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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

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Question: why wouldn’t you be able to get your groceries in two weeks or four weeks? What scenario are you imagining? The grocery store will close? My! That would be some outbreak. Remember folks, most cases are mild. Hording supplies and stockpiling just fuels unnecessary panic.

I just read that Canadians are being told to stockpile food and meds in case of illness. The article uses the word "stockpile".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1

Question: why wouldn’t you be able to get your groceries in two weeks or four weeks? What scenario are you imagining? The grocery store will close? My! That would be some outbreak. Remember folks, most cases are mild. Hording supplies and stockpiling just fuels unnecessary panic.

I just read that Canadians are being told to stockpile food and meds in case of illness. The article uses the word "stockpile".

I think as long as you have enough in case both parents are sick and can’t really get out for a week or so then you’ve stockpiled enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1

Question: why wouldn’t you be able to get your groceries in two weeks or four weeks? What scenario are you imagining? The grocery store will close? My! That would be some outbreak. Remember folks, most cases are mild. Hording supplies and stockpiling just fuels unnecessary panic.

Try living next door to paranoid preppers. Good times.

This article makes a compelling case for prepping (about 3 week’s worth) as a civic responsibility- kind of like getting vaccines.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/preparing-for-coronavirus-to-strike-the-u-s/

[Anonymous]

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/coronavirus-checklist-more-than-150-disinfectants-that-may-kill-coronavirus-surfaces/D5J5ZJ7QK5B4DDP4ZZ7GQGWQVA/

You want want of this cleaners to have the best chance of killing the virus (they also work on Norovirus and Ebola.) I have Clorox Cleanup spray with Bleach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/coronavirus-checklist-more-than-150-disinfectants-that-may-kill-coronavirus-surfaces/D5J5ZJ7QK5B4DDP4ZZ7GQGWQVA/

You want want of this cleaners to have the best chance of killing the virus (they also work on Norovirus and Ebola.) I have Clorox Cleanup spray with Bleach.

Norovirus is extraordinarily hearty. It has to survive stomach acid to cause infection. There’s no evidence that the Covid-19 is any more hearty than your average coronavirus. The wipes should work just fine.

[Anonymous]

Beer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1

Question: why wouldn’t you be able to get your groceries in two weeks or four weeks? What scenario are you imagining? The grocery store will close? My! That would be some outbreak. Remember folks, most cases are mild. Hording supplies and stockpiling just fuels unnecessary panic.

More so a matter of staying quarantined with a family of 4 and a preference to eat as normal. Either adult sick, means bringing the illness out in public to get groceries OR unnecessarily exposing oneself to other people out buying groceries that are contagious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1

Question: why wouldn’t you be able to get your groceries in two weeks or four weeks? What scenario are you imagining? The grocery store will close? My! That would be some outbreak. Remember folks, most cases are mild. Hording supplies and stockpiling just fuels unnecessary panic.

Try living next door to paranoid preppers. Good times.

They aren’t very good preppers if their next-door neighbors know they’re prepping!

Source: I’m a paranoid prepper.

[Anonymous]

I live in a state with confirmed cases (WA) and nobody here is stockpiling anything. The only change so far is that masks are gone. Even in the hospital where I work we are only using them in emergencies. Other than that, nobody is stockpiling anything. Regular supplies of children’s Tylenol/ibuprofen on our shelves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beer

This reminds me... I need wine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1

Question: why wouldn’t you be able to get your groceries in two weeks or four weeks? What scenario are you imagining? The grocery store will close? My! That would be some outbreak. Remember folks, most cases are mild. Hording supplies and stockpiling just fuels unnecessary panic.

More so a matter of staying quarantined with a family of 4 and a preference to eat as normal. Either adult sick, means bringing the illness out in public to get groceries OR unnecessarily exposing oneself to other people out buying groceries that are contagious.

I'm thinking back to all the times I've been so sick I couldn't get out bed. I didn't even WANT to eat, but assuming family members need to eat & we don't want to spread germs, I would get food delivered from the grocery store. in 2020, there are so many ways to get food (and supplies) to my door step. Also, I have friends and family who to would drop off necessities, if need be.

Buying everything off the shelf when you don't even need it right now seems.... unnecessary... to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beer

This reminds me... I need wine.

Funny, I bought some yesterday when I was stocking up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/coronavirus-checklist-more-than-150-disinfectants-that-may-kill-coronavirus-surfaces/D5J5ZJ7QK5B4DDP4ZZ7GQGWQVA/

You want want of this cleaners to have the best chance of killing the virus (they also work on Norovirus and Ebola.) I have Clorox Cleanup spray with Bleach.

Norovirus is extraordinarily hearty. It has to survive stomach acid to cause infection. There’s no evidence that the Covid-19 is any more hearty than your average coronavirus. The wipes should work just fine.

And yet a 2-pack of CCU was $6 at Walmart. Better safe than sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beer

This reminds me... I need wine.

Funny, I bought some yesterday when I was stocking up!

Yes!!! I just ordered two pot roasts with potatoes, carrots etc, I family sized lasagna , 60 oz of jalapeño sweet potato soup and twenty bacon/egg/potato breakfast tacos from our local caterer. I do have staples but need to secure up our wine and beer supply! I have severe intrinsic asthma so, even though I’m keeping a positive outlook, it could be deadly for me. My husband has MS and he said that he is not at risk as it is a respiratory virus. I have had pneumonia twice and will probably not survive another bout or the covid-19 virus. He just picked up three bags of dog food for our three greyhounds, so I’m happy! We were more worried about the dogs’ food as far as stockpiling.

[Anonymous]

What are the OTC meds you would want to have in stock?