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In reply to the discussion: What is in your coronavirus emergency kit? [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)68. Got the garage pantry
full of canned food, but will eat the freezer/refrigerator food first. You never know how long the power company will have workers. At some point, I will start storing water, as long as it flows. I may need to stockpile some shelf-stable ultra-pasteurized milk.
I don't think this thing is going to affect me, but once it hits the east coast, we're shutting everything up, and will not have contact with other humans until it blows over. We're in our mid-sixties, and don't need another infection.
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I have enough food in the house to do just fine, especially since the sympthoms are much
napi21
Feb 2020
#3
Between testing reliability and statistically outlying quirks, all kinds of things can happen
jberryhill
Feb 2020
#25
Apparently as an single strand RNA virus it is apt to mutate, just like cold viruses.
Chemisse
Feb 2020
#36
Generator, Fuel, Water, Guns, Ammo, Liquor, Bandages, Antibiotics, Gold ... and Heroin ...
mr_lebowski
Feb 2020
#16
I always keep about a month's protein in the freezer. Frozen vegetables, some canned
Squinch
Feb 2020
#28
The bourbon really helps, particularly a sore throat. Although, I read that is not
Hoyt
Feb 2020
#54
Sure they will, there have been other bad flu outbreaks and those services functioned.
fleabiscuit
Feb 2020
#41