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Scenes from a panicked populace.
My actual experience | 3/14/2020 | By Laz A. Mataz

Posted on 03/14/2020 4:18:31 PM PDT by Lazamataz

I want to share with you some scenes that greeted me at my local Kroger today.

These are scenes from a panicked populace.

Like locusts, they are stripping the shelves bare.


Kroger Toilet Paper aisle.


Kroger Deli Meat aisle.


Kroger bottled water aisle.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: anotherdamnedvanity; anotherstupidvanity; hysteria; kroger; shopping
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To: jersey117

Early on before, the numbers have have a chance to settle down the more vulnerable die before the more robust have succeeded in fighting it off.

it may only take a matter of days for the virus to push someone who is already on the edge over it.

While a healthier person might take weeks to fight it off.

Early reports will always be front loaded with victims. Don’t be too concerned with the hysterically high early fatality rates. (At first it got my full undivided attention!)


381 posted on 03/15/2020 8:39:39 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: deport

I thought I heard that only WV had no cases but this map indicates that both Idaho and Missouri don’t either.


382 posted on 03/15/2020 9:21:12 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

Yesterday’s map had the same three showing nothing

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3824627/posts?page=93#93


383 posted on 03/15/2020 9:36:16 AM PDT by deport
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To: PistolPaknMama
The book, "Failure of Civility" $380 on Amazon ?!? In paperback.

The Ebook (.epub format) is free on usenet. Probably on the web as well.

384 posted on 03/15/2020 9:39:48 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: moovova

The average in the city is $1.65-ish, but stations nearest to me still stuck on $1.84 or more.


385 posted on 03/15/2020 9:41:52 AM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Vince Ferrer
All the salads and carrots were gone yesterday. Plenty of stuff like kohlrabi still there.

No more muffins, but strudel was still available, especially if it's pineapple.

The empty meat coolers were a surprise. With all the talk about vegetarians and vegans I didn't realize that America still eats meat in such a big way.

386 posted on 03/15/2020 9:57:10 AM PDT by x
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To: reasonisfaith

Most of the dead are old Italians. But interesting point - I’ve not heard from my contacts on the ground about statistics of those infected.


387 posted on 03/15/2020 10:01:20 AM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: spintreebob

it’s not only those. People with diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiac problems, chemotherapy patients etc. are also those with higher risk as they have weakened immune systems


388 posted on 03/15/2020 10:06:12 AM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: deport

According to local news reports, Missouri has five cases.


389 posted on 03/15/2020 10:07:34 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: abb
Hughes insisted on using tissues to pick up objects to insulate himself from germs. He would also notice dust, stains, or other imperfections on people’s clothes and demand that they take care of them.

In the first episode of "Wings", there's a great scene where someone mentions that HH kept his fingernail clippings in a jar. The quasi-idiot airplane mechanic Lowell (perfectly played by Thomas Haden Church) says "Isn't it interesting how some people have the same habits." The guy says, "Lowell, he keeps his urine in bottles." "Lowell: This is incredible!" and walks off, shaking his head.

390 posted on 03/15/2020 11:01:11 AM PDT by Oatka
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To: Cronos

#1 correlation with Prostrate cancer, the #3 cancer killer? Too much alcohol and too little calcium, as in milk, cottage chees.

#1 correlation with Breast cancer? Lifestyle.

#1 correlation with Diabetes? and Maternal deaths? Too much sugar. Certain demographic feeds far more sugar to their children starting when babies. They grow up addicted to sugar. Now grown up they get pregnant and expeience maternal problems and many die...due to too much sugar. Those who don’t die repeat the cycle with the next generation and do not learn... or at least most of them do not learn.

Chosen lifestyle is very, very influential in tragedies apparently acts of God. Careful before you blame acts of humans on acts of God.


391 posted on 03/15/2020 12:34:14 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: abb

Hmm, so home remedies for the Wuhan Virus:

China - garlic water
India - cow urine
Iran - Imam spit and licking walls
USA - pallets of TP


392 posted on 03/15/2020 1:10:10 PM PDT by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: Leaning Right
On the plus side, this gives folks a glimpse of what a store in a socialist country looks like on a normal day.

Yes, the lines of people waiting to buy food that Bernie admires are coming to American...

393 posted on 03/15/2020 2:35:52 PM PDT by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfeZlKu8M7A)
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To: spintreebob

If you are going to blame virtually all illnesses on lifestyle, then you should know there is no such thing as Prostrate cancer.


394 posted on 03/15/2020 4:34:21 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Rush is a national treasure.)
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To: NautiNurse

I think you have an extra “r” in there.


395 posted on 03/15/2020 4:35:58 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: NautiNurse

Being in IT and not a doctor, and seeing many madical sites rate Prostrate Cancer as the 3rd leading cause of deaths from Cancer, I’m curious what others say Prostrate Cancer and the deaths that follow really are?

Incidentally, my interest is purely professional, not personal. I never touch alcohol and do ingest nuch milk and cottage cheese. The leading positive and negative correlations with alleged Prostrate cancer. So statistically I am not at risk.


396 posted on 03/15/2020 5:36:06 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: familyop
They just won't listen.


397 posted on 03/15/2020 8:45:10 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: JBW1949; Lazamataz; DallasGal; Vince Ferrer; leaning conservative; rdl6989; AndyJackson; ...

Just wait a couple of days. The supermarket raiders will then have raided whatever they can, supply will come again and you’ll be able to do your shopping in 10 minutes. Supplies will always be available, it takes way more than what is happening right now to stop the movement of goods.

Don’t panic


398 posted on 03/15/2020 11:08:12 PM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: House Atreides; Travis McGee
In one month from the 15th of March - i.e. by the 15th of April 2020? I'm going to guess it will be 2,000 people dead. The virus is already in the USA, there are already people dying (mostly the really elderly) and the USA has 300+ million people -- a death rate of even 0.0061% will still be IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO (perhaps Im being optimistic) 18,300 dead by the time it washes over. Taking stern measures can reduce that to 2,000 or 3,000 - but that's going to be the minimum number.

NOTE: I am not an epidemologist so I hope, I pray that I am wrong and the numbers are lower

399 posted on 03/15/2020 11:12:28 PM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: Bearshouse

Don’t worry — the toilet paper manufacturers are still functioning, the supply chain is still functioning, the stores are still open.

head over to the shops this week and you’ll find toilet paper — the hoarders have cleared out the stock, but this week’s will come in.


400 posted on 03/15/2020 11:14:04 PM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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