My OH keeps telling me to stock up on Fritos
I've been seeing stories like these, which are encouraging me to start stocking up for the eventuality of price increases or temporary shortages:
I'm thinking about
shelf stable milk. I think reconstituted powdered milk is gross, but have had some ascetic milk that wasn't bad. Don't remember the brand. Anyone have recommendations for brands and best place to buy for best prices?
I was in south Florida for the dreadful 2005 hurricane season, so I believe in preparing for times when stores are not available, although as time has passed, I've done less stocking up.
March 2, 2020 5:38PM
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P&G...what products do I buy of theirs?
Why are we panicking about Covid19? Isn't it just a little bit more virulent than a cold? Why are we panicking?*
*I looked at the WHO site about it, and I just am not feeling the fear about this...I'm more worried about people not vaccinating their kids against the flu to be honest. We've had zoonotic diseases forever...I don't think it's even possible to contain something like this now that people travel. I had a friend return from overseas and they wee encouraged to use hand sanitizer as they left the plane.
Same for us. I'm not terribly concerned about the virus but of the surrounding panic that will cause empty store shelves and panic about people going out in public. We haven't bought anything yet, but we are going to stock up on things like oats, frozen fruits and veggies, frozen meat, boxed macaroni and cheese, and crackers. And probably flour and sugar so we can still make cookies
I think Horizon is shelf stable and it tastes pretty good. I believe many grocery stores in the US now carry it.
I'm not panicking, like the poster above, I'm prepping against panicked buyers that might clear the shelves
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/worse-than-the-flu-busting-the-coronavirus-myths-face-masks-vaccine-covid-19
Claim: ‘It is no more dangerous than winter flu’
Many individuals who get coronavirus will experience nothing worse than seasonal flu symptoms, but the overall profile of the disease, including its mortality rate, looks more serious. At the start of an outbreak the apparent mortality rate can be an overestimate if a lot of mild cases are being missed. But this week, a WHO expert suggested that this has not been the case with Covid-19. Bruce Aylward, who led an international mission to China to learn about the virus and the country’s response, said the evidence did not suggest that we were only seeing the tip of the iceberg. If borne out by further testing, this could mean that current estimates of a roughly 1% fatality rate are accurate. This would make Covid-19 about 10 times more deadly than seasonal flu, which is estimated to kill between 290,000 and 650,000 people a year globally.
I've taken over a decade of Winter Survival and Cold Weather/First Aid Training courses. I'm ready but I wish everyone out there to remain in good health. Much love to you all.
But, three things really concern me. One -- from the data I've read, 25% of the cases require extensive health care -- either ICU or hospitalization. Two -- we have the largest population of uninsured people in the US of any developed nation. Third, we also have the least amount of paid sick days. In addition to that, it's worse in transmission because it's easily spread, unlike viruses of the past, even when someone isn't showing symptoms yet.
This will be very bad and kill 100s of thousands. Unfortunately, it's shaping up like a catastrophy that will lay waste to the older that are poor and uninsured or that have preexisting conditions and can't afford healthcare. I pray I'm very wrong, but I don't think I am.
Flour for making bread is at the top of my list
I'm also going to buy canned tuna, peanut butter, rice, beans, shelf stable fruit, etc.
As for P&G products, they make my brand of toilet paper, so I'm definitely buying a big thing of that.
Updated March 2, 2020
What does spring have to do with it?
So far I haven't seen any sign of that, thankfully.
I went out with a friend on Friday who said she had stocked up on lots of things that day, which got me thinking about it. Worst case I have lots of grains and canned goods in my pantry anyway, so toilet paper would probably be the main thing that I should go out and buy just in case. That and cat food.
CALIFORNIA?!
Seriously though, I didn't realize people were panicking so much until I saw the news this morning that shelves were being emptied at Costcos all around!! LIke, what's going on?! WHY?!
This is not to panic anyone or anything, but we've only in the past week gotten an effective COVID 19 test to all the states. I'm trying to remember the source. I think it was propublica. Also on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, if you're into that.
I'm not super worried about it, but then again, people come into work sick all the time to save their leave, and it's contagious before you show symptoms and it's probably airborne transmission so...
ETA: and coffee... usually buy what I need for a week but bought a little extra last week and will do so again this week. It will DEF get used and would make me very sad if we didn't have. Worth planning for the worst on that front.
Okay. I don't have TV and I don't look at the news.
Ya'll - WHY are people stripping grocery shelves? Are we being locked into our houses? Do they think it is going to blow over in a week? Are all the food supply chains being shut down by the government? I don't understand...you guys are kind of freaking me out but I don't really know why.
alllll righty. Time to get off the internet.
I do not approve of resource hoarding, and I have no more than I normally would have. In Wuhan they did shut people in their houses. They put speakers out on the streets saying people were confined to their houses.
It is fun to think about apocolypse scenarios, though. For some value of "fun."
I'm wondering why is everyone stockpiling toilet paper?!?! That is selling out as quick as water around here!