# So, who at this point has not heard of the coronavirus? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [July 11, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984 "2020-07-11T00:41:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984/1 "2020-07-11T00:41:18Z")
I am guessing only the Sentinelese and perhaps a few other isolated people in the Arctic or on remote ocean islands have not heard of Covid-19 right now? ---
**Author:** ![yohan\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yohan_go/32/3620_2.png) [@yohan\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yohan_go)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984/2 "2020-07-11T01:42:14Z")
And that evasive tribe of Alzheimers. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984/3 "2020-07-11T05:09:03Z")
The septuagenarians and octogenarians cluelessly wandering through stores without wearing masks? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984/4 "2020-07-11T13:55:06Z")
The 20s-30s who have heard of it (sort of) but think it’s a hoax? > **['I thought this was a hoax': Patient in their 30s dies after attending 'COVID...](https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/i-thought-this-was-a-hoax-patient-in-their-30s-dies-after-attending-covid-party)** > > SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WOAI/KABB) – A patient in their 30s died from the coronavirus after attending what's being called a ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984/5 "2020-07-11T15:12:52Z")
I think everybody has HEARD of it; but there’s a ton of people who don’t know any thing about it, starting with our president and half our governors. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984/6 "2020-07-12T05:07:34Z")
Heard of … what was that now? ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984/7 "2020-07-14T19:40:24Z")
> [@yohan\_go](#): > > And that evasive tribe of Alzheimers And the Coma tribe as well 😮 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984/8 "2020-07-14T22:24:49Z")
I’d include isolated Amazonian tribes in that number. On Sunday, I was restocking the booth I rent at an antique mall (they were allowed to stay open all this time because they sell food and wine) and overheard a little boy, probably 3 or 4 years old, say, “I hate the virus.” I stepped aside and told him, “Everybody hates the virus.” I left as he and his parents were checking out, and I said, “This little boy is wise beyond his years.” ---
**Author:** ![ammocave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ammocave/32/3878_2.png) [@ammocave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ammocave)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-at-this-point-has-not-heard-of-the-coronavirus/914984/9 "2020-07-15T08:13:16Z")
Unfortunately, the problem now is not in the physical accessibility of information, but in moral audibility [🤢](https://ammocave.com/) 🤨 😒