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OK, Let Me Get This Straight (Original Post) ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 OP
I think you nailed it JHB Mar 2020 #1
+1 n/t Laelth Mar 2020 #21
I heard that you have to be tested to go into a Walmart or Target underpants Mar 2020 #2
Probably So ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #3
Just your head examined rickford66 Mar 2020 #6
😆 underpants Mar 2020 #8
Went to target yesterday afternoon. No testing, store jammed. No TP or Paper towels. Fla Dem Mar 2020 #12
Let you in on a little tip I've discovered underpants Mar 2020 #14
Thanks for the tip. I actually didn't go for TP or PT. Went for a couple of non-essential items. Fla Dem Mar 2020 #17
Makes sense. Poor folks can't afford to hoard. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #18
Right. Exactly. underpants Mar 2020 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Fla Dem Mar 2020 #16
Also a lot of stores deliver. meadowlander Mar 2020 #25
If you are looking for logic, don't Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #4
Too Late ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #5
Everything is a hoax! imanamerican63 Mar 2020 #7
And of course he'll never cop to having been wrong NellieStarbuck Mar 2020 #9
2/3's there, Prof - the hoax in the WH is the real emergency! marble falls Mar 2020 #10
Amen to that! -- The HOAX in the WH is the REAL emergency! dmr Mar 2020 #15
Well... ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #20
Was he lying then or is he lying now? gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #11
Of course. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #24
Pretty much how Trump handles anything... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #13
Fox News World vs. Real World? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #22
With no sense of hypocrisy central scrutinizer Mar 2020 #23
Something fucked up is going here. This doesn't make sense even for tRump. njhoneybadger Mar 2020 #26
His minions have only heard the hoax part randr Mar 2020 #27

underpants

(182,811 posts)
2. I heard that you have to be tested to go into a Walmart or Target
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 08:06 AM
Mar 2020

I will not be surprised if something like that starts going around

Fla Dem

(23,675 posts)
12. Went to target yesterday afternoon. No testing, store jammed. No TP or Paper towels.
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:05 AM
Mar 2020

Our county has not been hit hard yet, only one case, a biker from NY here for bike week. Maybe doing the testing in harder hit areas.

underpants

(182,811 posts)
14. Let you in on a little tip I've discovered
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:11 AM
Mar 2020

Chain grocery stores in poorer areas of town often have what you are looking for.

I was in a Food Lion yesterday and they still had a lot of TP. It's one of my go to places before snow hurricanes etc. Dollar General stores too but they have a few items of a lot of things not massive numbers of each.

Fla Dem

(23,675 posts)
17. Thanks for the tip. I actually didn't go for TP or PT. Went for a couple of non-essential items.
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:20 AM
Mar 2020

But once I walked in saw the lines of people checking out, I left without without purchasing. Rarely are there long lines in my Target. Did take a walk down to the paper goods aisle to checkout the situation and saw the empty shelves.

Stay Safe!

Response to Fla Dem (Reply #12)

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
25. Also a lot of stores deliver.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 02:51 AM
Mar 2020

They can source stock from across the chain of stores and you don't have to wait in line. You might need to wait another day or two but I haven't even had to do that where I live.

Maybe you save three or four bucks getting stuff in person at Costco but that's an hour or two of your time plus exposure to craziness and potentially the virus.

If you can afford it, do yourself a favour and shop online.

ProfessorGAC

(65,044 posts)
5. Too Late
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 08:46 AM
Mar 2020

Already hurts. Starting early November 2016!
I get you. I'm not looking for logic, either. Just sharpening talking points for some I I know who think the covid thing is overblown. And, I'd guess a majority of those voted for "it". Just wanted a needle to use if they blather about it again.

NellieStarbuck

(266 posts)
9. And of course he'll never cop to having been wrong
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 09:24 AM
Mar 2020

about any of it at any point and will disavow his prior comments.

central scrutinizer

(11,648 posts)
23. With no sense of hypocrisy
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 02:27 AM
Mar 2020

Fox went from blaming the Democrats for inventing a crisis to take down the president to blaming the Democrats for not doing enough in this national emergency in a nanosecond.

njhoneybadger

(3,910 posts)
26. Something fucked up is going here. This doesn't make sense even for tRump.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 04:13 AM
Mar 2020

If you really wanted this to spread you would call it a hoax.
If you really wanted this to spread you wouldn't be prepared to test people.
Mitch McConnel throws his hands up and goes home in a national emergency.

randr

(12,412 posts)
27. His minions have only heard the hoax part
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 07:44 AM
Mar 2020

The rest they ignore at all of our endangerment. They will continue to get and spread the virus as they dance humanity off the edge of a cliff.
They must feel rapturous.

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