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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading these posts makes me this of the Walking Dead. Are you all thinking of the zombie apocalypse? [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

Honey, people won’t be delivering food/groceries to your house if there’s a quarantine.  Hence, the reason for stockpiling some essentials.[/quote]

Lol. Dude, this is not “the one.” They are not going to lock down cities. You are being ridiculous. The reason for stockpiling is so you have groceries in case you’re sick. Not in case there’s a quarantine. [/quote]

People are already being quarantined in the U.S. The definition of quarantine is when a well person may have been exposed, so that person is separated and his or her movements restricted. That may be by demand (such as in a quarantine center), but people also have been asked to “self-quarantine” at home. In terms of restricting the movement of people in entire cities or towns, that has indeed happened in towns outside Milan, and of course in China. I don’t know how an outcome can be predicted one way or the other. There are several scenarios that could unfold. However, despite the uncertainties and conflicting information, you can see that the risks have increased in a pretty short time. In terms of getting grocery deliveries if many people were quarantined or simply elected to stay home, that could be difficult if demand were high and more providers and drivers stayed at home. In addition, grocers use just-in-time inventory systems, which are vulnerable to demand and supply shocks.

I think the difference here is that, when there’s rising risk with odds that can’t be identified, some people will prepare for various scenarios, including the worst-case one. Others will not, perhaps because they believe it’s unlikely to occur or trust that they will be taken care of. Whichever approach you take, I would encourage you to keep tabs on the rapid developments. I would recommend STAT News (Helen Branswell).[/quote]

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