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jimlup

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Fri Jul 3, 2020, 04:55 PM Jul 2020

A warning about getting ready [View all]

I hate to make this post and it is based on hearsay. Nevertheless, based on the hearsay information that I have received we should start stocking up for an emergency quarantine lasting at least 2 months starting late July or early August.

The information is third hand from an expert epidemiologist but the chain of this information is reliable. I have already made my first stock up shopping trip and will make another tomorrow.

Things are going to get very bad all across the country. The fire is lite in several places and the burning will not be over but will intensify and spread significantly in the coming weeks. Covid-19 is reeking havoc and is only now beginning its true burn through the population.

Get protein in particular as food supplies will likely be disrupted.

I am sorry. Protect yourself and your loved ones!

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Was already planning on stocking up mid July MissB Jul 2020 #1
The states will have to do it Trump would doc03 Jul 2020 #4
We also have been just buying extra stuff just in case kimbutgar Jul 2020 #2
If we really quarantined for two months we could defeat it soothsayer Jul 2020 #3
+1, Fauci is right, we only did a 50% level NPI vs 100% like all the other nations and it takes just uponit7771 Jul 2020 #35
I have heard we will be closed down again by end of September marlakay Jul 2020 #5
You don't need to get the skinny from a source with inside connections. Girard442 Jul 2020 #6
That and understand science /nt jimlup Jul 2020 #8
Quarantine rso Jul 2020 #7
Except for fresh fruit, I think we are ready. Ilsa Jul 2020 #9
I've started buying frozen fruit spinbaby Jul 2020 #16
I keep ice cream, so I'll Ilsa Jul 2020 #17
Smoothies! Tipperary Jul 2020 #18
Ready Timewas Jul 2020 #10
I'll say it again: August and September are the height of hurricane season misanthrope Jul 2020 #11
This is an extreme concern for my Dad jimlup Jul 2020 #14
If you have anything stored up for a pandemic lockdown misanthrope Jul 2020 #32
Yes, exactly jimlup Jul 2020 #33
Toilet Paper time! Renew Deal Jul 2020 #12
Indeed... jimlup Jul 2020 #13
I also confess ChazII Jul 2020 #22
Grab a chest freezer while you still can. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #15
We were fortunate to be able to get one in March AwakeAtLast Jul 2020 #21
That was one of the things people were buying the first time around. Renew Deal Jul 2020 #23
I think you mean "wreaking." Tipperary Jul 2020 #19
Always good to be prepared. Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #20
I can't stock up in a 500 sq ft apt. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #24
I know about using an oven for storage. Just put a piece of masking tape over the on/off knob... Hekate Jul 2020 #27
I live in less space, in a 34 ft motorhome. Storage space is a joke SammyWinstonJack Jul 2020 #36
I bet you can't buy 6 rolls of BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #38
Hummmmm peggysue2 Jul 2020 #25
We are stocked up. As long as there's no power outages, we should be okay... Hekate Jul 2020 #26
IMO this post is worthless without some proof. Why is this "expert epidemiologist" not going public? USALiberal Jul 2020 #28
Wreaking. jeffreyi Jul 2020 #29
A quarter cow's worth of beef arrives in our freezer in two weeks caraher Jul 2020 #30
My sources don't say anything like that... brooklynite Jul 2020 #31
I'm not saying anyone is "planning" that... jimlup Jul 2020 #37
It makes sense, looks like at the current rate we're at 100,000 cases a day at end of July ... uponit7771 Jul 2020 #34
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