Are you altering your behaviour because of the virus?

[jvs]

I guess the title says it all,is your life changing because of the Corona virus?

If so what are you doing different?

We never go out a lot and so far it has not affected us at all.

Lots of info on the web some people saying the end is near and others saying

it will all blow over.

Ideas?Opinions?

[brewsterbudgen]

No.  I wear a PM2.5 mask because of the horrible air.  Washing hands etc is just a sensible precaution against flu and other viruses and good hygiene!

[JHolmesJr]

Avoiding crowded spaces....very aware of and not touching face, eyes, mouth when out and about.

Carrying alcohol spray which is used frequently after touching common surfaces.

Not eating food prepared outside.

Carry N95 mask only for use if necessary.

[Jingthing]

Yes, I'm staying in a lot more. Getting food delivery a lot more. Going on public transport (Pattaya baht buses) a lot less. Venturing out for shopping but try to limit less busy timers of day. Washing hands more and longer. Have yet to find masks in stock anywhere but I think I can get them online so assuming I can I will wear the flimsy surgical mask type on baht buses. I don't intend to bother with N95 masks because I think those are really for people working with infected people and also I doubt I would be using it correctly. 

[Jane Dough]

Yes, I am going out much more and enjoying the fact everywhere is so deserted. 

 

Just had a great weekend biking to Khon Kaen from Bangkok to play Scrabble. Central Khon Kaen is wonderful and everyone was so kind and lovely. There were a couple of thousand Scrabble players there who seemed to be getting out too. 

 

Thanks for asking,

 

Rooster

[scottiejohn]

Not apart from sneezing a lot more!

[mike787]

Nope!  I just do the same as with thai girls - go bareback and enjoy.  Virus only kills you if your old or weak immune system, otherwise it's a flu shot - basically.  If it doesn't kill you, thailand's roads will. 

[scottiejohn]

4 minutes ago, mike787 said:

Nope!  I just do the same as with thai girls - go bareback and enjoy.  Virus only kills you if your old or weak immune system, otherwise it's a flu shot - basically.  If it doesn't kill you, thailand's roads will. 

You are quite right, keep it up and keep fit and if either or both of you get into a coughing fit just enjoy the extra workout!

Edited February 3, 2020 by scottiejohn

[CNXexpat]

I wear a mask when I go outside. But the air is so bad that I also wear a mask without the virus. 

[Beggar]

I avoid crowded places. I go shopping to the mall in the morning immediately after they open and use inside the mall a N95 mask. Washing hands often and not shaking hands I do anyway even without Corona. I had a very severe lung infection already when I was much younger. I don't want to repeat this experience and now it might be a very different story anyway because of my age. 

 

[bkk6060]

Yes.

I changed seats on a plane the other day Chinese behind me coughing no mask.

I also find myself avoiding anyone who is coughing or sneezing.

Difficult and I notice it more as it seems half the people in this country constantly show some type of symptoms or behavior.  Coughing, sneezing, picking their nose.

[Gecko123]

Thinking about changing my name.

 

-Iris

 

 

Edited February 3, 2020 by Gecko123

[mike787]

Yeah, i stopped ordering monkey burgers and eating bat soup.  That was a big change.  Sticking to bugs, much safer

[Peterw42]

After the guy killed those people at the gold shop robbery I told the wife its not safe to go to gold shops for a couple of years. Now I am advising her its not safe to go to shopping malls/gold shops because of the virus. she doesn't appreciate how much I care for her.

 

[ben2talk]

We went to eat sushi, my wife wearing her mask also insisting my son wore his. He poked her sushi and she ate it - I told her that even with fifty masks on, if you touch a door and then poke your food you just instantly put the virus/bacteria from any of the last few dozen people who came out of the same toilet that you did.

[anterian]

I have increased my daily dose of echinacea, but more worried about air quality than the flu. 

[frequentatore]

I eat more ice cream.

[Matzzon]

The only thing I do is drink a lot of more alcohol, as it is used in medicine to clean it must be cleaning the body too. I can assure that no bacteria or virus will be able to stay alive in the environment I´ve created for them. 

[4MyEgo]

Apart from wearing an N95 mask if we have to go shopping (stocked up already), so less shopping as possible, I have change my drink from a Tiger light to Corona's, as I am told that the more Corona's I drink, the more my immune system will become immune to the Coronavirus.

[CGW]

17 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

The only thing I do is drink a lot of more alcohol, as it is used in medicine to clean it must be cleaning the body too. I can assure that no bacteria or virus will be able to stay alive in the environment I´ve created for them. 

I followed the same alcohol protocol last night, today I don't give a dam about "Corona" death would give me respite from the throbbing headache i have! ???? 

[JHolmesJr]

wats the point of wearing masks ad using alcohol sprays when you

order food prepared in some place where you have no idea what the employees

hygiene habits are.

Learn to make an omlette

[observer90210]

Yes. I am changing my habbits. I ask all the bar hotties to BJ only with a facemask ????

[whiteman]

I just 2 weeks ago bought a new coffin freezer and now it is full to the brim no need to go our for the next 7 weeks have masks and all the sprays my wife is an ex nurse so we are all stocked up.

 

All bills paid on line next 90 days check in is end of March by then I might do the check in on line for the first time.  Internet banking is the way to go. We live on one Rai by the lake and hardly any one around to bother us. So we will wait it out and see how it all turns out. I am 73 in April so a prime target also my wife had breast cancer 2 years ago so as you all know the Kemo weakened her immune system so shes happy to stay in as well. That is about all folk be safe.

[NCC1701A]

cancelled this months' trip to Pattaya with my girlfriend.

March trip to Bangkok on hold until some indication that the virus has stopped spreading.

staying out of enclosed clubs at night. 

preparing most meals at home and only eating in open air restaurants.

no unnecessary contact with massage women, hospitals, dentist, bank tellers, hotels, bars, theaters.

avoid areas in my town (Hua Hin where there was a confirmed case of the Corona virus) popular with Chinese. avoid Chinese where possible. Many in my trendy hood.        

no buses, taxis or other transportation where you share a enclosed space with others except my girlfriend's SUV.

wear a N95 mask while grocery shopping and at malls. minimize time in malls as much as possible.  

purchased 60 liters of bottled drinking water. 

6 packages of spaghetti

3 bottles of spaghetti sauce

20 cans of tuna fish

10 cans of mackerel

10 cups of instant noodles

32 fluid ounces X10 Almond Milk

.5 kilo Instant Oatmeal

200 grams instant coffee

5 packages of Dried fruit

2 bags of frozen fruit

2 loafs of 19 grain wheat bread frozen

refilled LPG tank

optimize all methods for paying utilities on line.

2 bags dried cat food. 

 

my house is subject to flooding and one year I could not leave for 36 hours so can't hurt to have some food around the house. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Number 6]

Just washing at every opportunity. Devil may care, I don't. No stupid mask either.

[Don Mega]

What virus ?

[Golden Triangle]

In a word No, I don't mix with the Chinese, I only frequent 2 bars and both of those are Farang only, Mrs does the shopping and takes the precautions high lighted by the authorities. so all in all no probs.

[uhuh]

I like NCC1701's precautions. 

I am less stringent,  though. 

 

Started to avoid BTS. Will not use it anymore in about 3 weeks time (Thailand is now where China was Jan 1st).

When using rabbit card at the turnstyle don't let it touch the sensor. 

 

Avoid Chinese people. Don't go to terminal 21 anymore,  don't go to Yaowarat, if i see or hear Chinese people i go some steps away from them. That's not always  easy because they have no sense of personal space and are "sticky".

 

Avoid crowded places.  Avoid Starbucks.

 

Stocked up on N95 before because of pm2.5, now stocked up on alcohol, alcohol gel and gloves. Will start wearing gloves whenever going out in about 3 weeks time. Will buy more dettol to desinfect gloves.

 

Wash and desinfect hands when i come home. Desinfect hands in public places wherever i see a dispenser. Carry alcohol gel at all times.

 

Lecture a lot of inadequately educated people about basic hygiene. Warn them against BTS.

 

Equipped several inadequately educated people who i care for with N95 and gel. Monitor usage.

 

Follow the situation in Wuhan and in China, as well as in Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong  closely - the former in order to know how bad things might get in a worst case scenario,  the latter in order to know what's the best case and whether i might relocate there. 

[ChaiyaTH]

I am not worried at all and just live life as usual. I do have back-up water and food but that stands aside of this virus, enough for a few weeks / 2 months extreme.
As well charcoal, 5L gasoline, wood to burn, 300W solar panel + inverter + batteries, medical kit, medicine, 10 camping refill cans of cooking gas, flash light + 4 batteries. 

Most food can last without being in the freezer or fridge. Sounds like a lot but was actually very inexpensive via Lazada. 
Actually more concerned over water shortages, do also have a 1000L tank for shower etc though + 2 life straws (filtering dirty water to drinkable).

Having herbs in the garden helps too, rice, beans and tuna is easy to stock and gets one a long way too.
I do realise while writing my alcohol stock needs to be updated. If that is not enough I am likely to die anyway.

Edited February 3, 2020 by ChaiyaTH

[wtfracing]

No change in daily life except an extra cup of coffee per day but the wife stopped ordering stuff from Lazarda that delivers out of China so that's a bonus.