Ok how did it affect me?
12th February I was travelling to Taiwan for a 4 weeks Job.
02.March many people involved in the Project laid us down and also my relief was not coming anymore.
14 March my customer offered me a new contract if I would stay until the situation is getting better.
17th March, Taiwan, the EU and Thailand is closed and I am on a construction site, knowing that the Taiwan government extends my 90 days as long I got stuck, my Boss is happy I am here and the $$ clock is running day by day.. Taiwan has still the best health systems on the world, learned a lot from the SARS outbreak where the country got a huge punch,
some new corona cases that came in are contained right away before leaving the airport...
20 march, 2 colleagues took the risk as they needed their income to cover their mortgages, and are since 8 days (of 14) in government quarantine, everyone here is aware that it is an uncertain time, we got stuck here and as it look alike, the entire world lost completely the control about the virus...
My wife runs a self-sustaining aquaponics backyard system where she has permanently about 100 lbs of Tilapia, 500 greens/veggies, a few lbs micro greens and about 2000 Crayfish growing that will last about 100 days if she would not restock anything, but she continues and we have agreed that I stay as long I got paid and she bought a few gas bottles, 100Kg rice and lots noodles
and does the same..
Waiting the time to come..
At the 12th February I had some serious doubts to travel out of Thailand, but now I am one of a few lucky ones who has actually a huge benefit from all this panic.
The 4/4 weeks rotation turned into a permanent job with a good day rate, I am in an empty hotel in a considerably safe country and as everyone else I do my share that I am not much in public to stay out of the firing line.
Only bitter pill is that it is unknown when I am able to return home to my wife.
Even we are in contact by WhatsApp it is a pretty surreal feeling.
Close contacts I have mainly when once a month a ship arrives that brings project related stuff from Europe, hence about 4-5 weeks sailing without outbreak and the site is in a small closed port...
Some voices say already it might be that I am may be stuck till end of the year but still I am not following the news as I never have heard so much Bull**** than in the last few weeks.
No matching Numbers, rumors, Merkels who hold speeches that doesn't help in any way, Trumps that try to let develop vaccines exclusively for the US from German Pharma companies (obviously to make a big coin)...
Some even mentioned that is the new millennium war Nostradamus was mentioning. He new it was in the new Millenium but he didn't know with what kind of weapons the war was fought...
Lets hope for the Humans that the peace afterwards (That Nostradamus also mentioned) is not the result of the next mass extinction LOL what a Bullsh** goes into peoples minds nowadays.