# Share your Covidiot stories **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 29, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854 "2020-04-29T22:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 73
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1443 "2021-11-12T20:49:50Z")
Hmm. I probably can’t pass it on in good conscience. But I may keep my eyes open for one that I can. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1444 "2021-11-12T21:10:10Z")
You can pass it on but explain that from a homeopathic standpoint they should only use a half a teaspoon of Borax, as that is far more powerful than a whole cup. That should raise the solution by a whole “C” value. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1445 "2021-11-12T21:12:36Z")
Awesome “reasoning”! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1446 "2021-11-12T21:55:26Z")
That article mentions, BTW, that “undoing” a vaccination is not at new thing – Folk remedies of various sorts for undoing vaccinations, have been circulating around among anti-vaxxers since long before Covid was a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1447 "2021-11-12T22:03:21Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > That’s fine. They put it in bath salts. > > ETA: Hmmmm… quick google. It is more than the usual amount. Maybe some skin irritation. That’s a selling point. Make them suffer a bit, and they’re more likely to believe it worked. As much as it pains me, at some point we’ll simply have to start weaponizing their own stupidity against them. We’re at a point where their stupidity is one of our most abundant resources. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1448 "2021-11-12T22:21:17Z")
If only I had fewer scruples, and internet skillz, I’d make a killing selling anti-vaxx bath salts to the gullible. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1449 "2021-11-12T22:50:25Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > That’s a selling point. Make them suffer a bit, and they’re more likely to believe it worked. All of those little red itchy bumps are where the toxins left through your skin! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1450 "2021-11-12T23:22:35Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > ETA: You might have a few minutes to chop your arm off… This is like a scene from the Walking Dead. Oh crap, I got bit…I mean vaxxed. Tourniquet off my arm and remove it! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1451 "2021-11-13T00:00:08Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > This is like a scene from the Walking Dead. I was thinking of the Sumatran rat-monkey in Braindead (aka Dead Alive) (1992). Too bad the guy had a scar on his other arm… ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1452 "2021-11-13T00:17:10Z")
It makes me think of Colonel Kurtz’s speech when he admired the grit of the people who chopped off their children’s arms after the children had been vaccinated. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1453 "2021-11-13T12:57:52Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > You can pass it on but explain that from a homeopathic standpoint they should only use a half a teaspoon of Borax, as that is far more powerful than a whole cup. That should raise the solution by a whole “C” value. It’s kind of tough to shake a bathtub though, a [critical part](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic_dilutions) of the preparation. > The founder of [homeopathy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy), [Samuel Hahnemann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hahnemann) found that undiluted doses caused reactions, sometimes dangerous ones, so specified that preparations be given at the lowest possible dose.[[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic_dilutions#cite_note-:8-3) To counter the reduced potency at high dilutions he formed the view that vigorous shaking by striking on an elastic surface – a process termed _succussion_ – was necessary.[[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic_dilutions#cite_note-:8-3) Maybe don’t bring that part up. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1454 "2021-11-13T14:04:42Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > This is like a scene from the Walking Dead. Oh crap, I got bit…I mean vaxxed. Tourniquet off my arm and remove it! …and then, two months later, they get the second dose in the other arm. Well, a bunch of anti-vaxxers walking around with no arms…silver lining: it will be much easier to just gag them so we don’t have to listen to them any more. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1455 "2021-11-14T06:48:03Z")
Soooo. I mentioned the other day that only 40% of the hospital employees in my former WY town had been vaxxed. The other day, one of them, a nurse who’s an acquaintance of mine, posted something on social media about how everyone should protest Biden forcing healthcare workers to get the vaccine. I said something about the option of getting tested weekly. She claims nurses don’t have that option. Is that true? Mind you, I hope it IS true, as I don’t think weekly testing is sufficient, but I can’t find anything. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1456 "2021-11-14T07:43:45Z")
This is from a Word FAQ document from the [CMS.gov](http://CMS.gov) site. This was done via a jurisdictional hook of facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding, so this is the agency that the rule comes through. > [@](#): > > **Q: Does the regulation include testing requirements for unvaccinated staff?** > A: No, this regulation requires staff vaccination only. While CMS considered requiring daily or weekly testing of unvaccinated individuals, scientific evidence on testing found that vaccination is a more effective infection control measure. CMS will continue to review the evidence and stakeholder feedback on this issue, however facilities may voluntarily institute testing alongside other infection prevention measures such as physical distancing and source control. Of note, CMS published an emergency regulation in September 2020 that established new requirements for Long Term Care facilities (nursing homes) to test facility residents and staff for COVID-19. CMS expects continue compliance with this requirement. Additionally, CMS encourages facilities not covered under this regulation to review the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard for separate vaccination and testing requirements. There are exemptions for religious and health reasons, though. I didn’t look at what happens then. Link to FAQ document here: > **[Biden-Harris Administration Issues Emergency Regulation Requiring COVID-19...](https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-issues-emergency-regulation-requiring-covid-19-vaccination-health-care)** > > The Biden-Harris Administration is requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The emergency regulation issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services... ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1457 "2021-11-14T08:44:21Z")
Thanks so much for the information. I’m glad it’s vaxx or out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1458 "2021-11-14T14:37:34Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I’m glad it’s vaxx or out. I’m glad they have the opportunity to so publicly exercise their Freedom of Choice. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1459 "2021-11-21T17:17:25Z")
We might have a Covidiot nominee here. “Sandy Black said she believes the disease is real, “but I think they’re making it bigger than it needs to be.”” “Black, 67, a retail clerk, said her daughter-in-law is currently on a ventilator in a St. Cloud hospital because of COVID-related pneumonia. Black herself is in remission from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She said she sometimes wears a mask in crowded places but didn’t share whether she’s been vaccinated.” > **[In Minnesota hot spot, COVID has become a part of life](https://www.startribune.com/covid-minnesota-wadena-county-vaccination-skeptical/600118950/)** > > New cases and positivity rates have been high for months, but life has gone on in Wadena County. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1460 "2021-11-21T22:51:53Z")
> [@Some Star Tribune article as quoted by Jackmannii](#): > > New cases and positivity rates have been high for months, **but life has gone on in Wadena County.** . . . except for those for whom if doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1461 "2021-11-22T19:10:21Z")
It’s a great article, with the likes of a woman saying that COVID-19 is no big deal, while admitting her daughter in law is on a ventilator. They say that nearly everyone in the county either has contracted covid or knows someone close who did. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1462 "2021-11-24T05:36:05Z")
A former colleague in Wyoming says the school district has a new policy this year: If contact tracing determines a student has been directly exposed to the virus, said student does not have to quarantine but must wear a mask. However, the district does not tell teachers which students are supposed to mask up, so there’s no enforcement. Surprise! Students don’t wear masks. The “logic” behind this is that students who were quarantined were not only not logging on remotely and not doing assignments, they weren’t actually quarantining; therefore, TPTB decided, better to have the kids breathing on each other in small classrooms than out roaming the town and learning nothing. 🤦‍♀️ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854.md?page=74)