Dang's Oral History

● Dang, 28 years old, Bangkok Thailand, Digital Marketer
● Lockdown for two weeks, second wave of Covid; nationwide curfew and national state of emergency
● Compulsory mask wearing
● Work from home, wage reduction
● Hospitalized due to COVID-19

January 12, 2021

Thai

Biography 3, 7
Changes to daily routine
-Hygiene 6
-Space 10-11
-Work see ‘Job’
Comparison with other crises 14
Daily life necessities
-Food 24-26
-Hand sanitizer 13, 23
-Masks 13
Description of Covid-19
Discrimination 8, 24
Experience of Covid-19 infection
-Critique of handling of information requests for Covid-19 timeline 16-19
-Food delivery during hospitalisation 24-25
-Hospitalisation and quarantine 6-11, 26-29
Financial impacts of Covid-19 see also ‘Job’
-Borrowing money 14
Job 2
-Reduced income 14, 16, 31
-Workplace measures 22-23
-See also ‘Work from home’ under ‘Response measures for Covid-19’
Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 4, 31-32
Insurance policy for Covid-19 11
Post Covid-19
-Changes 30
-Hopes 31
Psychological impacts 5, 15
Response measures for Covid-19
-Assistance for Covid-19 relief 13, 23
-Breaking rules 20-21
-Government measures 15
Mor Chana 32-33
-Quarantine 7-10, 19-20
-Reactions to measures 16-19, 31-32
-Work from home 7, 12, 21-22
Vaccine 30