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Mar. 5th, 2020 09:26 pm1. Spoke to mother, she heard back from her doctor and was informed that it would be better if her niece not come down to visit right now.( Read more... )
2. Coronavirus fears spark 'panic buying' of toilet paper, water, hand sanitizer. Here's why we all need to calm down
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misidentified the outbreak of coronavirus as a pandemic.
It would probably help if the media didn't feel the need to scare everyone to death.
I think the reports from Wuhan, China are scaring us all.
Keep calm and stop hoarding. The spread of coronavirus in the U.S. won't wipe out our toilet paper supply. Or supplies of hand sanitizer, bottled water and ramen.
That is, unless the frenzied stampedes for hand sanitizer and bottled water continue at their current pace.
Anticipating a potential quarantine, shoppers ran out this weekend to buy food, water and other staples so they could avoid exposing themselves and their families. Others, alarmed by the rising death count and number of confirmed cases in the U.S., went on impulsive buying binges, stripping store shelves of toilet paper and cleaning supplies. Soon, hand sanitizer was nearly impossible to find in some places.
Online stores were hit hard, too, and not just Amazon.com. At the top of the Kroger app Monday was an alert limiting the number of sanitization and cold and flu-related products to five of each per order. The Costco and Target websites listed all kinds of staples including Clorox Disinfecting Wipes and all-purpose cleaner as "out of stock."
Honestly you can't make this stuff up. Or you could and no one would believe you. ( Read more... )
3. Work
I finally get around to washing my tea mug, and the fire alarm goes off. With mug in hand, I go to see what is going on.
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I'm glad I'm taking a four day weekend. My shoulders and hands need a break. My hands are burning from all of the excessive hand washing at work. Of course, will most likely have to do it tomorrow too - because of the chest x-ray.
2. Coronavirus fears spark 'panic buying' of toilet paper, water, hand sanitizer. Here's why we all need to calm down
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misidentified the outbreak of coronavirus as a pandemic.
It would probably help if the media didn't feel the need to scare everyone to death.
I think the reports from Wuhan, China are scaring us all.
Keep calm and stop hoarding. The spread of coronavirus in the U.S. won't wipe out our toilet paper supply. Or supplies of hand sanitizer, bottled water and ramen.
That is, unless the frenzied stampedes for hand sanitizer and bottled water continue at their current pace.
Anticipating a potential quarantine, shoppers ran out this weekend to buy food, water and other staples so they could avoid exposing themselves and their families. Others, alarmed by the rising death count and number of confirmed cases in the U.S., went on impulsive buying binges, stripping store shelves of toilet paper and cleaning supplies. Soon, hand sanitizer was nearly impossible to find in some places.
Online stores were hit hard, too, and not just Amazon.com. At the top of the Kroger app Monday was an alert limiting the number of sanitization and cold and flu-related products to five of each per order. The Costco and Target websites listed all kinds of staples including Clorox Disinfecting Wipes and all-purpose cleaner as "out of stock."
Honestly you can't make this stuff up. Or you could and no one would believe you. ( Read more... )
3. Work
I finally get around to washing my tea mug, and the fire alarm goes off. With mug in hand, I go to see what is going on.
( Read more... )
I'm glad I'm taking a four day weekend. My shoulders and hands need a break. My hands are burning from all of the excessive hand washing at work. Of course, will most likely have to do it tomorrow too - because of the chest x-ray.