Posted on 02/28/2020 9:20:25 AM PST by TigerClaws
Supermarket shelves are starting to be stripped bare as Americans prepare for the spread of coronavirus by stockpiling on medications and non-perishable items across the country.
People have been panic buying items from stores ever since health authorities warned that Americans should start preparing for domestic acceleration of the virus, which has infected more than 80,000 people worldwide and killed nearly 3,000.
There are now 60 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. and the first case where the origin of the disease is unknown was confirmed on Wednesday.
Supplies have been flying off the shelves countrywide this week with people posting photos on social media showing the lack of products available in some stores and pharmacies.
A supermarket aisle in Virginia had been stripped of non-perishable items like pasta.
People were also sharing photos of their coronavirus stockpiles at home, including one man in Texas who said he bought a year's supply on non-perishable food in one night.
Jesse Colombo, who is a financial analyst in Dallas, tweeted a photo of his emergency food pile, including rice, Spam, freeze-dried foods and beans.
'I just bought an additional year's worth of food last night. Everyone needs to have a stockpile of food. I wouldn't even touch stocks (or even gold/silver) before having food in these times,' he tweeted, adding he was 'on edge' with everything that was happening in relation to coronavirus and the economy.
A woman in Michigan shared a photo of her 'grocery store basement' that was filled with shelves stocked full of items.
It comes as thousands of people were buying up face masks to protect themselves despite evidence that most people who aren't sick don't need to wear them.
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No place where I live has them either. But then again, they never had them anyway let alone ever hearing about them..........LOL!
Haven’t seen a can of decent bat soup in weeks.
Where the heck do they get 60 in the US from? CDC website says 14????
There are a lot of people who are going to be wondering what to do with all of the cans of soup and rolls of toilet paper when this blows over.
The only thing I bought that I don’t plan on using is a water purifier. It will go in our BUG OUT kit and if we never use it, great.
We already have a two week emergency food box (and canned water) but since these are mostly freeze dried food it is only for a true emergency
No one is forcing anyone to do anything at this point in time. I will be overjoyed if my preparation are not needed.
Yes, you supplied “N Ga” in your original post. I actually considered congratulating your original post for supplying location in order to remind others to supply location. :)
However, your subsequent post did NOT supply location. Neither did your subsequent post refer to your original post with the location. People have to realize need to realize that threads are not read by author. They are read sequentially.
When a thread could supply regional information of importance, people should supply location on each post. On a post which replies to “1”, there is not inducement to go searching back for any prior posts where extra information might reside.
Thanks for supplying the information on your original post. That actually relieved me since I am in Arizona. In Phoenix, masks are hard to find in my area, but there is no indication of a run on groceries.
This is a GREAT observation!
Prudent folks have done just that.
Everyone else? Well, they’re rolling the dice.
What does it hurt to have extra of items you/your family will use/eat/need, anyhow?
Big price drops coming after lots of people realize there is no need to go to the store, as they now have enough stuff to last them weeks or months.
Don’t bother with the non-perishables. Unlike a snowstorm, the power system will probably stay on.
>> Don’t bother with the non-perishables. Unlike a snowstorm, the power system will probably stay on. <<
To be clear: stock up, but go ahead and get frozen food, etc.
“A person can never have too much toilet paper.”
Being without is a really crappy proposition!
Folks in Frontier House TV series learned that — https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_House
What the hell do some foreign journalists know about store shelves in the USA. STFU Daily Mail.
I don’t fear the virus. I AM concerned about the panic.
They are full of crapola. I don’t trust their reporting.
No panic here...but can you answer this?
Why have the governments of ALL countries affected taken extreme steps to stop its spread?
Why did the US ban flights from China? Why is Italy cutting off entire towns to stop its spread? Why did Japan close all schools for a month? Why has Israel essentially shut down travel?
Understand that countries are doing things that are unprecedented in modern times to try and stop this. If it's NOT a big deal why are they essentially shutting down their economies (China, South Korea, Japan etc) to try and deal with this?
Just answer the question...WHY are government treating it LIKE it's extremely dangerous IF it's no worse than the flu?
Yep!
I went Wednesday to Costco to do my usual shopping and while the meat was fine other items like canned goods/rice was noticeably less.
I’m saving money and not stockpiling because the idiots selling down the market are creating a wonderful buying opportunity.
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