# Thread and Topic Bans in The Quarantine Zone **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 14, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-and-topic-bans-in-the-quarantine-zone/979794 "2023-02-14T19:44:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-and-topic-bans-in-the-quarantine-zone/979794/1 "2023-02-14T19:44:10Z")
Topic Bans: Board-wide topic ban for Bob\_Blaylock for COVID-related matters. * * * After discussion in the mod loop, staff have decided to impose a board-wide topic ban on you. You are not permitted to discuss COVID-related matters or any aspect of this ongoing public health concern anywhere the board. > [@If you (individual or country) are still masking, why will you ever stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-individual-or-country-are-still-masking-why-will-you-ever-stop/979554/99): > > But then, I was never stupid enough to fall for the whole #CoroanHoax2020 in the first place. > [@If you (individual or country) are still masking, why will you ever stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-individual-or-country-are-still-masking-why-will-you-ever-stop/979554/137): > > Not just masking. It depends on where you live, but here in California, the foul criminal that infests the position of Governor illegally ordered all sorts of radical, unjustifiable restrictions on us, under the fraudulent guise of _“protecting”_ us from this overhyped cold/flu bug. > [@Are N95 Masks Effective at Filtering Airborne Viruses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-n95-masks-effective-at-filtering-airborne-viruses/979683/27): > > What is mind-boggling to me is how easily so many people were deceived, frightened, manipulated by fear of an overhyped cold/flu bug, to the point not only of allowing, but actually demanding the extreme abuses of government power that have been brought down on us as a reaction thereto. > [@Are N95 Masks Effective at Filtering Airborne Viruses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-n95-masks-effective-at-filtering-airborne-viruses/979683/37): > > I’m coming to a very similar conclusion. Most people have chosen the Blue Pill. This is a message board that is dedicated to fighting ignorance. As such, we expect people to be open to persuasion about any matter they choose to discuss. In the Quarantine Zone, a forum about medicine and science pertaining to a novel coronavirus such as COVID, the foregoing comments demonstrate childish name-calling, silly film references and cherry-picked pictures of warning labels on a box. More is required for your arguments to be considered a good faith effort. You’re allowed to be ignorant here, but not willfully so. You’ve demonstrated amply that your ignorance in this area of discussion is of the latter variety, with relentless posts consisting of jingoism and propaganda as noted above. Again, please do not make any additional posts about this issue anywhere on the board. Ignoring these instructions will be grounds to take further action such as a temporary board suspension or a permanent ban. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-and-topic-bans-in-the-quarantine-zone/979794/2 "2023-02-14T19:44:16Z")
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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-and-topic-bans-in-the-quarantine-zone/979794/3 "2023-02-14T19:45:03Z")