# "What we must do to beat COVID-19 now and forever" by Ed Zotti **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 6, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166 "2020-04-06T03:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166/21 "2020-04-06T16:20:53Z")
I think it’s fair to say we don’t know if or for how long herd immunity will take. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166/22 "2020-04-06T16:25:06Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > You can’t just hand out PPE - you have to be taught how to use it properly. How to put it on, get a good fit, how to avoid contaminating it, how to properly remove it without contaminating your own self. > > The average human being is capable of learning it… but who is going to teach 300+ million people how to do this in a short time frame? YouTube. If people can learn to bake bread and cook souffles on youtube, surely they can master the not-that-obscure art of using face masks. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Yeah, I grew a beard this past January, my first in over 3 decades. Bad timing. Fortunately removal is easy. > > Surely Youtube has many good instructional videos on how to properly and safely put on and remove PPE. Our clinic staff has gone through the institutional video reviews already. It is important. That’s exactly what I would expect. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166/23 "2020-04-06T22:44:27Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Excellent column. But not funny. Just goes to show that the cynics are wrong. Ed didn’t write for Cecil because Cecil was funny, even when Dave Kehr edited him, and all Chicago knows Kehr isn’t funny. I miss Slug. He could make it funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166/24 "2020-04-06T22:51:24Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I think it’s fair to say we don’t know if or for how long herd immunity will take. Yes. For one thing: mutation. It happens. A lot. Long-term planning must include upgrading and expanding vaccine development and production. We need to be able to respond more quickly and in greater volume. It may be that the market can’t solve this. It may be a government problem requiring a government solution. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166/25 "2020-04-07T00:56:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have a big, bushy beard. Wearing a mask effectively is a challenge. [Here you go](https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/28/WS5e584a73a31012821727ae6c.html), **kayaker**. You do not have to get rid of all the facial hair. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166/26 "2020-04-07T01:37:29Z")
Congratulations to **Ed Zotti** on finally scoring an honest job! I put in a good word for him to get the fry cook gig at **Ziggy’s of Clark Street,** but working for the _Sun-Times_ is almost as good. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166/27 "2020-04-07T12:18:49Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [Here you go](https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/28/WS5e584a73a31012821727ae6c.html), **kayaker**. You do not have to get rid of all the facial hair. Heh. Still haven’t modified my face. Seems like a “death before dishonor” moment. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166/28 "2020-04-07T12:27:32Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [Here you go](https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/28/WS5e584a73a31012821727ae6c.html), **kayaker**. You do not have to get rid of all the facial hair. I wonder if most barbers would know what I meant if I asked for a Balbo, a Verdi, or a French Fork. It’s interesting to see the names for them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-must-do-to-beat-covid-19-now-and-forever-by-ed-zotti/851166.md?page=1)