re: #84 dat_said

March 10: “It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away” - DJT
March 11: Stores report shortages of bottled water and toilet paper.

It wasn’t just water and toilet paper. I remember going to a local Wal-Mart around 3/16/20 and many of the shelves were picked clean.

About eight days after the pandemic declaration, Ms. Cyborg and I had to go to a small market 45 mins away to find, of all things, ground beef…and lucky for us the store had three one pound packs left.

For reference we have 7 grocery stores less than 10 miles from us and a couple of local butcher shops within that same radius.

Finding beef is usually not a problem.

In the early days I was as fearful of everyone losing their fucking minds as I was of the virus itself.