Coronavirus fears cause people to strip shelves by stocking up on supplies as one woman turns basement in ‘SUPERMARKET’
FEARS of a coronavirus outbreak in the US have led homeowners to stock up on supplies, including one woman who has turned her basement into a supermarket.
There have been 60 cases in the country, but people are taking no chances and stripping shops bare of non-perishable items and medications.
Tina Bietler posted photos of the goods, which include pasta, milk, peanut butter, water, paper towels and lots of snacks.
"If you aren't prepping for an outbreak you should be," she wrote on Twitter this week.
."So far we do not have a reason to be purchasing that kind of food.
"I call it fear hoarding."
Hawaii shopper David Pineda told TV station : "I'm really more concerned about being sick, I'm concerned about money, you know am I gonna provide for my family, so that's my main concern and then also feeding them."
President Trump tried to reassure the public this week that "this will end."
"You don't want to see panic because there's no reason to be panicked."
A total of 83,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus, most of them in mainland China. There have been nearly 3,000 deaths.
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