Do you think there will be panic buying of food, guns ect?

by JimmyYoung 30 Replies latest social current

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  JimmyYoung

  I wonder if there will be panic buying of food, guns, gas ect due to the Corona Virus. What do you guys think?
  
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  Vidiot

  Pshhh.

  Here, that's just Tuesday.

  
  
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  MeanMrMustard

  Meh.. too early to tell just yet. It seems like this virus is very contagious, and there is not much that can be done to prevent it from spreading. It might be one of those viruses that pop up every year. But I think if we get some good solid non-commie stats, from developed western countries:

  1) it could show a low mortality rate and people will calm down

  2) it could show a high mortality rate and then panic will start.

  Personally, I don’t see a reason to freak out just yet. Let’s see how it plays out in Japan.
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  JimmyYoung

  I have seen some news articles on empty shelves in some parts of the country. It does not seem to be here yet but for the masks. But it can change soon.
  
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  road to nowhere

  TV Says to not panic, but have food layed away. So panic! What about after 2 weeks? Riot in the streets? everyone so inclined already has guns.

  The society hasnt given directions yet, go figure. Some are actually waiting for the midweek letter.

  Memorial gathering time?
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  MeanMrMustard

  You take your chances I guess. Go out and clear the shelves.

  If it turns out the rate is low, and this is going to kill people at flu-like rates, then ... well, I guess you’ll have a stockpile of canned foods..

  Question: what death rate do you think warrants the panic and stockpiling? 3%? 4%?, 10%?
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  Jehalapeno

  I’m buying 2 pounds of dry beans every trip to the grocery store.

  I love beans, so even if there’s not a rush on the store and empty shelves, I’m gonna have some good food.

  It doesn’t hurt to be prepared.

  Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

  “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” - Benjamin Franklin
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  JimmyYoung

  With the dried beans and rice buy spices. Chili powder, onion flakes and garlic powder salt ect. Makes beans and rice good. Also hand held UV Germicidal lights will kill bacteria and viruses in 10 seconds. Cost around 30 to 50 bucks
  
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  Simon

  It's definitely worthwhile having a stock of food at home. It doesn't have to be the hard-core prepper 30-year survival rations, but some extra tinned goods, rice, beans, water, chocolate etc... is good to have even if it just means you don't have to shop as often or can make it through a period of disruption to supplies. Depending on where you live, having some weapons may be useful too ... or a necessity - some people won't prepare but are prepared to take from others.

  The simple fact is that people will panic buy and empty shelves, so you have to make sure you stock up in advance because of them. But buy things you'll use anyway, then there is no waste - just recycle it over time, drawn it down when panic has subsided or whatever. It's better to be over-prepared than under-prepared because you often can't catch up later.

  Right now there is so much misinformation it's difficult to get a clear handle on how serious it might be. It is very contagious and hasn't been able to be contained, although that hasn't been helped by a lax attitude and countries actually proactively importing infected people. Duh!

  It's going to have an impact on our lives, that much is clear, but how big an impact to life itself is still not fully clear. I did see an interesting stat the other day - a small box drawn over Wuhan on a map of China, red circles everywhere which were cases of Coronavirus. But outside of the small box, only 70 people had died from it, globally.

  It may yet affect certain ethnicities more than others but because of political correctness we don't know. So we're told that a "Frenchman" died for instance, but nationality is not ethnicity. Same with other cases elsewhere. We need information and if that means that people then avoid certain groups well too bad, so sad, but ultimately if it helps prevent the spread of a virus that could have a serious impact on specific groups with vulnerabilities (e.g. people undergoing cancer treatment, the elderly etc...) then who cares.
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  Simon

  what death rate do you think warrants the panic and stockpiling? 3%? 4%?, 10%?

  The mortality rate of Spanish Flu was 2-3% and 50 million people died. There are now more people and the world is smaller, so things travel faster which means it could impact more people quicker.

  So even the 3% rate deserves some degree of panic and stockpiling. 10% would be catastrophic and would probably result in breakdown of society as it is.

  Look at Italy - a relatively small outbreak in a wester country and the supermarket shelves were empty very quickly. What happens if that occurs the day before you're due to do a weekly shop, and your cupboards are bare? Restaurants close, staff don't show up, no one wants to go out and 'mingle'. Where do you go, what do you do, how do you live?