CDC outlines what closing schools, businesses would look like in US pandemic

Re:CDC outlines what closing schools, businesses would look ... by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @05:26PM (#22418176)

There's always some risk that infrastructure will catastrophically fail, and in general I think a month-long self-sufficiency stock is a perfectly reasonable thing to have. (I have one myself, although primarily because I live in an earthquake zone.)

But when people are reacting to the coronavirus, the implicit question isn't what preparations are good to have for general worst case scenarios; it's which preparations you're likely to need, which ones you can no longer afford to be without. As many a doomsday prepper will attest, there's always one more contingency you could plan for, but telling people to start with extreme measures makes it less likely they'll plan at all.

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Re:CDC outlines what closing schools, businesses would look ... by robomartin on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @06:11PM (#22418549)

You are over-complicating simple advice that is perfectly reasonable and not extreme at all:

Assume stores will be closed. Plan accordingly. Be glad if things don't play out that way. No harm done. Not difficult. Not extreme. Not a big deal. Just reasonable assumptions and planning in the face of what could be a very serious event in human history.

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Re:CDC outlines what closing schools, businesses would look ... by v0tary on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:02AM (#22421259)

I have to agree here with robomartin. Stores might be open or they might not. Even though there is large chance they might remain open - they will almost certainly be overrun if this were to go into panic mode.

I can't even buy dust masks at my local home improvement store as they are out of stock. And that's not even a necessity!

Nothing wrong in being prepared for an emergency.

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