# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1955 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1956 --- ## [Economic impact of "let 'er rip" vs shutting down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-impact-of-let-er-rip-vs-shutting-down/850263)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-impact-of-let-er-rip-vs-shutting-down/850263 "2020-03-28T04:18:18Z")
The impact of the current move toward more and more restrictions is relatively easy to see: Immediate lost jobs Drain on unemployment funds Decrease in all sort of retail spending Cascading impacts such as landlords no… --- ## [Can anyone advise me of an insurance company that will allow me an umbrella when I don't own a home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-advise-me-of-an-insurance-company-that-will-allow-me-an-umbrella-when-i-dont-own-a-home/850302)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-advise-me-of-an-insurance-company-that-will-allow-me-an-umbrella-when-i-dont-own-a-home/850302 "2020-03-28T04:15:07Z")
I sold my rental properties, none of which I lived in, last year. My current insurance company allowed me to have an umbrella as long as I had a renter’s policy. (I live with my fella, and don’t pay rent but let’s preten… --- ## [What is the process for naming new drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-process-for-naming-new-drugs/850394)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-process-for-naming-new-drugs/850394 "2020-03-28T04:06:26Z")
The chemical name I somewhat understand, but what of the generic name or the brand name? Is there a naming convention to follow to make it sound “mediciny?” --- ## [How to send an email from an account that is a forwarder (no mailbox)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-send-an-email-from-an-account-that-is-a-forwarder-no-mailbox/849732)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-send-an-email-from-an-account-that-is-a-forwarder-no-mailbox/849732 "2020-03-28T03:26:06Z")
I am on the board of a homeowner’s association. We have an email address under our own domain name for the board of directors. It is not a mailbox, it is just a distribution list forwarder. Homeowners can use this addres… --- ## [Would anybody have any interest in this game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anybody-have-any-interest-in-this-game/850473)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anybody-have-any-interest-in-this-game/850473 "2020-03-28T03:16:18Z")
So, even though I am not good at this game myself, I really enjoyed reading other posters answers on an old AOL board I used to frequent, so I thought I’d see what you guys think. If you think it might be fun, maybe you… --- ## [Would a water fountain for my cats be a wise choice for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-water-fountain-for-my-cats-be-a-wise-choice-for-me/850462)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-water-fountain-for-my-cats-be-a-wise-choice-for-me/850462 "2020-03-28T03:08:57Z")
Momo, likes his water in pristine condition. Otherwise he’ll go with out. His brother Sam however, is a different story. Instead of drinking water like a normal cat, he dips his paw in the water, and then laps it up off… --- ## [When did you start taking COVID-19 seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-start-taking-covid-19-seriously/850296)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-start-taking-covid-19-seriously/850296 "2020-03-28T02:37:04Z")
And by “seriously” I mean realizing that this is here and you need to take action about it and stop saying stupid shit like “oh it’s just a bad flu” or “X people die of Y anyway”? I’m thinking almost exactly one month a… --- ## [Murder Most Foul: 17 minute Dylan song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-most-foul-17-minute-dylan-song/850477)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-most-foul-17-minute-dylan-song/850477 "2020-03-28T01:40:48Z")
This is all over the social media I’ve seen today. Ms. P turned me on to it this morning. Anyone else heard it? --- ## [Sparkles around the SDMB menu bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkles-around-the-sdmb-menu-bar/850365)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkles-around-the-sdmb-menu-bar/850365 "2020-03-28T01:33:34Z")
Anyone else getting these artifacts in the bar that starts with USER CP? Not all the time but by moving over that bar it changes, it’s like I’m playing a cheap DOS shareware computer game. --- ## [Being banned from forums.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-banned-from-forums/849646)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-banned-from-forums/849646 "2020-03-28T00:51:04Z")
I go to a lot of forums. I’ve also been banned from or gotten infractions from quite a few forums. How many times have you been banned from or gotten infractions from forums, whether it’s this one or other forums? --- ## [Can I schedule Wifi to turn off during certain hours? Ipad, more detail inside.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-schedule-wifi-to-turn-off-during-certain-hours-ipad-more-detail-inside/850436)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-schedule-wifi-to-turn-off-during-certain-hours-ipad-more-detail-inside/850436 "2020-03-28T00:11:29Z")
I have an Ipad Air. Software version 12.4.5, no longer updating to the current iOs I think. Specifically it is model: md785ll/a Anyway, I would like it shut off Wifi from 11PM-8AM daily without me having to manually tur… --- ## [Metal Additive in beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-additive-in-beer/850244)
**Author:** [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-additive-in-beer/850244 "2020-03-27T23:43:31Z")
Back in the 1970s, while attending my freshman chemistry class in college, the professor told us a story about beer. The exact details have faded from my memory, which is why I am posting this here. I am hoping that so… --- ## [Should I be disinfecting packages that are delivered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-disinfecting-packages-that-are-delivered/850105)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-disinfecting-packages-that-are-delivered/850105 "2020-03-27T23:24:12Z")
I’ve ordered a number of things on Amazon that are going to be arriving over the next few days. But I’ve seen some troubling figures on how long the virus can last on different surfaces. On paper/cardboard and plastic, i… --- ## [Who Do You Love cover by Elise LeGrow.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-love-cover-by-elise-legrow/850070)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-love-cover-by-elise-legrow/850070 "2020-03-27T22:15:52Z")
Yes, I drink and I surf YouTube and I find offbeat music videos I like and compulsively share them here. It’s kind of a jazzy cover, not the bluesy/Bo Diddley style. Elise LeGrow covers “Who Do You Love?” --- ## [Spring Break in Vegas.. Cancel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-break-in-vegas-cancel/849365)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-break-in-vegas-cancel/849365 "2020-03-27T22:08:07Z")
I have plans to take my 21 year old and 17 year old to Vegas/Death Valley in about a week to see some shows, Hoover Dam and tour Death Valley. We would be flying out of Seattle, although we don’t live near there. I can… --- ## [2 people in a house. One starts exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. Suggestions for home quarantining?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-people-in-a-house-one-starts-exhibiting-covid-19-symptoms-suggestions-for-home-quarantining/850449)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-people-in-a-house-one-starts-exhibiting-covid-19-symptoms-suggestions-for-home-quarantining/850449 "2020-03-27T21:53:36Z")
I couldn’t explain clearly in the title (not enough characters). Here’s what I’m saying: assume there are 2 people living in a house. 1 person starts exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. Is there ANY chance that immediately … --- ## [Pneumonia questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumonia-questions/850460)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumonia-questions/850460 "2020-03-27T21:46:42Z")
As someone who is a “well read amateur” about many things medical: I actually don’t know what pneumonia really ls like. I’m a lifelong asthmatic, but somehow have managed to escape actually developing pneumonia. Also, a… --- ## [Oregon is in lockdown, Cancer Cat has a vet appointment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-in-lockdown-cancer-cat-has-a-vet-appointment/850181)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-in-lockdown-cancer-cat-has-a-vet-appointment/850181 "2020-03-27T21:23:28Z")
This is Rocky (in the middle; Ophelia is on the left, Irving is on the right). Last summer, during a routine vet visit, a mass was found in his abdomen. Since then, surgery was performed, a pancreatic cancer diagnosis w… --- ## [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… --- ## [Global warming -- Check my math/reasoning please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-check-my-math-reasoning-please/850281)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-check-my-math-reasoning-please/850281 "2020-03-27T20:28:21Z")
I’ve been reading some articles about a research paper. (links are to an article in NRC (Dutch, soft paywall), Arstechnica and the research paper is from Nature (paywall)) The conclusion of this research seems to be th… --- ## [How much do organizations depend on fish fry money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-organizations-depend-on-fish-fry-money/850448)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-organizations-depend-on-fish-fry-money/850448 "2020-03-27T20:20:13Z")
Pre-emptively moving from GQ to IMHO on my own! (Watch it get moved to CS) For the 8 weeks of Lent, in the midwest at least, everybody’s got a fish fry going. Churches, scout groups, VFWs, social clubs, and restaurants.… --- ## [most beautiful woman in rock/country/pop history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006 "2020-03-27T19:57:01Z")
Until tonight there were only two choices for me. Oh BTW they must have talent. Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstadt. Then I watched a video of Mazzy Star, Fade Into You. Didn’t know them when they first put out albums, … --- ## [Doc Brown's Plastic Surgery in Back to the Future Part II - joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-browns-plastic-surgery-in-back-to-the-future-part-ii-joke/850289)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-browns-plastic-surgery-in-back-to-the-future-part-ii-joke/850289 "2020-03-27T19:42:49Z")
I asked question in another thread and never got a response, so I will ask it here. Powers said this in another thread: I responded like this: Who is right? Wasn’t the joke that Doc looked identical after he peeled … --- ## [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… --- ## [How do people decide if a new product will be sold by MLM (AKA pyramid scheme) and not in stores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-decide-if-a-new-product-will-be-sold-by-mlm-aka-pyramid-scheme-and-not-in-stores/850301)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-decide-if-a-new-product-will-be-sold-by-mlm-aka-pyramid-scheme-and-not-in-stores/850301 "2020-03-27T17:42:32Z")
My first thought is that, in some cases, the product just isn’t high quality enough to be mass marketed in stores (online or storefront) so hey, let’s recruit some suckers to sell it and maybe we won’t lose all our money… --- ## [Any idea what will happen to housing prices due to all this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-will-happen-to-housing-prices-due-to-all-this/850213)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-will-happen-to-housing-prices-due-to-all-this/850213 "2020-03-27T17:32:28Z")
I know a couple who are moving from one city to another. If housing prices collapse it’ll be a mixed blessing. They’ll have trouble selling their old house, but the new house in a new state will be cheaper. I’m guessing… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1954) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1956)