Anyone stockpiling food?

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I was singing this exact song in my head as I went to Costco this morning. Being are buying cases of water and toilet paper. You can feel panic in the air.
My country of Canada has 49 cases and the government is constantly emphasizing risk is low.
Costco knows what their customers want as items people stockpile the most are all by the front cash.

Maybe it's different at our stores or I just haven't been since the whole mad rush for stockpiling but in our locations the toilet paper, bottled water, kleenex, and disinfecting stuff and the like are at the very back of the store. I've never seen them bring a pallet closer probably because with people's carts it woud cause a significant traffic jam. Only time I've seen disinfecting stuff be at the entrance (so right when you enter before you get to the tvs) is when they have a sale but that's it. I'll have to see if they've changed it up though.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Were they stopping due to the virus spreading? Or because of financial reasons?

Supposedly because of the virus spreading and not financial.

 

[Lehuaann]

@Imzadi just came across and HAD to show you...somewhere in Brooklyn

https://twitter.com/x/status/1236363133515595776

 

[Lehuaann]

I read that Ebay is removing masks, hand sanitizer, and wipe listings due to price gouging. Understandable, but still won’t stop the hoarding

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/03/06/ebay-bans-sales-of-all-face-masks-and-hand-sanitizers.html

 

[ponyboy]

I have night vision and a rifle. I can walk outside at night and pick up food whenever I want.

I stockpiled clorox wipes to sell over the next few weeks to pay for my vacation in September

 

[AMW86]

The toilet paper panic confuses me as much as the water. Thankfully, we have no shortages here.

I needed to pick up toilet paper today. only had two rolls left. I was very worried, but luckily they had enough (though there were still some empty shelves)). The run on hand soap confuses me. Do people not wash their hands on a regular basis and have none at their house?

 

[SaintsManiac]

I needed to pick up toilet paper today. only had two rolls left. I was very worried, but luckily they had enough (though there were still some empty shelves)). The run on hand soap confuses me. Do people not wash their hands on a regular basis and have none at their house?

Right??? I have big bottles of soap that I fill my dispensers with!

 

[starry_solo]

So, I was going to buy some Clorox wipes at my local Sam's Club. Checked online (for pick up in store) and they are sold out. The Clorox hydrogen peroxide wipes are also sold out.

We have enough TP to last a year (maybe). Everytime there's a sale at Sam's (or they get the bigger rolls), dad likes to buy the limit (which is 3 for the sale price)...LOL

 

[ZJ5/9D47]

Were they stopping due to the virus spreading? Or because of financial reasons?

The samples were stopped within about a day of someone posting on a very popular social media platform that there were still samples being given out at the Costco near the large outbreak in Washington state. The poster mentioned contacting various health departments and authorities after talking with management at that Costco.

Costco seems to be very aware of photos of their stores currently on social media and the one I shop at has done a very good job of making the shortages not be as photo-worthy...areas where items are out of stock are immediately filled with other items and meat was running low so one of the chest fridges was covered. The doors were opened a few minutes early so a line didn't form.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

The samples were stopped within about a day of someone posting on a very popular social media platform that there were still samples being given out at the Costco near the large outbreak in Washington state. The poster mentioned contacting various health departments and authorities after talking with management at that Costco.

It hasn't stopped at all locations. My friend was still working as of Thursday night.

 

[ZJ5/9D47]

It hasn't stopped at all locations. My friend was still working as of Thursday night.

I wonder if it is left up to store management to decide. There isn't even a local confirmed case yet near me (although my state is one of the last 5 that refuses to test anyone).

 

[Imzadi]

@Imzadi just came across and HAD to show you...somewhere in Brooklyn

https://twitter.com/x/status/1236363133515595776

That's just what happened at our concert too. Except Celine could be heard louder and singing over us.

Here is my very bad video. The lighting really screwed up my focus. But you can hear all of us singing with Celine. AND she was still high-fiving fans in the audience, (over on the left.) Hopefully she used hand sanitizer when she went back stage during costume changes.

https://r6---sn-ab5l6n67.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1583650588


MOVING chat about Celine over to this DIS thread:

https://www.disboards.com/threads/madonna-sued-for-late-concert-times.3778435/page-4#post-61649071

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[Imzadi]

Coronavirus is spread by droplets, it’s not airborne like tuberculosis or chicken pox. This is why it’s important for people to cover their sneezes and coughs and then wash their hands.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html
This article details the different types of isolation procedures used in medical facilities:

https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/basics/transmission-based-precautions.html

Thanks for the links & some clarification. Two weeks ago, the CDC and other sources kept saying it was too early for them to know how it was spreading. So, it didn't occur to me that they'd finally have something written down. (It still says at the top they are learning more all the time.)

So, our NYC mayor was told info, and then made a mash-up of the info that he learned and told NYers inaccurate info.

 

[Wendy31]

DH just returned from our local Walmart market. He ran in for graham crackers for ’smores. I asked him to look for toilet paper & hand sanitizer too.

He came back w/ graham crackers, toilet paper, & a 6-pack of Corona.

No hand sanitizer.

 

[NYCgrrl]

@Imzadi just came across and HAD to show you...somewhere in Brooklyn

https://twitter.com/x/status/1236363133515595776

Looks like the Atlantic Avenue Station that connects to a ton of subway lines and the LIRR too.

 

[Imzadi]

Looks like the Atlantic Avenue Station that connects to a ton of subway lines and the LIRR too.

MOVING chat about Celine over to this DIS thread (with more photos):

https://www.disboards.com/threads/madonna-sued-for-late-concert-times.3778435/page-4#post-61649071

 

[Imzadi]

It hasn't stopped at all locations. My friend was still working as of Thursday night.

The news said it's only in WA, CA and FL. The states where actual Coronavirus deaths have happened. Of course more closures may happen at any time.

 

[TLSnell1981]

DH just returned from our local Walmart market. He ran in for graham crackers for ’smores. I asked him to look for toilet paper & hand sanitizer too.

He came back w/ graham crackers, toilet paper, & a 6-pack of Corona.

No hand sanitizer.

Well, hand sanitizer and Corona BOTH contain alcohol. He was kinda close.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Right??? I have big bottles of soap that I fill my dispensers with!

Surprisingly, my supermarket had a good supply of the large refill bottles for liquid hand soap, but 98% of the smaller bottles with the pump were wiped out. You'd think if people were hoarding they'd buy the large refill bottles instead.

 

[Searc]

Surprisingly, my supermarket had a good supply of the large refill bottles for liquid hand soap, but 98% of the smaller bottles with the pump were wiped out. You'd think if people were hoarding they'd buy the large refill bottles instead.

There isn't much thinking going on with this whole thing.