Panicked Coronavirus Shoppers Are Stocking Up On Guns And Body Armor

[SheepDog]

People tend to call it airborne because it is transferred by coughing. There is a real life definition for airborne illnesses.

 

[VThillman]

I've seen pics of the virus. No wings.

 

[SheepDog]

Yep! and they are so fat they are round. Not even a little aerodynamic.

 

[joel]

A sneeze or cough will make it airborne for a few feet, but that is not airborne, which is one cough/sneeze & all of walmart is infected as the virus floats on the air like an fragrance. Anyone who smell it gets sick, that not what is happening or all of China would be sick & half would be dead by now.
By the way if an infected person sneeze on you & does not touch your body, the sneeze is considered direct contact.

 

[VThillman]

I saw this behavior too! It's almost like some people were studying what I (and others) were buying. I'd walk by a shelf that nobody was paying any attention to and drop some things in my cart and the person behind me would do the exact same thing. LOL! I bought 6 bags of epsom salt in one transaction (b/c it was on sale BOGO and I was running low) and while I was putting it in my cart I'd walk away and notice others would flock to that spot and pick some up. It makes me wonder if they even knew what to do with it. I'll bet there'll be some massive garage sales after this whole thing blows over.

I remember the panic buying of ammo after Sandy Hook. It took years to get ammo back on the shelves to the same capacity as it was before that. I wonder if it will be the same with all the panic buying going on now? If the food producers can fill the shelves quickly, I think it will go a long way to squash this panic. Although, it's still a mystery how long this irrationality of the sheeple will last. I remember when I first got into the "prep" state of mind and how I wanted to buy everything in front of me, so I can understand it. I'm glad I was out doing my own panic buying all by myself, without an actual event spurring it on.

Epsom salts! My folks always had some on hand. Got sore, tired feet? Epsom salts and hot water, soak your feet until the water cools to luke warm.

 

[Caribou]

20' and contact through the eyes? In China they are fumigating the air and everything else up to 6 meters. That's a lot of expense for something not airborne. SD I'm happy with your definition, if you are, my friend. I have a different one based on the actions of governments not by what they say. My entire plan is to err on the side of safety and not go with the low bid.

I just ordered an O2 concentrator. This is something I've wanted for years based on my health conditions looking at eventual need. This situation has allowed me to talk myself into the expense. I'm on the cusp of needing O2 so why not. I thoroughly enjoy prepping and use every excuse to improve my situation. I don't so much think you're wrong, just that I'm right, for me.

 

[angie_nrs]

I just ordered an O2 concentrator. This is something I've wanted for years based on my health conditions looking at eventual need. This situation has allowed me to talk myself into the expense. I'm on the cusp of needing O2 so why not.

I've wanted one of these for my medical cabinet, but other things always took precident. Where did you get yours?

 

[Caribou]

I've wanted one of these for my medical cabinet, but other things always took precident. Where did you get yours?

Amazon. Yep, tons of other stuff was higher on the list. I expect it in a month or so but they took the order. I was far from the first to place an order.

 

[dademoss]

I've wanted one of these for my medical cabinet, but other things always took precident. Where did you get yours?

Packrat pays off, ours is the size of a bus, but still works. got it for the DW to use as the o2 source for making glass beadwork.

 

[Morgan101]

I saw an article on another forum that had a quote from a government official (disaster preparedness expert or some such thing) that I am going to steal and keep as my prepping mantra: " Noah didn't begin building the ark when it started raining." That is what most of the population is doing now. We are all ahead of the game, but look at the insanity, and chaos this has caused. We should all learn from this.