We are pretty laid back in Australia but the govt is putting in place various precautions. Unfortunately, one of those is ... "reconsider your need to travel to Indonesia ". This means I have to cancel my naked sailing trip in April.
But I guess there are worse things that could happen. China might release an insect that attacks piles of stashed toilet paper.
I live NW UK and although there is talk of shortages of some items, personally l recently found everything needed for my own meagre needs. However because of iffy health l learnt long ago to keep a back up stock of basic things like tea/coffee, soup, porridge, long life milk for when lm too unwell to leave the house. So the only thing l miss out on is fresh items like fruit or bread, the first if which l can do without by using tin fruit and the second if pushed and we'll enough l am able to home bake!
Having recently hit mid age, l regrettably now have complex underlying illnesses so come into the vulnerable category. but if l get just a cold let alone the flu, it commonly puts me out if action for 3 ~4 weeks. So yes l am naturally being more cautious but otherwise atm continuing to live life fairly normally. However, this virus isnt going away in the near future but predicted tohit a peak this summer, then continue to be around over the coming winter and most winters here after so guess we'll have to get used to it.
Tbh what scares me far more is leaving the EU, more so now than ever given the frighteningly unsure global economy which is unlikely to pick up in the next few yrs.
I can't say for sure, but I suspect the massive buy outs of toilet paper may actually be people choosing a huge stockpile of that as an alternative or supplement to their supply of tissues. I mean we're talking two to four weeks of respiratory problems. That probably equates to mountains of mucous, and TP comes cheaper than Kleenex. Of course, it can make for raw nostrils sooner if not careful, but on the side of practical economics, it is a persuasive case to just roll with it.
If you can at least save some coin during your near death experience, hey...
What snot to love?
I am ready to stack up 12 x 48 rolls of toilet paper as great totem against the Covid-19 spirits and dance around it naked in my living room. Then I will wear scuba gear to venture into Costco and see if I can dive for the last remnants of any remaining pasta. If the weather gets warmer I'm going to sport a gas mask and nothing else in public. But I will still wake up scared breathless every morning at 2 AM with the great haunting angst that somebody, somewhere is not using hand sanitizer.
We have been living life as normal for the most part. We had planned on going to The mountains next week but canceled because the governor said that mountain resorts are the hot bed here in Colorado so the wife doesnt want to take the chance.
I do find myself washing my hands more often but I am still shacking hands. We went to a party last night and everyone was shanking hands and hugging. There was less than 50 people there. I am guessing that most staid home out of fear. More cake for me!
Not changing much. But then, we live in the country, on an island, with a big garden; I go to town maybe once a week. I'll be going to a massage-exchange party next weekend about 100 miles from us. I'll be keeping more distance once we have community transmission on the island.
I have put a bottle of isopropyl (which the World Health Organization treats as equivalent to ethanol) in the car. I have a couple hundred exam gloves (no, I did not just buy them. I stock them to use them during eczema flares) but will probably not be wearing them in public. If I touch a virally-contaminated surface with the glove, and then touch my face, I might as well have used my bare hand.
A rag is better. It's a little paradoxical, how virus particles last on surfaces. (This is not new news, restaurant safety experiments have demonstrated this for years.) Just because a surface won't rot, doesn't mean it doesn't harbor germs. A virus lasts much longer on plastic or stainless steel than it does on wood, paper, or (dry) cloth. Why? It's killed by light and air. And the organic surfaces allow penetration of air.
There has been ridiculous panic buying of toilet paper here in Oz and some stores are out of supplies. It shows the power of media & social media as it seems they had a part to play in this reaction. Yesterday a local supermarket was crowded at a time when normally it would have 1/4 of the number of cars & people. This reaction is insane. The virus is like the flu, some will have no trouble, some will have cold like symptoms, some will have a flu type reaction. Those who are elderly, very young or who have other medical problems or have reduced immunity through chemotherapy (such as my wife) are at risk so unless you are in those categories there is not a lot to fear. We need our political leaders to lead and not just talk as they always do but have medical experts and scientists do the talking.
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