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Been like that for at least a month and a half. Many people raided to resell back to China or send to family...
You say that like we have some kind of advanced, efficient infrastructure and leadership with the ability to react swiftly and strategically to chaos and disaster.
Lol.
It's gonna be a hell of a year. Starter is this national shitshow of massive, largely avoidable flooding. Main course is a mass social panic and potential healthcare disaster of a Coronavirus epidemic within an overstretched and systematically underfunded NHS. All that topped off with the sweet, sweet dessert of a catastrophic and entirely self-inflicted no-deal Brexit.
And that's just the 2020 shite we know about.
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I feel your pain. I wash my hands about 100 times per day due to OCD. 'O'Keeffe's working hands" is a life saver for me (I'm in the UK). I apply it three times per day and once before bed.
All the best to everyone with regards to this virus.
Here's what I bought the last few days.
local organic grocery:
~5 lbs dried black beans
~5 lbs dried dark red kidney beans
~5 lbs red lentils
coconut butter (good in oatmeal)
cashew butter (to try, was on sale)
local chinese grocery:
~15-20 lbs of various rices, no packages more than 5 lbs due to concerns about spoilage/pests after opening. currently they're in freezer for a week.
jar of looseleaf tea
chili sauce
Costco
9 lbs wheat pasta (low-nutrition imo; unfortunately they stopped carrying my favorite protein-rich chickpea-based brand, Banza)
14 lbs my favored Bob's Red Mill oatmeal (got 1 more bag than usual)
24 pastured eggs (my usual)
Kerrygold Irish butter 4-pack (my usual)
Peanut butter two-pack (my usual)
Shredded parmigiana
Jar of pesto
6-pack of good tuna in olive oil
4-pack Lysol antiviral disinfectant spray, probably kind of dumb and will rarely use but maybe for deep cleaning? i don't know, impulse
re: water, they only had packages of single-serving plastic bottles (Earth-destroying trash) and 1-liter plastic bottles, so I passed. not super concerned. maybe i'll find larger jugs at Safeway or somesuch. Bay Area tap water is good quality fwiw.
Amazon (they picked a perfect time to give me a 1-month Prime trial)
24-pack of my preferred good-quality tuna in olive oil, though only halfway through last one (the price went up a bunch)
two 24-packs of shit-quality Maruchan noodles, just in case (creamy chicken, chili)
two looseleaf teas
Trader Joe's
3 pounds cheap basmati rice (spellcheck wants to say baptismal, lol)
Three dark chocolate lover's bars (one more than usual)
For a layperson dummy I consider myself fairly well informed on coronavirus happenings, largely thanks to this thread + Twitter. Even so I would have preferred to have taken care of this stocking-up a bit earlier, maybe last week. My mistake.
There are probably a few more things I could get to round this off. Like my preferred chickpea pasta, which I saw for a little more than Costco at another grocer. And a couple good flashlights + batteries, mine are ancient and trash. Still, feeling decent about my ability to stay at home for a good period.
local organic grocery:
~5 lbs dried black beans
~5 lbs dried dark red kidney beans
~5 lbs red lentils
coconut butter (good in oatmeal)
cashew butter (to try, was on sale)
local chinese grocery:
~15-20 lbs of various rices, no packages more than 5 lbs due to concerns about spoilage/pests after opening. currently they're in freezer for a week.
jar of looseleaf tea
chili sauce
Costco
9 lbs wheat pasta (low-nutrition imo; unfortunately they stopped carrying my favorite protein-rich chickpea-based brand, Banza)
14 lbs my favored Bob's Red Mill oatmeal (got 1 more bag than usual)
24 pastured eggs (my usual)
Kerrygold Irish butter 4-pack (my usual)
Peanut butter two-pack (my usual)
Shredded parmigiana
Jar of pesto
6-pack of good tuna in olive oil
4-pack Lysol antiviral disinfectant spray, probably kind of dumb and will rarely use but maybe for deep cleaning? i don't know, impulse
re: water, they only had packages of single-serving plastic bottles (Earth-destroying trash) and 1-liter plastic bottles, so I passed. not super concerned. maybe i'll find larger jugs at Safeway or somesuch. Bay Area tap water is good quality fwiw.
Amazon (they picked a perfect time to give me a 1-month Prime trial)
24-pack of my preferred good-quality tuna in olive oil, though only halfway through last one (the price went up a bunch)
two 24-packs of shit-quality Maruchan noodles, just in case (creamy chicken, chili)
two looseleaf teas
Trader Joe's
3 pounds cheap basmati rice (spellcheck wants to say baptismal, lol)
Three dark chocolate lover's bars (one more than usual)
For a layperson dummy I consider myself fairly well informed on coronavirus happenings, largely thanks to this thread + Twitter. Even so I would have preferred to have taken care of this stocking-up a bit earlier, maybe last week. My mistake.
There are probably a few more things I could get to round this off. Like my preferred chickpea pasta, which I saw for a little more than Costco at another grocer. And a couple good flashlights + batteries, mine are ancient and trash. Still, feeling decent about my ability to stay at home for a good period.
It's amazing that most IT companies I know, including my last company, are making their employees work from home but the current company I'm in, doesn't care. I was planning to leave later this year, but I hope to leave by late this spring now.
I've been picking up a few random odds and ends every day after work, hopefully I'll have a stockpile so that I won't have to go to the store for a few weeks.
Hey, look at it this way - Corona will be clearing their stocks due to lack of demand. Economic recession and pandemic, but cheap beer!
I'm happy that for the most part I can work from home on most things if necessary, going to be interesting how my company responds if we start getting more cases where I live. Definitely going to be taking my mobile work laptop with me when I go home every night just encase. Generally leave it at work but seems like the kinda small change in my work ethic that can make a difference should the worst happen.
I was able to convince my husband that we needed extra on the 25th and that things might get a bit crazy due to panic soon. We were able to stock up almost a month of stuff we could use from Cosco with the only items they were out off being anti-viral tissues. Apparently now they are starting to run low on a lot in some places
I was curious to see how it would play out for them, as as expected they are not doing too great.
Highly recommend adding plenty of green vegetables (frozen and/or canned) and some more meat to that. All of the stuff you got is great, really good prep, but it's very heavy on the carbs.
I'm guessing we're a giant Corona virus shaped time bomb right now. If anyone infected went to any of our massive carnaval parties (99% chance they did) we're gonna be in bad shape
I'm curious as to how the CDC botched the testing kits this much when every other developed nation has no problem testing thousands of patients daily. Their funding didn't get gutted that badly, right?
Yeah, I've been saying since the last thread that the carnaval had a massive chance of being a huge mess due to this. Only a matter of time to know it for sure now.
Way, way too many people from across the world in crowded spaces exchanging fluids (nothing against that, mind you, just stating the facts). It's the perfect recipe.
It totally did. I think I have seen it said we currently have 10 of the originally 47 branches/offices/whatever they are parts of the CDC, the other 30 got cut - in particular literally the pandemic response one
Ah, good point, it does look that from what I shared. The reason is because I already had a bunch of meat / frozen veg / protein in the freezer. I can't really fit much more, so didn't stock up further. I just kind of accept that I will have to go out to replenish fresh/frozen veggies and meat when they run out or spoil. I'm at my fridge's limit.
Glad you approve!
Edit: Oh yeah, you did mention canned veggies. Hmm, not usually in my pantry or repertoire. Do you have any recommendations for healthy veggies amenable to canning?
Just noticed you did mention canned veggies. Not usually in my pantry or repertoire. Do you have any recommendations for healthy veggies amenable to canning?
I'm from Brazil, went to carnival and now I have a sore throat, sneezing and some kind of eye infection. It could just be the post-carnival flu we get every year or I could have the virus.
I'm frankly more worried if it's not the virus, because what I have is mild so far, but if I catch the virus on top of this, I think it could get serious. I'm trying not to freak out rn.
I'm frankly more worried if it's not the virus, because what I have is mild so far, but if I catch the virus on top of this, I think it could get serious. I'm trying not to freak out rn.
Lol, I bought 4 64oz Skippy jars the other day off Amazon. My wife has been looking at me funny ever since.
I've mostly bought soups, beans, canned tuna/chicken. 5lbs of rice. Couple of steaks in the freezer that I'll hold onto instead of making this week.
Probably should get some pasta and canned veg.
Probably should get some pasta and canned veg.
Peas, green beans, and "vegetable medley" cans are the go-to. Carrots are probably good to add too. Any brand will do, just make sure they're not packed with salt.
Chunky canned soups are good for meat and veggies as well, but you really have to be careful with the sodium on those.
For canned meat, Swanson has some good options for chicken if you want more than tuna. Stagg Silverado Chili is great as well.
Wait really? Do you have a link showing the pandemic response unit was cut?
How is possible that freaking California has less test kits than the region of Lombardia?
They really have to put some areas on lockdown. It's the only way the virus has been contained in most parts of the world and the main reason why we're not already in an unstoppable pandemic situation. But if USA don't apply the same procedures, everything the rest of the world did would be pretty much pointless considering the number of people travelling in and out of America.
They really have to put some areas on lockdown. It's the only way the virus has been contained in most parts of the world and the main reason why we're not already in an unstoppable pandemic situation. But if USA don't apply the same procedures, everything the rest of the world did would be pretty much pointless considering the number of people travelling in and out of America.
Outbreaks of lethal diseases happen regularly. The US government just cut funding for the hospitals that deal with them
After cases of Ebola begin showing up in the United States in 2014, the US government created a tiered system of hospitals to deal with the virus and other serious infectious diseases. Despite the fact that outbreaks of lethal diseases--like the coronavirus that's spreading in Wuhan, China--are...
thebulletin.org
Well this was one thing that got cut.
Among other things.
Trump administration budget cuts could become a major problem as coronavirus spreads
Several global health units of the U.S. government have faced budget crises—or shut down completely.
You have 100 public health labs but only 3 are able to do the tests for the virus. 3 for the whole of USA. I worry for you guys🙁
Their shares have plummeted in the last few days
Poor guys
In hard times people prefer hard liquor.
That's all upper respiratory tract, while corona mostly affects the lower respiratory area. Plus the first symptoms are usually fever and a dry cough. You probably caught some other s*** ;)
Relevant information:
"Notably, the COVID-19 infection rarely seems to cause a runny nose, sneezing, or sore throat (these symptoms have been observed in only about 5% of patients). Sore throat, sneezing,and stuffy nose are most often signs of a cold."
COVID Live - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer
Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...www.worldometers.info
Hmm, I spontaneously went for a first round of prep shopping after work but mostly stuck to soup and canned veggies that were on sale. Should probably round that out lol