Yai's Oral History
Item
Title
Yai's Oral History
Synopsis
● Yai, 41 years old, Thai, Nurse in a district hospital
● Responsible for Covid-19 swab testing and caring for Covid “Patients Under Investigation”
● Feels highly stressed and exhausted
● Always mindful of physical distancing and travel restriction
● Facing financial problems
● Responsible for Covid-19 swab testing and caring for Covid “Patients Under Investigation”
● Feels highly stressed and exhausted
● Always mindful of physical distancing and travel restriction
● Facing financial problems
Date Created
January 21, 2021
Language of interview
Thai
Index
Biography 1-2, 4
Changes to daily routine
-Hygiene 8
-Social gatherings 12
-Space 8
-Travel plans 12
-Work see ‘Job’
Comparison with other crises 16, 25
Daily life necessities
-Difficulty in obtaining supplies 6, 14
-Food 14
-Hand sanitizer 14
-Masks 6-7, 14
Description of Covid-19 10
Discrimination 12-13
Financial impacts of Covid-19 15-16
Job
-Increased workload 5
-Job scope 1, 4
-Overcapacity issues 25
-Rotation to other areas 9
-Quarantine measures 9
-Worries about usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and masks 6-7
Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 3, 10-11, 21
Post Covid-19 changes 25
Post Covid-19 hopes 26
Psychological impacts
-Anxiety over changed plans 17
-Fear at first hearing about Covid-19 10
Response measures for Covid-19
-Assistance for Covid-19 relief 6, 22-24
-Breaking rules 20
-Consequences for breaking rules 18-19
-Government measures 18
--Mor Chana 21
-Local measures 1-2
--Or Sor Mor 23-24
-Reactions to measures 2-3, 18-22
-Surveillance testing
Relationships 12
Vaccines 25-26
Changes to daily routine
-Hygiene 8
-Social gatherings 12
-Space 8
-Travel plans 12
-Work see ‘Job’
Comparison with other crises 16, 25
Daily life necessities
-Difficulty in obtaining supplies 6, 14
-Food 14
-Hand sanitizer 14
-Masks 6-7, 14
Description of Covid-19 10
Discrimination 12-13
Financial impacts of Covid-19 15-16
Job
-Increased workload 5
-Job scope 1, 4
-Overcapacity issues 25
-Rotation to other areas 9
-Quarantine measures 9
-Worries about usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and masks 6-7
Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 3, 10-11, 21
Post Covid-19 changes 25
Post Covid-19 hopes 26
Psychological impacts
-Anxiety over changed plans 17
-Fear at first hearing about Covid-19 10
Response measures for Covid-19
-Assistance for Covid-19 relief 6, 22-24
-Breaking rules 20
-Consequences for breaking rules 18-19
-Government measures 18
--Mor Chana 21
-Local measures 1-2
--Or Sor Mor 23-24
-Reactions to measures 2-3, 18-22
-Surveillance testing
Relationships 12
Vaccines 25-26