My wife is worried. She doesn't smoke, never did. But her father smoked a lot every day, especially cigars, so she was exposed to a lot of second-hand smoke. She's Chinese-American, and has had multiple cancers so has weak immunity due to chemo and radiation treatments. We're watching this outbreak closely. We're here in the SF Bay Area so it's a major transportation node to Asia. We were in a church this weekend and a kid was coughing behind her, annoyed her greatly. Hopefully this virus will end soon and we can all breathe easier (literally).
It would be best to stay away from crowds if at all possible until this virus runs its course.
I have zero qualms, about leaving anyplace someone coughs.
I am out of there. To another seat, outside or just leaving.
For the duration of this, that is me.
I would suggest leaving the Bay Area if your wife is immunocompromised, for obvious reasons.
My wife is Asian also, also with a weak immune system. We’ve taken a few initial steps to try to stay clear of this monster. First, we killed off a trip back there this spring...way too hot with that virus. She now stays clear of Asian groups (so that would include church). When she wants to go to Asian supermarkets, we get there early morning on weekdays, before the crowds show up. Similar with other stores (why not, if you’re able to get off from work, much more pleasant to shop at those times). And, needless to say, we now stay clear of Asian restaurants.
It’s all playing the odds and hoping 2 things, that we stay clear of people who have been there recently (and are much more likely to be infected than the general public) and if we do come across infected people, we try to minimize our contact time and the number of those we do come across.