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EEVblog:
I didn't want to start another thread on the coronavirus, but I think it's important and reasonably on-topic enough and will certainly impact all of us on here in some way.
So I wanted to stick to the topic of the impacts on our work/businesses by this, and what plans you and your business might have.

For me, for starters, I'm fairly confident (let's say 80% sure) it's going to eventually close the kids school for a period of time, I think that's pretty much inevitable at this point.
And if that happens it's not going to be several days, it's going to be several weeks, absolute minimum. That means myself and/or Mrs EEVblog have to not only work from home, but keep the kids occupied as well. This will obviously have a huge wide spread impact on business, over and above the already present and other future issues.

And Mrs EEVblog works for a large government department in a large office building. Odds are probably similar of them have to shut down and/or ask a lot of employees to work from home. They already have a good work from home plan in place, so may not be a huge impact there. Their new building is all "hot desk" anyway, with no one having an assigned seat or cubicle, the idea is you can take your laptop and work from anywhere.

So we are probably ok, I don't see much chance of my content stopping, short of me or my family getting the virus. I don't have a lab at home, but I'm pretty isolated in my lab at the office building and don't have to interact with others much, so should be business as usual. And if it's bad and close enough to shut down schools then it's close enough to worry about going out anywhere really. My lab will likely be fine, but other places like shopping centres, post offices, gyms playgrounds etc could be out. So pretty much there might be a need isolate ourselves at home. So we have plans in place for that for say a month if needed.

So does your company or your own business have any plans for this potential impact?, or are you impacted already?
There are just countless stories of service companies like airlines and restaurants and other places being decimated. One airline alone has shut down half it's fleet and told 75% of it's workforce to take leave. And the whole thing has barely gotten started in countries like Australia and the US, and yet there is already famously panic buying here in Australia. Don't ask about toilet rolls...

nfmax:
It doesn't really affect me, but I just heard this from my ISP (Andrews & Arnold):

https://www.aa.net.uk/etc/news/covid-19-and-usage-quotas/

Good guys!

digsys:
Based mainly from home.
Definitely seen a huge drop in service calls / stalled projects and calls in general. Not that I care, I treat it like a re-run of xmas break :-) Catching up on unfinished projects :-)
Staff I usually contact have mostly taken early holidays, so there's no one to talk to anyway :-) I'll let you know how it goes in a few weeks, if this continues.

NiHaoMike:

--- Quote from: nfmax on March 04, 2020, 12:00:34 pm ---It doesn't really affect me, but I just heard this from my ISP (Andrews & Arnold):

https://www.aa.net.uk/etc/news/covid-19-and-usage-quotas/

Good guys!

--- End quote ---
I would go a step further and say that all ISPs should not be allowed to charge overages or unreasonably degrade service in affected areas.

VK3DRB:
I can largely work from my private lab and office nearby on my own where I design electronics for clients :D. I am in the second week of self imposed isolation down due to certain reasons :phew:. One more week to go.

Here some tips if you are in an office with a lot of people:

Wash hands or use isopropyl alcohol after handling any communal test equipment (power supplies, CROs, DMMS, probes, keyboards etc), or eating in the lunch room, prior to touching your face. Do not shake hands with anyone, even after scoring a big pay rise or congratulating someone. If you cannot wash your hands for whatever reason, such as you have just visited an electronics store, when you get to your car use an alcohol based hand sanitiser. Cannot get hand sanitiser? Mix isopropyl alcohol or metho with liquid soap or hand moisturiser. Keep the alcohol content high, like 50% to 80% in the mixture.

Unless you are sick with coughing and spluttering, wearing a mask is a pretty much a waste of time because masks do not cover the eyes. Most big tech companies are now planning having employees working from home, but with many professions this is not possible... social workers, policemen, ambulance drivers, couriers, restaurants etc. Ericsson has banned all air travel by employees. Good time soon to buy airfares at bargain basement prices. Airbnb accommodation prices are plummeting.

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