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ShatsBassoon

Throwing bombs & banging moms
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Jan 14, 2015
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Grocery stores are mental packed here. Safeway had no collard greens or ribs.
Husband had to go to Smart & Final but the queues at the checkouts are like Christmas eve.
Shelves are empty at most Costcos and superstores here. No bread, no meat.Smaller name stores with bigger price tags are getting hammered now.
 

ShatsBassoon

Throwing bombs & banging moms
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Jan 14, 2015
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My wife has a friend who works for westjet, there's been a mass layoff of employees today. They've been in meetings all morning.
Wife has another friend who's in mexico who's supposed to return next week. Friend A told friend B to get on the next flight. Sounds like west jet is going to shut down non domestic flights.

My dumbass employee flew to Mexico this morning.
 

silentsinger

Momofuku
Jun 23, 2015
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Just stay away for a few days.
I have normal needs at grocery but there ain't no way I'm going in there.

I have kidney beans and canned tomatoes. If I have to shoot some squirrels I will do that.
Freeze a squirrel for me so I can do something when this nightmare has blown over?
 

BenAskrensStrikingcoach

Formerly formulating formally
Jan 30, 2015
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2009 H1N1 US Deaths: 4,000
2020 Covid-19 US Deaths: 42

Millions of people contracted h1n1 and it was in circulation for a year or more for that death toll.

I don't get the panic either really but this virus has a much higher mortality rate , in a years time you will a see similar death toll, if the spread isn't controlled it will be a lot higher than h1n1.
 

Yossarian

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Oct 25, 2015
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No expert obviously of this, but I've known of people who are carriers of various illness without actually getting sick themselves.
What I thought, so without symptoms you can still put people at risk, but Trudeau gonna Trudeau I guess.