# Any positive side effects from all of this isolation? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 2, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851 "2020-04-02T02:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/21 "2020-04-02T21:58:12Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I have no idea if true, but I would assume a huge reduction in STD cases. Hard to catch one of those at 6 feet. As they say, “I wouldn’t touch you with a six-foot pole.” ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/22 "2020-04-03T01:05:23Z")
[Cross-posted from this thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=891790) > [@Any good news re: COVID-19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-news-re-covid-19/849610/142): > > It occurred to me the other day, that climatologists are suddenly getting a wealth of date re: global climate change. > We’ve all seen the articles about how pollution is down over most industrial areas, due to decreased car travel, plane travel, factories closing down. This strikes me as being a great data point, however small, that climatologists will be able to use to model the effects of greenhouse gas mitigation going forward. I’d think they’d even be able to break causes down further, by comparing (say) air travel miles between last year and this, and calculating the effects of that particular activity. Lots of data means better tools for understanding. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/23 "2020-04-03T01:31:01Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > [Hong Kong’s coronavirus response leads to sharp drop in flu cases - Winter influenza season ends more than a month earlier than usual](https://www.ft.com/content/ad7ae6b4-5eab-11ea-b0ab-339c2307bcd4) Well, personally i think that’s because the flu viruses just threw up their collective hands and said “we just cannot COMPETE!”. ---
**Author:** ![MrLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/24 "2020-04-03T06:42:48Z")
I’ve been lifting weights at home every day. Before long I will be a jacked, ripped _beefcake_. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/25 "2020-04-03T07:12:41Z")
I’ve lost a few pounds just by eating sparingly at home and fasting for 13 hours each night. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/26 "2020-04-03T13:46:22Z")
[No school shootings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States#2020%E2%80%93present) in the past month! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/27 "2020-04-03T15:05:15Z")
> [@PoppaSan](#): > > [Animal adoptions](https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-shelter-every-animal-adopted-covid-19-outbreak) up: > > People are realizing whose job is essential. Although adoptions are up, many shelters have a decrease in volunteers, who are staying home instead. Consider helping out by fostering an animal while you are at home! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/28 "2020-04-03T15:33:55Z")
I’m looking at my bank account after the mortgage was paid and seeing how much is left I realize how much money I’m wasting getting take out and eating out every month. I’m sure I’m not the only one. That will change my behavior going forward. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/29 "2020-04-03T15:48:35Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > We are catching up on our sleep. I haven’t been this well rested in my adult life. My attention span is improving. I truly hope you’re not the only one, and that this eventually leads to a societal rejection of the go-go-go overly scheduled lives we’ve been leading … or been ridiculed for not leading, if you’re one of them lazy-ass hippies like me. (Bonus points for catching the Todd Snider reference.) ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851/30 "2020-04-03T15:56:28Z")
Since many of the adults in our family are working from home, the teenagers haven’t had as much computer time. So instead of Tik-Toc, they are reading books. In some cases, classic books. My gearhead nephew was spotted with Joseph Conrad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-side-effects-from-all-of-this-isolation/850851.md?page=1)