I went to a Reds game and stayed across the river in Kentucky. Very nostalgic. Had a hotel room that allowed smoking, went to the bar and had a smoke with my beer. Ah, those were the days. Anyway, I smoke Ne… --- ## [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… --- ## [Will Trump leave office peacefully and normally if he loses the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-leave-office-peacefully-and-normally-if-he-loses-the-election/849110)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-leave-office-peacefully-and-normally-if-he-loses-the-election/849110 "2020-03-28T18:14:18Z")
This is one of those rare opportunities in politics to make predictions about something that actually might have an answer. There’s at least a decent chance that Trump loses the election. So, let’s imagine a scenario w… --- ## [Where would be the easiest place to get a disc copy of Resident Evil 3 on April 3rd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-be-the-easiest-place-to-get-a-disc-copy-of-resident-evil-3-on-april-3rd/849925)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-be-the-easiest-place-to-get-a-disc-copy-of-resident-evil-3-on-april-3rd/849925 "2020-03-28T18:10:27Z")
Eagerly anticipating the game but the fact I live in California means we’re in lock down and I don’t really know how I would acquire it. From what I understand Amazon may not stock it due to it being non-essential, physi… --- ## [Quarantine Culinary Casualties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-culinary-casualties/850332)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-culinary-casualties/850332 "2020-03-28T17:40:54Z")
Almost an alliteration! We all know how all the flour vanished, almost as quickly as the TP and bottled water. Baking cookies with the housebound kids is entertaining, and you can double the recipe for math problems. B… --- ## [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 … --- ## [What's it called: paintings you stand behind and stick your face in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-called-paintings-you-stand-behind-and-stick-your-face-in/584667)
**Author:** [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-called-paintings-you-stand-behind-and-stick-your-face-in/584667 "2020-03-28T16:30:04Z")
Sorry, don’t know how else to describe them. They are usually painted on plywood, sometimes they’re more sculptural. They usually have cartoony people painted on the, but where the faces are supposed to be is a hole and … --- ## [Is it gross to wear sneakers without socks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gross-to-wear-sneakers-without-socks/849909)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gross-to-wear-sneakers-without-socks/849909 "2020-03-28T15:29:52Z")
Is it gross to wear sneakers without socks? --- ## [is there a deadline by which paperwork must be filed to run for President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-deadline-by-which-paperwork-must-be-filed-to-run-for-president/850439)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-deadline-by-which-paperwork-must-be-filed-to-run-for-president/850439 "2020-03-28T15:04:43Z")
Wasn’t sure if this is more Politics & Elections, but I’m sincerely looking for a factual answer, and not a debate pro/con any names that might get brought up. So suppose in this hypothetical that a bored gazillionaire … --- ## [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’… --- ## [Cloud computing: Anyone successfully using it to replace the local file server?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-computing-anyone-successfully-using-it-to-replace-the-local-file-server/818542)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-computing-anyone-successfully-using-it-to-replace-the-local-file-server/818542 "2020-03-28T13:13:35Z")
These days, people continue to repeat we don’t need all this hardware anymore. Just laptops for the employees, and everything else should be in the cloud. What about the file server that’s used for employees in the offic… --- ## [What parties have you recently been late to (late adapters unite)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parties-have-you-recently-been-late-to-late-adapters-unite/850511)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parties-have-you-recently-been-late-to-late-adapters-unite/850511 "2020-03-28T13:03:15Z")
This is a little rambling, but it’s not like you have any social events to go to, amirite? I’m not a Luddite by any stretch of the imagination. But I am very frugal and the end results are often the same. The other da… --- ## [The GOP, coronavirus, and doubling down. Help me understand.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-coronavirus-and-doubling-down-help-me-understand/850245)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-coronavirus-and-doubling-down-help-me-understand/850245 "2020-03-28T12:56:07Z")
I put this here since the quarantine zone rules specify no politics. Please move if appropriate. Some of us have heard the Texas Lt. Governor, Dan Patrick, has made regarding the pandemic. Now Glen Beck has joined him… --- ## [Percentage of pre-1960 cars on the highway in Cuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-pre-1960-cars-on-the-highway-in-cuba/850375)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-pre-1960-cars-on-the-highway-in-cuba/850375 "2020-03-28T12:48:18Z")
Cuba is known worldwide for its well-preserved classic American cars. But how representative are they of the cars one sees on the road? In 2015, on a stretch of highway 50-80 km east of Havana, I kept track of how many … --- ## [The need for a savings culture in America (for rainy days)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-need-for-a-savings-culture-in-america-for-rainy-days/849586)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-need-for-a-savings-culture-in-america-for-rainy-days/849586 "2020-03-28T12:09:11Z")
America has long been a nation of spenders rather than savers (and I say that being as guilty as anyone in this regard, having been saddled by credit-card debt for eight years.) This Covid-19 epidemic is likely to bring … --- ## [Actors Who Looked "Old" for a LOOOONG Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-looked-old-for-a-loooong-time/847069)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-looked-old-for-a-loooong-time/847069 "2020-03-28T11:46:25Z")
Recently we had a thread about Tom Selleck starting to look like Wilford Brimley, which lead to a discussion of his career, and something about Abe Vigoda, who seemed to be old forever. I thought we ought to have a threa… --- ## [I'll take dubious news headlines for $100, Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433 "2020-03-28T11:25:09Z")
Article on CNN today: My mind did NOT go to clothing sales --- ## [Relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationships/637666)
**Author:** [@ToxicRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToxicRose)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationships/637666 "2020-03-28T10:48:33Z")
A question for all age ranges. Will the following relationship last? Why or why not? Mans previous relationship was with a girl 8 years younger ( they both lived in the same city, lasted for 2 1/2 years. No sex) . He is… --- ## [\[del\]Uranus\[/del\] Urectum is passing gas...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-uranus-del-urectum-is-passing-gas/850500)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-uranus-del-urectum-is-passing-gas/850500 "2020-03-28T08:02:07Z")
Smell-o-scope discovery of the year! Nobel for Professor Farnsworth? OK, seriously, someone went through some old data from Voyager 2 and found that Uranus is shedding some of its atmosphere. --- ## [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… --- ## [How does the Queen Elizabeth answer her phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-queen-elizabeth-answer-her-phone/494114)
**Author:** [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-queen-elizabeth-answer-her-phone/494114 "2020-03-28T04:48:34Z")
Inspired by the “Do famous celebrities get junk mail?” thread A friend of mine and I once tried to figure out how Queen Elizabeth answers her phone. I mean, after all, there’s no way she’s never used a telephone in her … --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1953) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1955)