{"id":51492,"date":"2020-02-29T17:07:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T22:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=51492"},"modified":"2020-02-29T17:07:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T22:07:58","slug":"meanwhile-at-a-costco-in-brooklyn-the-hoarding-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=51492","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile At A Costco In Brooklyn, The Hoarding Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/meanwhile-costco-brooklyn-hoarding-begins\">Meanwhile At A Costco In Brooklyn, The Hoarding Begins<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The same long lines that we&#8217;ve seen in China, Japan, South Korea, and across the world as people panic buy food and health supplies have started in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/us-retailers-warn-virus-mask-and-hand-sanitizer-shortages\">US Surgeon General urged people<\/a>\u00a0to &#8220;stop buying masks,&#8221; saying on Twitter that they&#8217;re not effective in preventing the general public from catching coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Surgeon_General\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/932614359880171522\/tLq-t-Se_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Surgeon_General\"><strong><\/strong><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Surgeon_General\/status\/1233725785283932160\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS!  <br><br>They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash\">#Coronavirus<\/a>, but if healthcare providers can\u2019t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UxZRwxxKL9\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/37Ay6Cm\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UxZRwxxKL9\">Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.cdc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the CDC telling everyone to calm down, alleged video of long lines pouring out of a Costco store in Brooklyn, New York, surfaced on YouTube Saturday afternoon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kL4bt43dkvg\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes days after we&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/it-begins-hawaii-stores-empty-out-coronavirus-panic-buying\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Hawaiians raced to Sam&#8217;s Club and Costco to panic buy food and health supplies as virus fears surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vtcv24BacUA\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And as we noted earlier today: &#8220;The great panic of 2020 is underway&#8221; as Americans are now stocking up on supplies as the next pandemic could be imminent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meanwhile At A Costco In Brooklyn, The Hoarding Begins The same long lines that we&#8217;ve seen in China, Japan, South Korea, and across the world as people panic buy food and health supplies have started in the US. 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