Avoiding exposure is the best way to not get sick and that means not going out in public unnecessarily.
If you are well stocked, you can avoid as much exposure as possible.
Besides, many of us stock up for weather conditions, like for the winter for many of us. I, for one, do not want to be dragging in any more groceries than I have to in through the snow and slop and freezing cold temperatures.
I buy all my bulky stuff and non-perishables to last me though the winter. There’s no knowing what it’s going to be like. I remember some awesome winters that were very mild and others where we were getting hammered with major snowstorms on a weekly basis. Far easier to head to the basement for supplies than drive 15-20 miles to the nearest store for those few little things I need.
And nobody on FR is advocating panic. But it’s also the height of foolishness to NOT be ready for some kind of disruption in supply lines We are too spoiled in this country and take too much for granted, as if we are owed it and it’s always going to be there.
Apparently those of us in brutal winter territory are the few who understand this. We could last from mid November to June without ever leaving our property.
I didn't want to wait until I had to do it, and everyone else was doing it too.
Plus I didn't want folks to look at me and accuse me of hoarding.
Things can get dicey.
I bought a new snow shovel today.
I should be good for two years given that the last two winters are above average in Winter “moisture”.
“And nobody on FR is advocating panic. But it’s also the height of foolishness to NOT be ready for some kind of disruption in supply lines We are too spoiled in this country and take too much for granted, as if we are owed it and it’s always going to be there”
Even you’re overly optimistic about what’s coming...the supply lines have been disrupted for over a month now. We will feel pain, probably every one of us.
Well I’m set for whatever as, like you, I do this every winter so I don’t have to go out on bad weather days. Plus there’s three grocery stores, of one form or another, in walking distance....I’ve never seen any of them cleared out or closed down.....I also stay away from hospitals just as a matter of fact since the flu seems to raise it’s head every year.
So there’s nothing more I can do then isn’t already being done.