# What I learned from the way people react to the Coronavirus quarantine **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 24, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194 "2020-03-24T19:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/1 "2020-03-24T19:49:56Z")
[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=892013](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=892013) All life is sacred and must not be harmed – at least until it leaves the womb. Then it’s a cost-benefit analysis. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/2 "2020-03-24T19:51:27Z")
Jesus died to save your soul. Americans will die to save your 401(k). It’s an Easter miracle! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/3 "2020-03-24T20:02:30Z")
Has anyone posting in that thread said that, though? (It’s a rhetorical question; the answer is no, and Babale’s just making shit up.) ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/4 "2020-03-25T02:06:41Z")
I learned that [small acts of kindness](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2020/03/22/coronavirus-outbreak-anonymous-act-kindness-brings-little-joy/2889783001/) are rampant. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/5 "2020-03-25T03:19:24Z")
My store had Ass-Wipe for sale! $10.49 for a six-pack! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/6 "2020-03-25T14:45:46Z")
Jesus Christ, is it made of gold? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/7 "2020-03-25T15:22:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > JIt’s an Easter miracle! I thought Easter was cancelled this year. Finally, he stays dead, right? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/8 "2020-03-25T16:00:39Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I thought Easter was cancelled this year. Finally, he stays dead, right? No, no, trump has taken his place and **he’s** going to rise on Easter “rarin’ to go!” and bring the whole danged economy along with him! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/9 "2020-03-25T16:04:14Z")
Of course it’s a cost-benefit analysis. Everything always is. Some of those costs are measured in human lives, too. How many people are you willing to kill to contain the virus? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/10 "2020-03-25T16:09:36Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How many people are you willing to kill to contain the virus? Homer [holding shotgun]: He had a virus? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/11 "2020-03-25T18:00:19Z")
Governor Cuomo asked for recently retired medical people to volunteer. That day, he got forty thousand responses. We are all pretty smart monkeys, but some of us are human. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/12 "2020-03-25T18:02:11Z")
Illinois (IIRC) is granting temporary extensions to recently expired medical licenses. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/13 "2020-03-25T19:05:58Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I learned that [small acts of kindness](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2020/03/22/coronavirus-outbreak-anonymous-act-kindness-brings-little-joy/2889783001/) are rampant. That was a nice thing to see. On the other side of the coin, someone at our laboratory helped themselves to a few cases of PPE. I guess I’m naive but that shocks me. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/14 "2020-03-25T19:22:51Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > That was a nice thing to see. On the other side of the coin, someone at our laboratory helped themselves to a few cases of PPE. I guess I’m naive but that shocks me. People have been stealing masks, hand sanitizer and gloves from exam rooms in hospitals here. They’re now under lock and key. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-the-way-people-react-to-the-coronavirus-quarantine/850194/15 "2020-03-25T21:47:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I thought Easter was cancelled this year. Finally, he stays dead, right? [Not in South Korea](http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200318000856). The celebrations for Easter and Buddha’s Birthday will be a month later. The article doesn’t mention this part: no doubt that’s an optimistic view; personally, I think those will be delayed even longer.