Same story in our store. I looked very surprised that the two shelves in front of me were completely empty. I asked and there were various noodles before. I've never seen a grocery store shelf empty like this. Then I noticed that on the literally opposite shelves all canned foods are still there in quantities and laughed about those people...

That's good, because I ran out of rice this week and needed more. Plenty on the shelves, people buying up ramen noodles instead.

Absolutely! We are getting ready for a bathroom remodel. It will include a bidet. This was decided long ago lol.

I cannot comment on anything regarding China. The only thing I can do is observe what is happening here, and what has been happening since 2016 when DJT was elected. At the heart of the scare mongering here, I believe, is a global effort to get rid of our President because he is not a globalist, in the most simplest terms. There have been multiple coups already attempted here by our own government people, attempting to subvert the will of the American voters. Now, I believe, it has become a global coup. About 12-18 months ago all these government and former government employees were out making the rounds internationally, meeting with international dignitaries. It seemed off. Why was Pelosi and a ome of her crew in Iran? Why were John Kerry, Obama, and who knows who else doing the same thing? I couldn’t figure it out. Now, it seems so transparent. I believe they were manufacturing this crisis. and I know there are many here on Poal who disagree with that, but for 4 years I’ve been watching and experiencing first hand DJT’s policies. And they are much better than what I watched in the previous 20 years before that. The flu circulates every winter here. Every year, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, contract it. It kills a small percentage of infected, mostly the elderly and immune compromised. It does not wreak havoc such as shutting down entire industries or crashing economies. Most of us do not reside in dense population centers. There is already physical distancing merely in our way of life. The sun shines a lot here. Viruses cannot survive in the sun. That is one of the major reasons I hang my laundry out to dry for most of the year, instead of using a gas or electric dryer. We have access to whatever the world has to offer. Plenty of stores, plenty of supplies, plenty of meds, plenty of medical professionals, plenty of bleach, plenty of ....I could go on and on. The swine flu and SARS were much worse at the same point in the flu season than this current one, and with next to zero hype. The hysteria does not match the numbers for this current strain. A crash of our economy is what the opposition is hoping for. China is not very happy with us right now, either, I believe, because of the unbalanced trade that has been occurring for DECADES now, and which DJT is attempting to stop it. Im happy to report, at least here in CA, gun and ammo sales have been going crazy since February, and we recently just shot down a bunch of tax increases that were on last week’s ballots. Hope I haven’t rattled incoherently too much, these are just my thoughts. I do hate watching our portfolio go down like this, and perhaps we cannot stave off a DOW crash, but in the meantime, I’m buying shit cheap cuz I ain’t buying the global, elites bullshit. Will the time come to panic? For both health and wealth? Perhaps. But it certainly isn’t here yet. And I suspect that come summer, there will be many comical memes summing up the insanity that has passed.