Stocking the cupboards in the event of a pandemic in the USA

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Anonymous wrote:DH doing the Target run right now. I had him get the usual suspects posted here (food, meds, anti bacterial, paper goods).

I'll be thrilled if we don't need it and end up using it this year and/or donating to a pantry or shelter.

Update, I texted DH to add something else to the list and he said "the cart wheels are making noise, I'm checking out now" AKA he's not getting the something else I texted him about.

Is there a shopping frenzy as on black Friday or business as usually? Lines?...pls report, I need few things bud don't want to wait in mile line

Not at our Target but we live in Los Angeles so... your results may vary.

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Anonymous wrote:DH doing the Target run right now. I had him get the usual suspects posted here (food, meds, anti bacterial, paper goods).

I'll be thrilled if we don't need it and end up using it this year and/or donating to a pantry or shelter.

Update, I texted DH to add something else to the list and he said "the cart wheels are making noise, I'm checking out now" AKA he's not getting the something else I texted him about.

Is there a shopping frenzy as on black Friday or business as usually? Lines?...pls report, I need few things bud don't want to wait in mile line

Not at our Target but we live in Los Angeles so... your results may vary.

Lines have not been bad in arlington. I’ve been slowly stocking up. Most people has bleach and toilet paper and water at Costco.

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Anonymous wrote:DH doing the Target run right now. I had him get the usual suspects posted here (food, meds, anti bacterial, paper goods).

I'll be thrilled if we don't need it and end up using it this year and/or donating to a pantry or shelter.

Update, I texted DH to add something else to the list and he said "the cart wheels are making noise, I'm checking out now" AKA he's not getting the something else I texted him about.

Is there a shopping frenzy as on black Friday or business as usually? Lines?...pls report, I need few things bud don't want to wait in mile line

Not at our Target but we live in Los Angeles so... your results may vary.

Same, also in LA area. Business as usual.

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I’ve got four cases of Girl Scout cookies.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this really the kind of illness where you want to hold the fever down the whole time. Surely you’ll beat it quicker if you let the fever do it’s job, as long as your not in febrile seizure territory.

I keep fever reducers on hand for kids who can’t sleep at night or are completely miserable.

With this thing the lower the fever the faster and stronger it grows an d can turn into pneumonia. Life threathening fever warrants lowerng but otherwise fever seems the stronger protection against this overtaking the system.

Source?

Fever is there to burn out infections - that's why your body raises your temperature.

Correct.

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I haven't seen mass hysteria in the grocery store yet, but there are no N95 masks to be had anywhere. I got the last box at a local store this morning.

I bought cleaning supplies (pure bleach, cleaners with bleach, wipes, and a big thing of laundry detergent) yesterday. I bought panic food today - rice and beans, along with some flower and sugar (just in case I have to start making bread!). I will maybe buy some pasta and sauce, tuna/sardines, etc. this weekend, along with Gatorade and shelf stable milk. This is stuff we would eventually eat/drink at some point anyway, but I am trying not to buy a ton.

I am also thinking of making about a week's worth of freezer food. That way if I and/or DH gets really sick, we can just pop stuff in the oven for X time vs trying to put food together.

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I started stocking up on medicine and pantry staples today. Given the new chain of command when it comes to he flow of information from our government, I no longer trust it to accurately report what’s happening in this country,

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Anonymous wrote:Is this really the kind of illness where you want to hold the fever down the whole time. Surely you’ll beat it quicker if you let the fever do it’s job, as long as your not in febrile seizure territory.

I keep fever reducers on hand for kids who can’t sleep at night or are completely miserable.

With this thing the lower the fever the faster and stronger it grows an d can turn into pneumonia. Life threathening fever warrants lowerng but otherwise fever seems the stronger protection against this overtaking the system.

Source?

Ask any doctor.

Link to peer-reviewed medical journal that supports this?

(And I don’t treat fevers unless the kid is miserable but I’ve never, ever heard a doctor recommend this.)

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Anonymous wrote:Is this really the kind of illness where you want to hold the fever down the whole time. Surely you’ll beat it quicker if you let the fever do it’s job, as long as your not in febrile seizure territory.

I keep fever reducers on hand for kids who can’t sleep at night or are completely miserable.

With this thing the lower the fever the faster and stronger it grows an d can turn into pneumonia. Life threathening fever warrants lowerng but otherwise fever seems the stronger protection against this overtaking the system.

Source?

Ask any doctor.

Link to peer-reviewed medical journal that supports this?

(And I don’t treat fevers unless the kid is miserable but I’ve never, ever heard a doctor recommend this.)

DP. I thought this was common knowledge.

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Is bleach the only cleanser that works to eradicate the virus? The smell literally makes me gag. Will Clorox wipes suffice?

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Reading these posts makes me this of the Walking Dead. Are you all thinking of the zombie apocalypse?

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Anonymous wrote:I started stocking up on medicine and pantry staples today. Given the new chain of command when it comes to he flow of information from our government, I no longer trust it to accurately report what’s happening in this country,

Same thing, same reason.

I didn't go crazy and hoard, but did buy enough to last about twice as long as usual.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain powdered milk? Is it for drinking - just add water?

- not a prepper but need lattes to survive

My mom used to buy this in the 1980s because, she claimed, she didn't want us to drink milk from "Chernobyl" cows. But really, she was just CHEAP. Yes. You mix it like Koolaid. Its nasty.

Its probably more for adding to baked goods or upping the caloric content of other foods rather than drinking...

I vaguely recall tv ads in the 60s for carnation powdered milk as in drinking it. My parents went thru a stretch where they bought it in bulk and would mix it half and half with regular milk so it would taste better, has a kind of cooked milk flavor otherwise. I've used it to make homemade hot cocoa/chocolate milk mix, once on a long train trip to the west coast where I was too broke to buy food on the train for myself and my 5 yo.

My mom went on a powered milk/budget kick in the 1970s, it was awful! We also had a goat for a while, maybe that's an option?

:yes .definitely an option, especially in a one bedroom apartment with a green shag rug.

NP and I am a third poster whose parents had goats and sometimes gave me powdered milk.

I was just in Brazil. It was the strangest thing, but every time I ordered milk for my 1 year old, they would make him powdered milk. I speak Spanish and not Portuguese, so the first time I didn't even understand what they were asking me. Hot water or cold? No I want milk. The kids drank it just fine but I was grossed out and I didn't like the smell.

I buy the tetra packs of milk in the US (like the kinds Europeans drink that don't need refrigeration) but they're $$$. I also personally don't like the taste. Those little milk boxes for kids are $1-1.50 each, which adds up.

Agree. Those little boxes also generate a ton of trash.

And no human needs to drink milk.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain powdered milk? Is it for drinking - just add water?

- not a prepper but need lattes to survive

My mom used to buy this in the 1980s because, she claimed, she didn't want us to drink milk from "Chernobyl" cows. But really, she was just CHEAP. Yes. You mix it like Koolaid. Its nasty.

Its probably more for adding to baked goods or upping the caloric content of other foods rather than drinking...

I vaguely recall tv ads in the 60s for carnation powdered milk as in drinking it. My parents went thru a stretch where they bought it in bulk and would mix it half and half with regular milk so it would taste better, has a kind of cooked milk flavor otherwise. I've used it to make homemade hot cocoa/chocolate milk mix, once on a long train trip to the west coast where I was too broke to buy food on the train for myself and my 5 yo.

My mom went on a powered milk/budget kick in the 1970s, it was awful! We also had a goat for a while, maybe that's an option?

:yes .definitely an option, especially in a one bedroom apartment with a green shag rug.

NP and I am a third poster whose parents had goats and sometimes gave me powdered milk.

I was just in Brazil. It was the strangest thing, but every time I ordered milk for my 1 year old, they would make him powdered milk. I speak Spanish and not Portuguese, so the first time I didn't even understand what they were asking me. Hot water or cold? No I want milk. The kids drank it just fine but I was grossed out and I didn't like the smell.

I buy the tetra packs of milk in the US (like the kinds Europeans drink that don't need refrigeration) but they're $$$. I also personally don't like the taste. Those little milk boxes for kids are $1-1.50 each, which adds up.

Agree. Those little boxes also generate a ton of trash.

And no human needs to drink milk.

Correcting myself- humans do not need cow or goat milk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is bleach the only cleanser that works to eradicate the virus? The smell literally makes me gag. Will Clorox wipes suffice?

Clorox wipes kill 99.9% viruses and bacteria. I have 6 packs of Clorox wipes and I ordered bleach in some fresh linen scent just to be safe. I guess if you buy bleach which is scented the smell issue should be tolerable.

On another note just went to McLean Giant, they are completely out of bleach, antibacterial soap and hand sanitizers. I did stock up 3 weeks back but I didn’t think situation will get so dire.