Have you done your coronavirus panic buying yet?
Shoppers across the country – and, indeed, around the world – have been reporting packed stores and empty shelves, as people apparently spent the weekend stocking up for what they fear could be a coronavirus emergency. “I have never in my life seen Seattle Costco lines like this – 40 carts deep with over one-hour wait times,” one Twitter user wrote on Saturday (while sharing the above photo). “Water, toilet paper, rice, meat – all are disappearing fast,” another tweeted. “I just bought an additional year’s worth of food last night,” a third Twitter user announced. Here’s the Coupons in the News article.
