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*** OFFICIAL *** COVID-19 CoronaVirus Thread. Fresh epidemic fears as child pneumonia cases surge in Europe after China outbreak. NOW in USA (13 Viewers)

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Politician Spock said:
The only reason to limit what people can buy is to stop people from buying more than they need.

Reducing store hours would increase the number of people in the store any given hour. There is no way in hell they would do that. 
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You don't think if they're short staffed that hours wouldn't change? Costco here closed 4 times yesterday here. They couldn't handle the capacity. Managers were out helping because of people being out.

 
Skipdog77 said:
To give themselves time to restock and sanitize the stores. Very reasonable and sound planning. 
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Exactly, I agree.

But reduced grocery store hours will exacerbate the grocery logjam situation for everyone - a good reason to have a 4 week supply of food at home.

 
by_the_sea_wannabe said:
my mother ordered my grandmother,  myself, and herself quarantined to her house no visitors. she was a nurse for 30 years, so i can't argue. my sister can bring supplies that's it. to be fair i have the best immune system of the three of us and i  have stage iv cancer. after having a fever of 102.4 last night, i am not arguing any lingering arguments are gone           
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I’m sorry you have cancer but I’m glad you added it to the story because I was wondering why your mother loves you more than your sister. Be safe!

 
culdeus said:
BTW wtf happened with the second cruise ship.  That deal just vanished from the news.  
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They started disembarking Sunday, and all the passengers seemed to have been off by Thursday.  They are quarantined in various spots - I know CA, TX, and GA all have some of them, maybe other places, too.  The conditions at their quarantines, particularly in GA, sound horrible.  It's all been a huge mess.

 
NotSmart said:
https://www.google.com/search?q=grocery+stores+reducing+hours&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS442US442&sxsrf=ALeKk02SRIDHtytujW-0Gp-R7DnNzlAg2A:1584216887244&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:h&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipsL7m45roAhXPmq0KHarHCeIQpwV6BAgNEBo
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From the first article:

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A grocery store chain with more than 400 stores in Texas and Mexico is reducing store hours in an effort to reduce hoarding of groceries and supplies and to give it time to restock as shoppers purchase large quantities of groceries and cleaning supplies.
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The next few articles are about the same chain.

There is one for Giant Eagle, reducing its hours to 7 am to 10 pm. So they won't be open during the night anymore, probably because shelves were empty from hoarders and needs restocked, just like the Texas chain. 

Couldn't find anymore chains on the next page or two.

So the whole point of the reduced hours is BECAUSE OF HOARDERS!!!!!

OMG! OMG! OMG! Stores are reducing hours to recover their shelves from the hoarders.... I bet "stock up".

:rolleyes:

 
Politician Spock said:
From the first article:

The next few articles are about the same chain.

There is one for Giant Eagle, reducing its hours to 7 am to 10 pm. So they won't be open during the night anymore, probably because shelves were empty from hoarders and needs restocked, just like the Texas chain. 

Couldn't find anymore chains on the next page or two.

So the whole point of the reduced hours is BECAUSE OF HOARDERS!!!!!

OMG! OMG! OMG! Stores are reducing hours to recover their shelves from the hoarders.... I bet "stock up".

:rolleyes:
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I sincerely hope you're right and I'm mistaken.

 
Cowboysfan8 said:
Giant and Wegmans are 24 hours here. Until now...

8 am - 11 pm
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I just found an article about Wegmans. From:https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/local/wegmans-giant-stores-temporarily-reducing-store-hours-in-middle-of/article_fd36e8f6-6590-11ea-bb92-1b4b697c4245.html

The changes were made in order to allow more time for employees to clean and re-stock shelves,
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So they as well did it to recover from hoarders.

It's ridiculous to suggest that people should turn to hoarding because stores may reduce hours, when store reduce hours to recover from hoarding. 

 
Big League Chew said:
Amazon shut down a guy trying to profit off hand sanitizer. He’s sitting on 17000 bottles with nowhere to sell them 
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Not really. He went town to town on a road trip buying them all up. He could do the same thing selling them out of a truck for cash. He could easily sell them at 10x what he paid for them. If he were greedy, he could split big bottles into small ones and make 20x. He just can’t sell them online. 

 
Hoarders: You better stock up before stores start reducing hours.

Sane people: There is no reason this virus would cause stores to reduce hours.

Hoarders: You'll be sorry.

News Media: Stores are reducing hours because hoarders are clearing their shelves too fast and they need the down time to restock their shelves.

Hoarders: See. I told you.

Sane people:  :mellow:

 
Chemical X said:
Not sure if this has been posted here, but my friends from italy tell me that the government has mandated you can only be outside your house with the attached form completed.  They are safe in my area of Umbria, but very frightened.  Some good friends of ours own a restaurant and fear the business will be gone for good.

https://www.miuristruzione.it/16374-ecco-la-versione-digitale-dellautocertificazione-per-gli-spostamenti-coronavirus-per-smartphone-codiv-19/
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Yep, that's what my family said as well. 

 
Anarchy99 said:
Not really. He went town to town on a road trip buying them all up. He could do the same thing selling them out of a truck for cash. He could easily sell them at 10x what he paid for them. If he were greedy, he could split big bottles into small ones and make 20x. He just can’t sell them online. 
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Right so he has no market   He gonna have a yard sale ?

 
our (Canadian) government is telling any Canadian travelling aboard they should come home now before other countries lockdown their borders . Not mandatory but be prepared to be stuck as the situation changes hourly 

This warning to me suggests that is a lot of conversations between governments and this will probably be the next step for many of them  

 
Cowboysfan8 said:
Business as usual around here so far as far as people out and about. Grocery store was usual Saturday morning busy today. Shelves were stocked as usual, TP was almost gone but we scored some at Dollar General earlier in the morning. 
 

Was at super Walmart this morning at 2 am, probably 30 people in there. Pasta was pretty much gone. Eggs....gone(weird), canned soups were picked over. TP , Lysol wipes and hand sanitizer obviously gone.

I loaded up on pasta, sauces, canned soups, 5 lb bag of rice , canned fruit. Wth, better to be looking at them than looking for them I guess. 
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People kept stealing the TP out of the bathrooms at Walmart’s here, so now they have attendants that will dole it out to people when you go in. I have seen different amounts ranging from 2-6 squares. Dollar General had no TP either. TP our pretty much everywhere by this point in our area. 

 
gianmarco said:
I'm expecting a coronavirus related death in my area in the next few days. A few more days stuck at home with my wife and kids and someone is gonna die....
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I'm freezing. I have the fireplace on. Then I feel a cold draft from upstairs. My oldest son has the air-conditioning on up there because "it gets hot up there".  The furnace downstairs is set at a balmy 70 degrees. 

My link

 
Anarchy99 said:
People kept stealing the TP out of the bathrooms at Walmart’s here, so now they have attendants that will dole it out to people when you go in. I have seen different amounts ranging from 2-6 squares. Dollar General had no TP either. TP our pretty much everywhere by this point in our area. 
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😮 

 
Big League Chew said:
Right so he has no market   He gonna have a yard sale ?
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You’re kidding, right? He could set up shop in a parking lot at any grocery store and walk away with $1K at any store he stops at. Eventually the store might call the cops and he would get booted, but he could make a killing. 

The same people hoarding this stuff are the same people that would be willing to pay $20 a bottle for it. Heck, my germaphobe wife would buy $200 worth (and that is not an exaggeration). 

 
Have we had a :confirmed: FBG case yet? I work in a very public facing local gov't office and was exchanging paper and face to face with a woman who was coughing her lungs out on Thursday. She said she had just been released from the hospital for a "bad cough", but wasn't tested for the virus. I'm all clear as of right now. 

On the plus side, it did get me out of visiting my girlfriend's best friend and her elderly parents tonight. I'm boozing and watching classic college basketball games and the UFC. I feel fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

 
Chemical X said:
Not sure if this has been posted here, but my friends from italy tell me that the government has mandated you can only be outside your house with the attached form completed.  They are safe in my area of Umbria, but very frightened.  Some good friends of ours own a restaurant and fear the business will be gone for good.

https://www.miuristruzione.it/16374-ecco-la-versione-digitale-dellautocertificazione-per-gli-spostamenti-coronavirus-per-smartphone-codiv-19/
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It's heartbreaking to read what is happening there.

 
People need to be one step ahead of what will be hoarded next. Feminine hygiene products, Advil, Tylenol, cough medicine, Mucinex, Kleenex, etc. Where we are, beer, wine, and alcohol are going fast. 

 
NotSmart said:
Hardly anyone I talk to IRL seems to realize that's exactly what's going to happen here.
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I completely agree with this.

I think the hoarding is ridiculous, but the other extreme is the "risk is low" people. It's like they either have no idea what is happening in Italy, or they aren't bothered by it happening here too. And it will. 

 
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jamny said:
It's heartbreaking to read what is happening there.
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We as Americans have it pretty bad right now, but what my friends describe is pure chaos.  Even in the best of times, Italy is backwards in a lot of ways.  Stores in many areas still close midday for 3 hours for example.  Many people have college sized dorm fridges for an entire family and shop daily, many at open air markets.  Most depend on tourism.  I won’t be able to make it over this year, my September trip and cruise to Greece we are going to have to postpone.  When i return in 2021, i expect a barren wasteland in all honestly.

 
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