# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758 "2020-02-11T01:16:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5525 "2020-11-16T01:33:49Z")

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> [@DSeid](#):
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> It would be nice to put some numbers to this … how many of the elderly are worth sentencing to solitary confinement of an unknown length, possibly the rest of their lives, per freed up one hospital bed for a week or so?
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> **How many should die as a result of that isolation to free up that bed? How many should suffer?**

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This, and other discussion of visiting old people, doesn’t really belong in the Breaking News thread. Please take this discussion to a different thread.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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