# Do we still need a quarantine zone?

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**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-still-need-a-quarantine-zone/1000738 "2024-04-25T11:28:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-still-need-a-quarantine-zone/1000738/13 "2024-05-22T16:52:43Z")

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It’s been suggested. 🙂

> [@Poll: Should we retire the Quarantine Zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-we-retire-the-quarantine-zone/996173/40):
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> I (not quite jokingly) suggested taking medical advice out of IMHO and merging the existing quarantine zone into just such a thread a while back. And I still think it’s a good idea. IMHO has plenty of traffic, and the board has plenty of medical / health questions. It was back when another poster suggested a dedicated Trump forum due to Trump crawling into far too many otherwise unrelated discussions. But that’s a whole other can of worms!

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