Posted on 03/15/2020 10:49:04 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
President Donald Trump urged Americans not to hoard food on Sunday during a White House press conference that came just minutes after the Federal Reserve announced new steps to shield the U.S. economy from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
“You don’t have to buy so much,” Trump said. “Take it easy. Relax.”
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No, the stores are being cleaned out of pretty much everything, at least here in the Houston area. When I went shopping Saturday, almost all the produce was gone as well as dairy meat and eggs (in addition to all paper products and sanitizers).
Haha Yes that would end it.
How much of that will rot? I’ll be a lot.
We are a few weeks behind SKorea.
SKorea is close to China, had a lot of traffic from China.
And in particular had a huge 5000 member cult church that had members who had gone to Wuhan and they spread it in the church.
Our case fatality rate is higher than SKorea. Ours is 1.84%, where theirs is 0.91%. But that’s because we had a nursing home hit and SKorea has a younger population. Most of our cases are too new to compare to SKorea yet.
But we can use SKorea to project what will happen here.
Urges against hoarding as everyone hoards. Hard to fight human nature.
Coronavirus update: 61 total deaths in our country after nearly a month of the outbreak. United States is handling the coronavirus on a per capita basis better than any major country in the world. Data: https://t.co/VPMbzvY8uk— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 15, 2020
The surgeon general said this morning that we are 2 weeks behind Italy. I think maybe 3 weeks A two or three week delay relative to other nations is still a godsend, but don't think we're out of the woods, just because we got it a little later than they did.
Farm stores have lots of useful stuff and for whatever reason, the Panic Shoppers don’t seem to think of hitting them.
There was plenty of sanitizers, disinfectants, various soaps and antibiotics on the shelves.
The craft stores like Hobby Lobby, Michaels and JoAnns carry gloves, if someone is needing but can’t find.
Gotta think outside the box.
No, you want everyone to die.
You’re the one speaking against our great President. He’s trying to save the country from media induced panic.
Uh...we don’t live there! I meant here in the good old USA!
It totally triggered CNN. “How dare he not take this seriously!”
Mission accomplished.
Eggs, chicken, inexpensive beef, potatoes, gone. Pastas, sauces, soups, top ramen, rice, beans, empty shelves. Never seen it in America personally. Flash backs to the Soviet Union.
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