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COVID-19: Shopping Hysteria - Misplaced or Correct Priorities?
ProtectOurFreedom | March 14, 2020 | ProtectOurFreedom

Posted on 03/14/2020 5:21:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

Just got back from Safeway in Mountain View, California and I took notice of peoples' priorities in the current COVID-19 hysteria.

Pasta and tomato sauce -- wiped out...

Paper goods - cleaned out...

And right next to the paper goods section...Condoms - PLENTIFUL!


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: anotherdamnedvanity; anotherstupidvanity; babies; covid; priorities; vanitieseverywhere; vanity; vanityvanity
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Good luck to you!


61 posted on 03/14/2020 6:02:33 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

BTW...2 known/tested cases in Idaho. Only state w/o COVID-19 is WV (but they have only tested 26 people).

https://covidtracking.com

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries


62 posted on 03/14/2020 6:03:10 PM PDT by Drago
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To: faithhopecharity

Baby boom coming...


63 posted on 03/14/2020 6:04:33 PM PDT by desertfreedom765
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Upstate SC Walmart was crowded but with no overt panic on display. All paper goods nearly gone. Cleaning supplies gone. Frozen foods, deli items, meat and bottle water scarce. Yet across the road Lowes had ample supplies of paper products and water, but were rationing purchases.


64 posted on 03/14/2020 6:07:50 PM PDT by buckalfa (Post no bills.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Yes. They usually take about ten minutes to decide to take a check. Ha!


65 posted on 03/14/2020 6:10:23 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they are excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: All
Lots of door signs this afternoon in Los Altos, California.

BUT, my heart was warmed by this encouraging sign. It's good to know that California STILL has its priorities straight.


66 posted on 03/14/2020 6:10:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: HighSierra5

You too FRamigo!

Worse comes to worse, we can always hunt.

Squirrels, geese, rabbits, deer...


67 posted on 03/14/2020 6:10:42 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: virgil
Maybe we need to bring back the ration cards like they had in WWII. This is ridiculous.
maybe we need to let the prices rise, so supply & demand stay in balance
68 posted on 03/14/2020 6:11:29 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Harris Teeter in NC will close at 9PM to give their employees time to catch-up.

This will be every night per an email from them.

I haven’t needed anything as I buy 1 year of paper products every December.


69 posted on 03/14/2020 6:12:28 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: cherry

I’d say it would be best to not visit restaurants for a couple of weeks....but vow to go eat out a little more after that......

....

For some business owners that may be too late. If this keeps up, this is going to hurt us all financially. It’s always the other guy, until it’s us.

The media still wields the power to destroy our economy. They must be laughing themselves silly at how easy this has been.


70 posted on 03/14/2020 6:12:29 PM PDT by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; dpetty121263
Wow, that is far worse than here in the California Bay Area.

Safeway at 5100 Broadway, North Oakland, is in pretty good shape. Hardly any paper towels or toilet paper BUT the cheap brands are still there. There was a big shrink-wrapped pallet in the back. Deliveries are constantly coming in. This store is open until 2 am.

Shoppers didn't look panic-stricken, didn't look any more stressed than a pre-Thanksgiving shopping spree would merit.

71 posted on 03/14/2020 6:15:02 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: ealgeone

I have a couple of months supply, maybe more. Part of it was sheer luck. A couple of years ago Walmart cleared out a bunch of Mountain House meals. even half price they were too high for me.

I must have happened by just after they reduced them all to $1.10 each. I bought them all. They are so good that I have eaten a few when I was lazy. I also have a bunch of fruit trees etc. Also a dozen pecan trees.

I could last a long time.

BTW, I was doing a little cleaning and noticed my Formula 409 said it kills 99.99% of germs. I did not even buy it as an antiseptic.


72 posted on 03/14/2020 6:16:58 PM PDT by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

Those meals are going(asking price) for big bucks on Amazon.


73 posted on 03/14/2020 6:18:31 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: thecodont

Well the first cases showed up in the last 36 hrs in Arkansas..


74 posted on 03/14/2020 6:18:55 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Was at Meijer yesterday.
Ground beef...sold out.
Chicken...sold out.
Canned tuna...sold out.

Plenty of bacon...fools.


75 posted on 03/14/2020 6:19:09 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

First cases just hit in Arkansas in the last 36 hrs.


76 posted on 03/14/2020 6:19:50 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Fear and Panic replaced the virus!


77 posted on 03/14/2020 6:21:04 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: Artcore

I got full carry-out from my local BBQ today.

They come out to your car. Dude said “Be sure to wash your hands” as he walked away.

I think that’s better than the crap situation at the grocer.


78 posted on 03/14/2020 6:21:13 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: yarddog

+1


79 posted on 03/14/2020 6:22:55 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: eyedigress
I think that’s better than the crap situation at the grocer.

I might have to eat out more often for a while. It’s more expensive, but I won’t starve, and I don’t have to fight the mobs at the store.

80 posted on 03/14/2020 6:26:06 PM PDT by windsorknot
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