[Fury]

People I am speaking with tonight are actually scared. We’re talking about panic buying etc. on these threads. But, I can tell you...people are scared. They don’t know what to believe or understand. Companies cancelling interior United States events/conferences...people and businesses are frightened.

Thankfully, not all people are scared. What I saw today at work are people who know there's a particularly contagious disease, but who are staying focused on doing the best job they can at work and who discussed ways we can work safer and reduce risk at work, and also at their home.

And part of people not knowing what to believe is some of the absolutely crazy rumors floating around there. There's more than a little bit of that going on at FR, just like at a lot of on-line forums. Thankfully, people are getting called out where appropriate.

[ETCM]

I made a stop at COSTCO today to grab some Prime steaks and fish. They were not out of any of the things people have been posting about. Water, TP, wipes, bleach, meat, produce, rice, cereals, canned goods, etc. Nothing was sold out.

And part of people not knowing what to believe is some of the absolutely crazy rumors floating around there. There's more than a little bit of that going on at FR, just like at a lot of on-line forums. Thankfully, people are getting called out where appropriate.

Unfortunately, there are people going in every direction. Some "the sky is falling", many "it's just the flu bro", and plenty of "deep state plot/bio-weapon/hoax" folks. Most are called out. But while there is some "noise" most on this thread at least, are just tracking real world numbers and trends and making mostly reasonable suggestions on how to prepare.