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American Shoppers Panic-Buying As Coronavirus Spike Aggravates Year Of Upheaval
Fox News ^ | 10-30-2020 | Julia Musto

Posted on 10/30/2020 10:33:20 AM PDT by blam

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Parisians are 'bugging-out' too:

Paris Region Sees Record Traffic Jams Ahead Of Lockdown

BTW, I've not seen any 'panic' buying in my area.

1 posted on 10/30/2020 10:33:20 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Me too. Business as usual here in SW Pennsylvania. However I keep my cupboards and freezer filled anyway.


2 posted on 10/30/2020 10:35:36 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Freedom.....where is she?)
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To: blam

No TP at Sam’s today.
But millions of paper towels.


3 posted on 10/30/2020 10:35:44 AM PDT by GnuThere
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I did my “panic buying” yesterday—wanted to beat the last minute rush.

;-)


4 posted on 10/30/2020 10:35:47 AM PDT by cgbg (Biden n-2020: Criminal enterprise using cokehead as bagman. Pronounced: Bye Done.)
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To: blam
BTW, I've not seen any 'panic' buying in my area.

I haven't either. I'm in Silicon Valley.

5 posted on 10/30/2020 10:36:36 AM PDT by norcal joe
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TP and bottled water are pretty much gone in the grocery store up the street from us.


6 posted on 10/30/2020 10:36:47 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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Here in northern CT we have just the opposite—tons of TP but shelves of paper towels are mostly empty.

Go figure...


7 posted on 10/30/2020 10:36:52 AM PDT by cgbg (Biden n-2020: Criminal enterprise using cokehead as bagman. Pronounced: Bye Done.)
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To: blam

“I’d like a cup of coffee and a handgun, please”


8 posted on 10/30/2020 10:38:35 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: norcal joe

I was even able to buy Disinfectant Wipes yesterday for the first time since February.


9 posted on 10/30/2020 10:38:39 AM PDT by norcal joe
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To: blam

I’ve noticed the ammo is almost sold out as well :)


10 posted on 10/30/2020 10:39:55 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Keep djinning up the fear!


11 posted on 10/30/2020 10:41:11 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: blam

I call BS, no sign of extra traffic in South East Wisconsin


12 posted on 10/30/2020 10:41:43 AM PDT by UB355 (Slow Traffic keep riqght)
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My four rolls of toilet paper should be good for a month or so.

For some reason I’ve established a metric for usage.


13 posted on 10/30/2020 10:42:44 AM PDT by glorgau
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TP and bottled water are pretty much gone in the grocery store up the street from us.

I'm not sure why people buy bottled water at times like this. I don't think there's much of a chance of the city water being contaminated or cut off, such as there might be during flooding or an earthquake.

14 posted on 10/30/2020 10:43:46 AM PDT by norcal joe
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I think they are more worried about the Assholes Democrats going on the war path, after they lose and lose Nov. 3rd! !


15 posted on 10/30/2020 10:47:46 AM PDT by spincaster (hat)
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No Zero panic buying in our area.

Faux is now Faux News!


16 posted on 10/30/2020 10:48:05 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I would rather be killed by Covid than by Loneliness, at the end of my life! I'll be 82 in November!)
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To: norcal joe

I was even able to buy Disinfectant Wipes yesterday for the first time since February.

Where was that?


17 posted on 10/30/2020 10:49:15 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I would rather be killed by Covid than by Loneliness, at the end of my life! I'll be 82 in November!)
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To: UB355; blam

No panic buying in SW ‘Sconny, either. I was just at Walmart yesterday; all shelves were completely full.

I got everything I needed/wanted. Plenty of TP and paper towels, though SOME cleaning supplies were empty - and have been for months, so I think that particular ‘brand’ who occupied that shelf space was having problems, but I don’t know what brand it was. You could get bleach and other cleaners.

They’re open again from 7am-10pm. No ‘early open’ for Seniors, only, either.

No signs on the doors demanding you wear a mask either, though staff were all masked. Some customers were, some weren’t.

My question? Now that everyone is a Germa-Phobe and has been bathing in hand sanitizer for months, what new ‘Super Bug’ is going to crop up and wipe us out, now that we all lack immunity to just about everything? I know that would make the Socialist Democrats VERY happy. *SPIT*

But seriously, I’m concerned about THAT aspect of us all being locked in cages FOR TEN MONTHS NOW!

LIBERATE WISCONSIN! LIBERATE AMERICA!


18 posted on 10/30/2020 10:50:14 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: GnuThere

Anyone who has ever changed a baby’s cloth diaper knows how to use a common wash rag for their toilet purpose. Then drop the rag in a bucket of soapy bleach water for later washing in a machine.

When all this began I went to the store and their was not a roll of TP to be had anywhere. Plenty of wash rags.

All the hand sanitizer was gone, but no one had yet touched the bleach or the hydrogen peroxide next to it.


19 posted on 10/30/2020 10:51:24 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (In FACEBOOK JAIL! again. The words "Brain Dead and Road Ho" got me canned.)
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I panic-bought a case of toilet paper and a case of cheddar cheese. The reason for the toilet paper is obvious, but with the cheese I’ll use much, much less of it, and it will last longer.


20 posted on 10/30/2020 10:51:50 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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