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  1. "Fear and shopping in the time of coronavirus" â**sold out of bottled water?â** by Klara Kim is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Things people panic-buy (and stores seem to have run out of) when faced with a serious respiratory virus: Toilet paperTissuePaper towelsCleaning suppliesOatmealFresh BeefFresh ChickenPastaMilkFresh vegetables, including avocadosFrozen vegetables

    Sunday, 15-Mar-20 02:30:47 UTC from chirp.cooleysekula.net
    1. @steve another class of items that seem to be conspicuously not sold out is # Expect to see a spike in births around December/January....
      "Stuck indoors, scared and bored and frustrated and in need of human contact" is the sort of situation that breeds....

      Tuesday, 17-Mar-20 12:21:19 UTC from status.hackerposse.com
    2. @steve I really wonder about the rush on things like #, and REALLY hope nobody's got the bright idea to try to # # after reading one of those "if you're allergic to eggs" flu-vaccine pamphlets....

      Tuesday, 17-Mar-20 15:41:42 UTC from status.hackerposse.com