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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust went to a Frys
in Mesa Arizona. Lots of people and empty shelves. Didn't look at the tp and paper towels. Canned veggies and fruit were nearly empty as well as the milk and meat. The items that were available was "cold and flu" medication lots of it. Wtf?? Wouldn't you think that if you were maybe gonna get a flu type virus that you might want to have some meds on hand?? I hope we can all settle down.
Seems like we're in a very bad movie but there's no stop button. Be safe and well.
Renew Deal
(81,894 posts)Oddly enough, the supply of OTC expectorants and fever remedies is holding up well.
I dont think a lot of people have taken the step of what might I need for symptoms if I contract covid-19? or they simply dont know what they might need.
Renew Deal
(81,894 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)crickets
(25,989 posts)I have tons of Ibuprofen at home so I just bought Airborne and ... Nyquil. Nyquil is my go-to once real misery starts. You can't beat the Nyquil stupor.
I have some Halls cough drops around here somewhere, but if a real cough takes off I will regret the lack of Mucinex or the 'tussin. /smacks forehead. Oops.
babylonsister
(171,106 posts)* do not take antihistamines (these are included in lots of normal cold and allergy meds like DayQuil and NyQuil and Zyrtec and Benadryl) because these make the mucus in your lungs more dry and harder to get out
crickets
(25,989 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 14, 2020, 02:11 AM - Edit history (1)
edit TMI - Thanks for the info.
Stallion
(6,476 posts)there is no disruption in the supply chain-there is no reason to panic
area51
(11,934 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)no butter, no bleach, no bread, no rubbing alcohol, no butter, no TP, no canned soup, no white tuna, no sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark
Everyone around me is a total stranger
Everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger
Everyone
Skittles
(153,261 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)Ever since sports were cancelled, listening to sports radio has become stressful.
A Fry's in Mesa....we're neighbors.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Still has lots of 'stuff' ... fyi ...
I think its good people aren't stocking up on cold/flu 'remedies', all they are is symptom relievers they don't make you get well faster.
Aspirin type stuff is wise to have in case of fever though.
ooky
(8,933 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)alittlelark
(18,890 posts)I needed yams and onions, neither available - meat, dairy - GONE. I know cuz I circled the store in morbid fascination., most veggies also GONE,
I watched the old movies too - WHY were there still a few canned goods?
I fled empty handed, but I am well positioned for staplels
Olafjoy
(937 posts)kimbutgar
(21,240 posts)Were empty.
Was looking for rubbing alcohol 70 % or better and they werent in stock.
My Mother was a child of the Great Depression and always made sure we had enough canned foods and food in the freezer while I was growing up. So I am well prepared for a month in food by my upbringing.
denbot
(9,901 posts)Just saying..