# Coronavirus - what do YOU intend to do differently? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 11, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-what-do-you-intend-to-do-differently/849266 "2020-03-11T13:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-what-do-you-intend-to-do-differently/849266/50 "2020-03-12T18:15:51Z")
The activities related to the COVID-19 virus fall into three categories: [ol] [li]Actions based on rational analysis of the latest data and data driven guidance from the medical community[/li] [li]Panic based on irrational conclusions, or false information, or assumptions of apocalyptic scenarios based on concatenation of worst case fears.[/li] [li]Theater designed to play to the population’s panic, usually perpetrated by government or commercial interests for political or financial gains.[/li][/ol] The tricky task is to recognize which is which and stick as much as one can to category 1. I’m trying to stick to category 1. I hope I’m succeeding. I am operating on the assumption that at some point I _will_ be exposed to this virus, since it simply isn’t possible to live a life of complete isolation. I’m trying to stay as healthy and ready for this exposure as I can (diet, sleep, exercise, etc.) and doing rational things to limit the number of exposures I might have to the virus (increased handwashing, avoiding crowds, less air travel, etc.). I’m also trying to be prepared to self-quarantine if exposure to the virus requires it (plenty of canned food, some bottled water, but tap is plentiful, other supplies for a two week “isolation”), but I am not preparing for a breakdown of society, services, or months of isolation, which don’t seem, IMHO, to fit in category 1 above. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-what-do-you-intend-to-do-differently/849266)._