Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
by allovernow on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:20PM
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If people start trickling into stores to stock up now, as the Canadian government is urging it's citizens, there will be less of a rush later. Perhaps we can avoid the chaos of empty store shelves.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
by l4yao on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @10:29PM
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Your wording seems a bit off mark. The Minister of Health is recommending everyone to always have an emergency reserve in case of any unforseen event, from illness to power blackout.
Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
by mercer on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:52PM
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I'd say the vast majority of people that I know don't have such a reserve, and are seriously considering it now.
If they all go and stock up, what with the JIT-style of many supermarkets, I wouldn't be surprised to encounter shortages.
Even just to avoid the inconvenience of that, stocking up now, while the majority of the population is not too concerned, seems prudent and even beneficial to everyone else