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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Wouldn't say it was "panic" buying - but one can see the signs around the edges.
Toilet paper was in much shorter supply than normal.
Fresh meat was low stock.
Most other convenience items were at a lower stock level than normal.
It will be interesting to see what things look like on Monday, after people have had the weekend to freak out.
What garbage from the UK Collaborators in the MSM to drive panic
Have not seen anything of the sort where I live in a major metro area
Seems like the Deep State is busy yet again pushing meme’s for the ill informed or useful idiots
Not buying it!
You’re supposed to be boycotting that beer. It’s swill anyway but apparently that’s also the virus’ vector.
Stripped bare of Marmite and Wheetabix.
does the low sodium version of spam taste a lot worse?
Plenty of Pop Tarts in our store so it can’t be bad.
Very good point.
That’s Aldi on a Saturday here. I never ever go to Aldi on Saturday. Or the first of the month.
Was at the local grocery store this morning - no panic buying like one sees before hurricanes or snow.
I did!
I wrote “This is N Ga” in my post.
Promise.
Just look up how much food we waste in this nation on a daily basis. Stuff that has to be tossed-out or marked-down.
There is a whole group in NYC that collects it. Amazing loads of food!
We have more food in this nation than we can eat.
“They’re panicking in Northern VA because that community never turns off the mainstream media 24 hours a day.”
My liberal sister and liberal BIL live in Louden Cty. Huge amounts of Chinese, Muslims, pakis, Indians. I was the only white boy in the local Wal Mart that tells you something.
My sister let it slip last night she told her daughter to keep their 6 month old baby away from foreign” people as daughter live 5 miles from Dulles airport.
Same sister who preaches diversity to me but moved to a new development further out that is mostly white when their old gated community became overrun with brown people.
I was also wondering about the taste of the low sodium spam. I bought a bunch during the last panic many years ago. Still have it.
I lived through Sister Corona in grade school. She was a nasty old bat of a nun. If I can handle her, I can handle any sissy virus names after her.
At least it isn’t a Warsteiner virus.
I don’t believe it. These are Probably photos from a snow storm and twisting the reason for why some shelves are empty.
Bread and milk, eggs and Orange Juice.
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