# You know what’s worse than COVID-19? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-s-worse-than-covid-19/850047 "2020-03-22T19:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-s-worse-than-covid-19/850047/1 "2020-03-22T19:22:45Z")
All the gorram spam I’m getting! Face masks, and sanitizers, and misc. snake oil. Arrghhh! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-s-worse-than-covid-19/850047/2 "2020-03-22T19:26:26Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > All the gorram spam I’m getting! > Face masks, and sanitizers, and misc. snake oil. > Arrghhh! You will be a very fortunate person if COVID spam remains worse than COVID for you. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-s-worse-than-covid-19/850047/3 "2020-03-22T20:12:08Z")
Hmm. I’m getting no COVID-19 spam at all. Though I am getting plenty of “we care about you” emails from corporations that, actually, don’t. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-s-worse-than-covid-19/850047/4 "2020-03-23T11:53:23Z")
The amount of spam I’m getting has dropped to virtually nothing. OTOH, I’m getting a couple emails a day from companies I’ve done business with in the past telling me what they’re doing regarding the Bug. Like it really matters to me what the roofing company I hired a couple years ago is doing. ---
**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 23, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-s-worse-than-covid-19/850047/5 "2020-03-23T12:32:21Z")
Heh, I keep getting emails from Staples, reassurances that they are there for me. Staples. Well, I’ll rest easy now. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-s-worse-than-covid-19/850047/6 "2020-03-23T13:56:37Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > All the gorram spam I’m getting! > Face masks, and sanitizers, and misc. snake oil. > Arrghhh! Sounds like you need to use a modern mail service with a spam filter. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-s-worse-than-covid-19/850047/7 "2020-03-23T21:41:31Z")
Got my first CV spam today. 50 masks for $44. Sure, I’ll send my money in. No worries at all that I won’t get the items. Nope. 100% sure. Seems totally legit. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-s-worse-than-covid-19/850047/8 "2020-03-23T21:56:39Z")
This is what is in my spam folder since this morning: Reduce your risk of Corona-virus with this Mask New Corona-virus Mask! Portable Medical Grade UV Germs and Bacteria Killer This will save you from Corona-virus !!! Fight Corona-virus with this mask The New N99 Carbon Fiber Mask is the most effective filtration mask available