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Hand Sanitizer Shortages? SERIOUSLY?!

I almost always have a fairly large bottle of the stuff in my place, but the TV talking heads are saying it's disappeared from stores all over the country, and/or is going for 10 to 100 times the retail value on the black market, thanks to our friend, the Coronavirus.

Is this happening where you live? Post reports here, please?

Hand freaking sanitizer. SERIOUSLY?!

by Anonymousreply 167March 13, 2020 9:21 AM

yes, not just the hand sanitizer, I couldn't find any Zinc Lozenes yesterday.

by Anonymousreply 1March 4, 2020 9:36 AM

None of this is happening where I live in Massachusetts. Where are you guys?

by Anonymousreply 2March 4, 2020 9:39 AM

R2 Are you sure? things changed fast in the last 24~48 hours. You can try to search Cold Eeze on Walmart or Target website to see whether the local stores have them in stock, my guess you won't find any.

by Anonymousreply 3March 4, 2020 9:44 AM

I'm in southwest suburban Chicago, R2. Gonna hit a few Walgreenses and CVSes and Walmarts and Dollar Trees over the next couple of days to see what's what.

by Anonymousreply 4March 4, 2020 9:47 AM

Im in texas and there was none in the dollar trees I frequent.

by Anonymousreply 5March 4, 2020 9:48 AM

Target shelf

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by Anonymousreply 6March 4, 2020 9:57 AM

Gosh ok, I will check again today and stock up

by Anonymousreply 7March 4, 2020 9:58 AM

You can make your own with aloe Vera gel and rubbing alcohol

by Anonymousreply 8March 4, 2020 9:59 AM

well I posted this yesterday, some preparations are needed, no only just hand sanitizer, you also want to buy some disposable nitrile gloves, cold medicine like Zinc Lozenges etc, and if you are lucky some face mask or surgical mask...

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by Anonymousreply 9March 4, 2020 10:06 AM

It's been like this for over a month, op.

I'm pissed because I am a regular hand sanitizer user. I have kept a full bottle in my car, for over 10 years. Before anyone else even cared about germs.

Now I can't find hand sanitizer ANYWHERE, and I'm freaking out. Mentally, it gives me a sense of calm, to have my small and medium sized bottles of hand sanitizer nearby. I kind of feel lost without it.

You can't even find a tiny bottle in a convenience store. It's all gone.

by Anonymousreply 10March 4, 2020 10:40 AM

I did a soft search on Friday and found a few at a non-chain drug store, for $7.99 for the 12-oz. I have quite a few small ones lying around. I decided to buy rubbing alcohol at Target and make my own if need be. Personally I’m not a big user, but my SIL was bugging out because her drugstore was rationing it last a Wednesday.

I just wash my hands according to recommendations and try not to touch my face.

by Anonymousreply 11March 4, 2020 10:56 AM

Aldi gets a truck shipment every am of sanitizer, it is kept up front by the registers. It is gone within a few minutes but worth a shot. You can always get rubbing alcohol and make your own. 2/3 rubbing alcohol 1/3 aloe gel.

by Anonymousreply 12March 4, 2020 11:01 AM

ohh for fucks sake people. WASH your fucking paws, you don’t need hand sanitizer. And what’s with the person recommending to go out and buy gloves? Why? You going to be performing surgery on your kitchen table, or are you planning a fisting party during a quarantine? It’s all a waste and you’re contributing to the panic.

by Anonymousreply 13March 4, 2020 11:14 AM

I mean...there's alcohol, astringents, SOAP, gloves.

by Anonymousreply 14March 4, 2020 12:02 PM

Smaller size hand sanitizers were unavailable yesterday at Walmart.com.

by Anonymousreply 15March 4, 2020 12:10 PM

Idiot. What's even your question, OP ? You couldn't buy some like two months ago like everybody else ?

by Anonymousreply 16March 4, 2020 12:10 PM

People are acting as though hand sanitizer is the motherfucking CURE for coronavirus.

by Anonymousreply 17March 4, 2020 12:19 PM

I saw a post by a pharmacist online which said to mix 2 parts rubbing alcohol (at least 91% pure) with 1 part aloe vera gel. So, buy a 32 oz bottle of rubbing alcohol and mix it with a 16-oz bottle of aloe vera gel. Voila! Hand sanitizer.

by Anonymousreply 18March 4, 2020 1:07 PM

Which stock makes this?

I want to buy some.

by Anonymousreply 19March 4, 2020 1:14 PM

There is none in Los Angeles county. NONE

by Anonymousreply 20March 4, 2020 1:16 PM

[quote] I couldn't find any Zinc Lozenes yesterday.

I’d help you find it but I don’t know what that is.

by Anonymousreply 21March 4, 2020 1:20 PM

[R21] Mayo Clinic says Zinc Lozenges help the Rhinovirus from multiplying. I know fuck all about science, so no idea if that means it does the same for coronavirus.

I usually by Up&Up hand wipes at Target, they were all cleaned out of them and Wet Ones. They had plenty of organic nonsense that mentioned nothing of killing germs, though.

by Anonymousreply 22March 4, 2020 4:15 PM

buy* (ugh)

by Anonymousreply 23March 4, 2020 4:16 PM

FDA warned Purell back in January 29.2020 to stop making false claims about protection from viruses (not bacteria) hand sanitizers.

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by Anonymousreply 24March 4, 2020 4:35 PM

Hand insanity!

by Anonymousreply 25March 4, 2020 4:35 PM

Use soap, you fat fucks.

by Anonymousreply 26March 4, 2020 4:42 PM

R12, thanks, I'll check Aldi tomorrow. I was there yesterday but didn't look for it at the registers.

by Anonymousreply 27March 4, 2020 4:43 PM

R2 you are incorrect. There are shortages of hand sanitizer in Boston and surrounding areas.

by Anonymousreply 28March 4, 2020 4:45 PM

Bunch of fucking Karens, here.

by Anonymousreply 29March 4, 2020 4:46 PM

I just bought a 12-pack of 1 liter rubbing alcohol and spray bottles on Jet.com.

by Anonymousreply 30March 4, 2020 4:47 PM

I hope people won’t find out about surgical hand scrub.

by Anonymousreply 31March 4, 2020 4:50 PM

Chlorhexidine, r31. Still available on Amazon.

by Anonymousreply 32March 4, 2020 4:54 PM

Aldi in la Quinta was out last nite (next to Palm Springs

by Anonymousreply 33March 4, 2020 4:55 PM

Try places like Bath and Body works they have small sanitizer that you can throw in a pocket or bag.

by Anonymousreply 34March 4, 2020 4:58 PM

I made my own hand sanitizer. I bought 4 bottles of Aloe Vera gel at none other than Dollar Tree. I poured them all into a bowl and then added a full bottle of 90% rubbing alcohol and whisked it all together. Ended up with 6 bottles of sanitizer.

by Anonymousreply 35March 4, 2020 5:04 PM

Bath and Body Works is all sold out

by Anonymousreply 36March 4, 2020 5:04 PM

Wow! Guess my stocking stuffer XMas gifts were timely, r36.

by Anonymousreply 37March 4, 2020 5:09 PM

Just put rubbing alcohol in a small spray bottle. No need for fancy aloe vera crap.

by Anonymousreply 38March 4, 2020 5:09 PM

Hand scrub with Povidone-Iodine is still available in large quantities. It’s much cheaper and more effective than the average hand sanitizer. Don’t spread the word though!

by Anonymousreply 39March 4, 2020 5:13 PM

do hand sanitizers expire? I have a few of those Bath and Bodyworks ones from about 3 years ago

by Anonymousreply 40March 4, 2020 5:15 PM

This thread makes me confident that one day we will have created a superbug that will be resistant to all this.

by Anonymousreply 41March 4, 2020 5:17 PM

[quote] Hand scrub with Povidone-Iodine is still available in large quantities. It’s much cheaper and more effective than the average hand sanitizer. Don’t spread the word though!

If you're gonna do that, you may as well just wash your hands with soap and water. You can't walk around with iodine stained hands

by Anonymousreply 42March 4, 2020 5:17 PM

R38, I've heard that doesn't work because pure alcohol evaporates too quickly.

by Anonymousreply 43March 4, 2020 5:18 PM

I ordered zinc lozenges and other supplements on iHerb delivered to me in Switzerland.

We don't have hand sanitizer in many shops - it's not part of everyday culture. Just use soap and water. Control yourself from having to shove food into your mouth 24/7 - wait until you can wash your hands.

There is ZERO shopping panic in Switzerland.

Also there is less reliance on Chinese sourced products, here.

by Anonymousreply 44March 4, 2020 5:20 PM

Currently rubbing hand sanitizer all over my body as I type!

by Anonymousreply 45March 4, 2020 5:25 PM

Povidone iodine leaves a sticky residue in your hands.

by Anonymousreply 46March 4, 2020 5:26 PM

R42 The hand/body scrubs with Povidone-Iodine don’t leave behind any residue. At least not the one I have.

by Anonymousreply 47March 4, 2020 5:31 PM

Vodka is just as good as rubbing alcohol. But it's not for the poors.

by Anonymousreply 48March 4, 2020 5:31 PM

I just ordered five 8 0z bottles of purell on instacart for $3 each.

by Anonymousreply 49March 4, 2020 5:35 PM

R43, rubbing alcohol is 70% concentration. It's not pure. Plain rubbing alcohol has been used as skin disinfectant way before hand sanitizers became a fad.

by Anonymousreply 50March 4, 2020 5:35 PM

If you go to Aldi you need to get there before 11am sanitizers are snapped up immediately as they get off the daily truck. Walk in and go to the least used registers and you may find a couple left behind from that day’s shipment.

by Anonymousreply 51March 4, 2020 5:47 PM

[quote] Just put rubbing alcohol in a small spray bottle. No need for fancy aloe vera crap.

Alcohol alone dries my skin like mad. That's why I mixed it in with the aloe vera gel. And at $1.00/bottle I hardly call it "fancy".

by Anonymousreply 52March 4, 2020 5:55 PM

4 bottles of aloe to 1 bottle of alcohol is not correct concentration. This has been explained eleventy zillion times on the the Intertubes in the last 3 days.

by Anonymousreply 53March 4, 2020 5:57 PM

GOOD. I'm GLAD. One more thing I won't have to drag your doors, YOU SELZFISH FAT OLD QUEENS!!

by Anonymousreply 54March 4, 2020 6:01 PM

One of my home made bottles of hand sanitizer. No alcohol smell at all. Just the smell of the Aloe Vera gel.

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by Anonymousreply 55March 4, 2020 6:04 PM

Just bleach your hands.

by Anonymousreply 56March 4, 2020 6:26 PM

I think the black nitrile are kind of chic and unassuming. Better than electric yellow and blue.

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by Anonymousreply 57March 4, 2020 6:37 PM

That hand sanitizer is toxic. Disrupts the gut microbiome, just by using it on your skin.

by Anonymousreply 58March 4, 2020 6:39 PM

A microbiome-free anus is good news for the rimming community.

by Anonymousreply 59March 4, 2020 6:51 PM

Oh my God, OP! How dare there be shortages that upset your daily routine!

by Anonymousreply 60March 4, 2020 6:52 PM

I don't get all the hand (ha) wringing about the proper amount of alcohol needed in sanitizer (60% minimum) to kill the virus. The CDC has repeatedly advised everyone to just wash their hands with regular soap and water. If regular hand washing is effective, why does sanitizer have to have a high alcohol content.....or any at all?

by Anonymousreply 61March 4, 2020 7:05 PM

Bless your heart, r22.

by Anonymousreply 62March 4, 2020 7:19 PM

[quote] Ended up with 6 bottles of sanitizer.

And ruined kitchen implements.

by Anonymousreply 63March 4, 2020 7:19 PM

[quote] Currently rubbing hand sanitizer all over my body as I type!

Just remember, r45, there’s a fine line between rubbing lotion on yourself and rubbing yourself with lotion.

And...I just crossed that line.

by Anonymousreply 64March 4, 2020 7:21 PM

R61 you don't always have easy access to soap and water to wash your hands. Hand sanitizer fills those voids.

by Anonymousreply 65March 4, 2020 7:39 PM

[quote] And ruined kitchen implements.

Ruined? Have you ever heard of a dish washer?

by Anonymousreply 66March 4, 2020 7:39 PM

If you come to Atlanta bring your own hand sanitizer we are completely out. Just saying

by Anonymousreply 67March 4, 2020 7:44 PM

Cunts are buying up everything that relates to this virus to RESELL on EBAY and AMAZON! Look! All these resell cunts need to be banned from selling anything on these sites.

by Anonymousreply 68March 4, 2020 7:44 PM

Do you all have preexisting respiratory conditions? Are you elderly? Or are you just frightened to death and behaving like lunatics at the thought of being mildly sick for a few days?

by Anonymousreply 69March 4, 2020 7:45 PM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 70March 4, 2020 7:47 PM

Do not eat at r66’s house.

by Anonymousreply 71March 4, 2020 7:48 PM

R69 my parents are frail and elderly and my brother has a newborn so I dont want to get them sick. Too many are only thinking of themselves.

by Anonymousreply 72March 4, 2020 7:48 PM

Just cut off you hands.

by Anonymousreply 73March 4, 2020 7:54 PM

Can we use rubbing alcohol + lube?

I don't have aloe, but I have lots of lube.

Same thing, right?

by Anonymousreply 74March 4, 2020 8:39 PM

R16:

Thank you for your eloquent, brainy and oh-so-welcome contribution to this thread.

Now kindly eat my filthy bunghole, get the Coronavirus, die a slow and agonizing death, and burn in the fires of Hell for all eternity.

Idiot.

by Anonymousreply 75March 5, 2020 1:00 AM

OP sounds nice.

by Anonymousreply 76March 5, 2020 1:02 AM

R28 shortages across the nation!

by Anonymousreply 77March 5, 2020 1:40 AM

back from our local Sam's Club, as expected, there is no hand sanitizer left, and rubbing alcohol all gone, bleach sold out too, and guess what, people are stocking up toilet paper, this is the photo I took 😲

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by Anonymousreply 78March 5, 2020 2:17 AM

Hey gay sisters. Sally Beauty has shelves full of hand sanitizers and rubbing alcohol.

by Anonymousreply 79March 5, 2020 2:21 AM

Lowe's. Got my hand sanitizers from the website.

Then there's your Mom and Pops, your Mini-Marts, hospital pharmacies, ....

by Anonymousreply 80March 5, 2020 2:24 AM

Let's clear up a few things

First: Rubbing alcohol is 70% concentration. This is correct but for the US only. Other countries may have different rules (such as the UK). Simply read your bottle to see what you're getting

Second: Rubbing alcohol usually dries skin very quickly, as one poster noted, hence the need for some kind of moisturizer too.

[quote]do hand sanitizers expire?

No, alcohol does not expire. They do evaporate quickly, and they may get cloudy but that will not affect it. Alcohol made for drink also does not expire though the taste may change. Note: DO NOT DRINK RUBBING ALCOHOL

[quote] Mayo Clinic says Zinc Lozenges help the Rhinovirus from multiplying. I know fuck all about science, so no idea if that means it does the same for coronavirus.

This is incomplete. Studies do show that zinc does help, but they aren't sure. Here's the issue, just taking zinc does not show to work. You need to actually dissolve the lozenge slowly in your mouth. However, as anyone who has ever done this can attest, zinc has a very unique taste.

In order to PROVE something works you have to conduct double blind studies. This means neither the person receiving the drug nor administering the drug, knows if they are giving or getting the placebo. As mentioned, zinc's unique taste has prevented this. No one has been able to replicate the taste of zinc in a placebo, so the recipients always know if they're getting zinc or not. Remember they can't just swallow it, they have to let it dissolve in their mouths..

So studies do show it helps, but remember in any placebo test, around one third of people get better using a placebo, so this may not be accurate.

[quote]The CDC has repeatedly advised everyone to just wash their hands with regular soap and water. If regular hand washing is effective, why does sanitizer have to have a high alcohol content.....or any at all?

This is absolutely correct. The problem is not the statement but the actual administration. Studies show neither hot nor cold nor warm water matters. However one thing does matter. You need to soap up your hand and scrub them between 30 seconds to a full minute to be effective. Less than 30 seconds provides little benefit, and more than a minute provides no added protection.

People simply do not scrub their hands for a 30 seconds much less a minute to get the protection needed. So if you want to do that, go ahead it's totally effective, but remember to wash your hands for the correct amount of time

by Anonymousreply 81March 5, 2020 2:44 AM

Be glad, OP, that so many others are using the stuff!

by Anonymousreply 82March 5, 2020 5:13 AM

Oh shut up R81, or is that you Don Lemon?

by Anonymousreply 83March 5, 2020 5:17 AM

Rubbing alcohol can be purchased with various percentage concentrations. The alcohol I used in my home made sanitizer is 90%. I have also seen 70% & 60%. And you can really tell the difference. 90% alcohol feels different than the lower concentrations. It has a much more crisp feel.

by Anonymousreply 84March 5, 2020 10:15 AM

[quote] Note: DO NOT DRINK RUBBING ALCOHOL

Ah, fuck you!

by Anonymousreply 85March 5, 2020 10:21 AM

Who here does not like crispy alcohol, r84?

by Anonymousreply 86March 5, 2020 1:26 PM

cut off your hands... problem solved

by Anonymousreply 87March 6, 2020 5:19 AM

R87, it wasn’t funny when r73 said it either.

by Anonymousreply 88March 6, 2020 10:37 AM

Stupid is as is stupid does. Wasting money out of fear you’ll for some reason need fifty gallons of hand sanitizer, or worse, planning to cash out on the black market, you’ll all be left holding your collective dick.

This reeks of deplorables, yet, I’d think they’d trust their dear leader that this the wu flu is no big deal.

Good lord, I’m a cynic by nature, but even I am gobsmacked by the staggering ignorance that has revealed itself in this country in the past five years.

by Anonymousreply 89March 6, 2020 10:46 AM

I've been watching CNN, and they make it sound like end times are near. No wonder this stuff has all disappeared.

by Anonymousreply 90March 6, 2020 10:54 AM

R89 I don’t feel bad for being prepared. Why the fuck would I trust anything this administration says? Trump & co don’t give a single shit about the well being of Americans. They only care about covering this up to try and quell stock market fears. Surprise it’s not working! I expect next week numbers of dead explode here in the US.

Seeing what’s happening in Italy & Iran is plenty of warning to me. Seattle is in big f-ing trouble, glad r89 is not getting flustered about it.

by Anonymousreply 91March 6, 2020 11:18 AM

I found zinc lozenges a couple of days ago. Bought 6 boxes. I saw some asshole on Amazon selling a pack of Cold-eeze ($6) for like $135

by Anonymousreply 92March 6, 2020 11:20 AM

Try to stick to the topic at hand R91. You’re part of the problem.

by Anonymousreply 93March 6, 2020 11:28 AM

The worst is with the masks. THEY DON'T HELP!

PEOPLE ***WITH*** THE VIRUS ARE THE ONES WHO SHOULD WEAR THEM. And even if they did help, if you're not wearing the right one, you're fucked anyway. I'm seeing most people wearing the cheap, paper ones. You might as well hold a kleenex to your face

by Anonymousreply 94March 6, 2020 11:31 AM

If masks don’t work, why do doctors use them?

by Anonymousreply 95March 6, 2020 11:34 AM

I knew you'd ask, R95. It's so the doc's germs don't infect the patient during an operation and to prevent splatter from the patient to the doctor.

by Anonymousreply 96March 6, 2020 11:36 AM

R95, do you see doctors wearing them when they just talk to a sick patient? No, you don't. Why don't you see staff wearing them all of the time at a hospital since it's a place with tons of diseases?

by Anonymousreply 97March 6, 2020 11:38 AM

R89 = dead man walking.

by Anonymousreply 98March 6, 2020 11:46 AM

R96: “I knew YOU’D ask, [R95].”

R95: girl, you don’t know me like that

by Anonymousreply 99March 6, 2020 11:49 AM

I knew you'd say that, too, R99! Bitch, you want lottery numbers? I'm ready for you! I know you better than your momma.

by Anonymousreply 100March 6, 2020 12:13 PM

Why do any of you naysayers care what other people are buying?

Keep your nose in your own trough.

by Anonymousreply 101March 6, 2020 1:49 PM

None of you bitches are buying it, nervous Nellie or not. There ain’t ANY. BAHAHA.

by Anonymousreply 102March 6, 2020 5:34 PM

You may not know this, but a lot of people supplement their income by re-selling shit on eBay and OfferUp and wherever. I'm sure that's where a decent chunk of the lozenges, face masks and sanitizer went. Goons buy this shit up and list it online for 20X normal prices. I think the gummint should prohibit this. Now the stores don't have anything, and when the crazy subsides, a lot of this hand sanitizer and face masks are going to go to waste. My sister's in the hospital in an isolation ward. After scrubbing and gowning, you have to request your face mask at the nurse's station now.

by Anonymousreply 103March 6, 2020 5:47 PM

I'm going to soak my hands in Stoli vodka while also periodically sipping a nice, crisp martini. Will that help in the place of hand sanitizer?

by Anonymousreply 104March 6, 2020 5:52 PM

Vodka at 40% alcohol is a bit too weak to be an effective disinfectant. 50% is considered the minimum effective concentration. Also, over 70%, more is not better. For instance, 90% and above doesn't work nearly as well as 50%.

by Anonymousreply 105March 6, 2020 5:54 PM

I’ll be sanitizing myself from the inside on around 5 pm. Who wants to join me?

by Anonymousreply 106March 6, 2020 7:26 PM

R77 that message was directed at someone saying this was not happening in MA.

by Anonymousreply 107March 6, 2020 7:30 PM

But they are not even national - they’re global. Germany is banning export of supplies. France is requisitioning them.

by Anonymousreply 108March 6, 2020 7:46 PM

[quote]I'm in southwest suburban Chicago, [R2]. Gonna hit a few Walgreenses and CVSes and Walmarts and Dollar Trees over the next couple of days to see what's what.

I live there, too, and you're out of luck. Nothing left. People are nuts.

by Anonymousreply 109March 6, 2020 7:58 PM

I have zinc lozenges. Let the bidding begin!

by Anonymousreply 110March 6, 2020 8:00 PM

European radio report said Amazon and EBAY have taken down tens of thousands of offers a day now, of price gouging related to WuFlu.

by Anonymousreply 111March 6, 2020 8:25 PM

R105, over 60% is better.

by Anonymousreply 112March 6, 2020 8:27 PM

Yep-we're not in a state with any reported cases, and we can't find any.

by Anonymousreply 113March 6, 2020 8:29 PM

iherb had enough of everything I wanted to ship when I ordered last weekend.

by Anonymousreply 114March 6, 2020 8:30 PM

It's disgusting, R111. You literally want to go over to their houses/businesses and take it by force and pull a Robin Hood, just to teach them a lesson.

by Anonymousreply 115March 6, 2020 8:33 PM

in the USA 90% alcohol is surgical alcohol.

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by Anonymousreply 116March 6, 2020 8:33 PM

There are different types of masks for different types of problems. For instance the N95 masks protect against the coronavirus. But you also have to use them correctly. Such as taking them off and on.

by Anonymousreply 117March 6, 2020 8:36 PM

Forgive me if I have this wrong, but isn't the reason the 90% alcohol is never recommended for basic sterilization of something because it dries very quickly and affecting the efficacy?

by Anonymousreply 118March 6, 2020 8:36 PM

You can also shove your hands into a pot of boiling water for 30 seconds.

by Anonymousreply 119March 6, 2020 8:44 PM

[quote] none of you geniuses thought of that

You’re right, we didn’t.

See, I knew we kept you around here for a reason.

by Anonymousreply 120March 6, 2020 8:52 PM

R118 they are recommending 60 - 90%. 90% will kill the virus.

by Anonymousreply 121March 6, 2020 8:57 PM

R121, I'm sure it will kill upon contact, but what if you're being proactive and trying to sterilize something beforehand? I don't think it works if the alcohol content is that high because it dries very quickly and the effects wear off within an hour or two, I believe.

by Anonymousreply 122March 6, 2020 9:20 PM

R92 lol, but they are not able to sell them, Amazon announced yesterday they started to ban sellers for price gouging on face masks, cold medicine, hand sanitizer etc... hundreds of sellers were suspended.

by Anonymousreply 123March 6, 2020 9:55 PM

I'm glad they cracked down. It was disgraceful. It started with the N95 masks a couple of weeks ago. What would normally sell for like $10 was being sold for $80. Then when the fears became greater, the prices went up. I hope the assholes who stocked up for the sole purpose of gouging, end up stuck with that shit.

by Anonymousreply 124March 6, 2020 9:59 PM

yesterday a good samaritan told us RiteAid online store has face masks available (it's out of stock for weeks), I ordered two boxes right away on my phone, hopefully they will ship them out.

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by Anonymousreply 125March 6, 2020 10:03 PM

The. Mask. Will. Not. Protect. You.

by Anonymousreply 126March 6, 2020 10:05 PM

This one is good.

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by Anonymousreply 127March 6, 2020 10:10 PM
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by Anonymousreply 128March 6, 2020 10:20 PM

Make a weak solution of bleach and water. Make sure the bleach is 8.25% sodium hypochlorite.

by Anonymousreply 129March 6, 2020 10:24 PM

[quote] Make sure the bleach is 8.25% sodium hypochlorite.

*breaks out chemistry kit*

by Anonymousreply 130March 6, 2020 10:26 PM

Greetings from Chicago, bitches. I'm safe.

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by Anonymousreply 131March 6, 2020 10:40 PM

back from Costco, they put a limit on household bleach, "due to high demand, limit 2 Clorox bleach only"

by Anonymousreply 132March 7, 2020 3:54 AM

[quote] and if you are lucky some face mask or surgical mask...

Everything I've read says that masks are ONLY needed for people who actually have the disease or their caregivers, and that acquiring face mask if you're neither is actually detrimental to the general health.

by Anonymousreply 133March 7, 2020 3:58 AM

R133 the mask is to prevent yourself from touching your nose or mouth (people touch their mouth/nose ~100 times a day without knowing it).

by Anonymousreply 134March 7, 2020 4:04 AM

Read my thread and make your own, it's easy.

Several different recipes on my thread.

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by Anonymousreply 135March 7, 2020 4:04 AM

Right U R, R109.

ALTHO I just now got back home (Friday, 10 p.m. C.S.T.) from an exhausting, 40-mile-round-trip scavenger hunt / shopping expedition. Findings:

I DID see Coldeez and Airborne and some generic cold medicines in a Walmart and at a Mariano's.

Cases of bottled water were neither plentiful nor completely gone from Menards, Jewel and Wal-Mart.

I scored a few 12-packs of Clorox kitchen / counter wipes at a Dollar Tree in beautiful downtown Romeoville (yes, there IS such a suburb, East and West Coast know-it-alls.)

But as you noted, R109, no hand freaking sanitizer anywhere.

Definitely "End Times." Run for your lives.

by Anonymousreply 136March 7, 2020 8:41 AM

Hand sanitizer at Lowe's.

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by Anonymousreply 137March 7, 2020 11:19 AM

So glad I bought all that stuff weeks ago. Just waiting for our exec management to tell employees we’ll be working from home. I think it happens by Thursday.

Rumor is universities are going to extend spring break/have the remainder of semester remote access.

by Anonymousreply 138March 7, 2020 1:07 PM

[quote] Hand sanitizer at Lowe's.

I went on last night and tried to order one 8 oz bottle and one mini bottle. $5.18 for both and $59 for shipping.

by Anonymousreply 139March 8, 2020 1:45 AM

[quote] R69: Do you all have preexisting respiratory conditions? Are you elderly? Or are you just frightened to death and behaving like lunatics at the thought of being mildly sick for a few days?

I haven’t actually thought too much about myself, since I prepared by buying lots of food and completely sold all my investments by 2/25/20. I’m 60 and have six siblings that are all older than I am, including my twin. Their health and safety matters to me. My eldest sister, age 72, probably would not even have known about this if I hadn’t insisted she shop last week. I don’t feel like 60.

My twin hasn’t sold her investments yet. She seems to think this is a normal correction and that the market will turn around quickly, as it has repeatedly done since 2009. I don’t think so, this time. I used to manage her money until her husband started butting-in too much. But I’ve repeatedly told her recently to sell everything, but her husband always has Fox on, on all the TVs, and my sister has picked up on their propaganda. (Just this morning she related what Dr. Ben Carson said on Fox over the weekend.). She throws-up every Sunday night, anticipating her workweek. I’d hate for her to lose half or more of her lifesavings, and have to working past normal retirement age, at a place she hates. She was planning to retire in two years, but this virus changes all that.

She and her husband fall for every scam they can, including the scam that Trump is qualified to be President. One time, a money manager came to her son’s high school and insisted that he didn’t charged a fee. Ironic because at that time, I was managing her money, I didn’t charge a fee, and my returns were excellent. I told her that, if there wasn’t an explicit fee, then they make up for it by charging higher mutual fund prices. Oh, no, no, she said. She told me that the money manager also made a pitch at another local high school, and besides, a friend of her’s invested all her money with this guy, as if this was some kind of endorsement

So I said, “but the guy has to feed his family”, and he can’t do this without some fee! Finally I told her that if she must invest with this guy, she should just invest $2500 and see how it goes. The next week, she gave the guy $40,000 to invest. Then I found that there was indeed, high fees for selling within five years, after which time her son would already be out of college and not need the money for school. She now says that the money manager just lied and lied to her. More ironic is that I had worked over the prior few years getting her out of a similar high-fee investment, that their previous Money Manager invested in.

So, I worry about my siblings well being and their life savings. I’d feel so much better if I knew she was prepared, and entirely out of the market.

by Anonymousreply 140March 9, 2020 5:57 AM

Wow, Pierre, you're a good brother and I'm sorry they don't seem to appreciate you. I'm an only child. Will you come give me some sibling guidance?

by Anonymousreply 141March 9, 2020 6:03 AM

Like Pierre, I'm not worried about myself. My parents are elderly with health problems.

by Anonymousreply 142March 9, 2020 6:24 AM

R141, Thanks, and sure: Buy low and sell high!

by Anonymousreply 143March 9, 2020 6:25 AM

I was at Smart and Final today. They were totally out of hand sanitizer and antiseptic wipes. Toilet paper was low.

by Anonymousreply 144March 9, 2020 6:28 AM

Yes it has. I'm in a suburb of a major east coast city. Not surprised, considering these grubby shit for brains suburban dumbasses pretty much do a clean sweep of the grocery stores everytime we get a couple of inches of snow. I wish the media would shut the fuck up already, they are causing shortages. And why is everyone so obsessed with hand sanitizer? Just wash your fucking hands.

by Anonymousreply 145March 9, 2020 6:34 AM

Hand sanitizer -with too much use- creates dryness which leads to cuts in your hands which leads to more susceptibility to viruses because you've created more "portals" for it to enter your body.

by Anonymousreply 146March 9, 2020 6:40 AM

Hopefully, the one good thing that comes out of this is a lot of gross assholes who barely washed their hands will do so now.

by Anonymousreply 147March 9, 2020 6:42 AM

I once saw a co-worker take a piss, then dry his hands without washing them.

by Anonymousreply 148March 9, 2020 6:51 AM

R148 Report this to HR and request that he be fired . This is not a game. The Coronavirus has been released and we must ALL be vigilant. Wipe down everything he has ever touched with Lysol.

by Anonymousreply 149March 9, 2020 6:54 AM

R148 Report this to HR and request that he be fired . This is not a game. The Coronavirus has been released and we must ALL be vigilant. Wipe down everything he has ever touched with Lysol.

by Anonymousreply 150March 9, 2020 6:54 AM

R148 Report this to HR and request that he be fired . This is not a game. The Coronavirus has been released and we must ALL be vigilant. Wipe down everything he has ever touched with Lysol.

by Anonymousreply 151March 9, 2020 6:54 AM

I'm in the far north of Wisconsin. Nobody is stockpiling here. We have plenty of everything for those willing to travel to the middle of nowhere lol.

by Anonymousreply 152March 9, 2020 6:56 AM

Alright already, R150, you don’t have to nag me!

/s

by Anonymousreply 153March 9, 2020 6:59 AM

r150 the virus isn't in urine, idiot.

by Anonymousreply 154March 9, 2020 7:26 AM

Alcohol is out of stock at all major chains. I regularly use it to clean my bathroom and pet areas. Now thanks to idiot hoarders there’s a fucking shortage!

by Anonymousreply 155March 9, 2020 8:22 AM

Yeah, no hand sanitizer around, but we're one of the hot spots, so it makes sense. The drug stores are rationing it and keep it behind the counter. No wipes either.

Don't like using the sanitizer--it's drying and if you wash it off, it's not good for the watershed, but I've been using it when I eat out and hanging out in public places since the virus lingers on surfaces.

Haven't used my N95 mask, though I would if things get worse and I had to be in a crowd. I'm avoiding public transportation, crowded places--but so is everyone else from what I can see--there's a lot less activity in restaurants and on the streets.

by Anonymousreply 156March 9, 2020 9:29 AM

[quote] I was at Smart and Final today.

My what an unfortunate name given the circumstances.

by Anonymousreply 157March 9, 2020 12:35 PM

R149,

MARY!

Are you on drugs? Report someone to HR because they didn’t wash their hands after using the restroom?!

Jesus.

by Anonymousreply 158March 9, 2020 12:36 PM

70% solution is used because alcohol alone is not effective in killing germs. In fact for most types of bacteria, using 100% will cause the bacteria (and some fungi and virii) to immediately coagulate and preserve them.

Water acts as a catalyst and plays a key role in denaturing the proteins of vegetative cell membranes. The presence of water is a crucial factor in destroying or inhibiting the growth of pathogenic microorganisms with isopropyl alcohol.

A 50% isopropyl alcohol solution kills Staphylococcus in less than 10 seconds, yet a 90% solution with a contact time of over two hours is ineffective, due to the lack of water.

Some germs aren't killed by 70% solutions and for those you need to soak them for a long time in higher concentrations.

99% isopropyl alcohol is ideal as a solvent or cleaning agent for industries that produce water sensitive items, therefore rapid evaporation and low water content is favorable. For instance if you spill sugared soda on a laptop, the alcohol will bind and rapidly evaporate, cleaning the laptop much better.

by Anonymousreply 159March 9, 2020 2:07 PM

Thanks, Bill Nye.

by Anonymousreply 160March 9, 2020 2:16 PM

I've got a full bottle of alcohol based hand sanitizer I'll sell. Bidding starts at $75,000.

by Anonymousreply 161March 9, 2020 2:28 PM

That shit doesn't work as well as people think it does and it's also a reason why we have so many strains of bacteria immune to antibiotics. People are stupid as hell. Just use caution and lots of soap and water.

by Anonymousreply 162March 9, 2020 2:31 PM

I'm 70 with HBP. I've stocked up. Friends who are in my age range but take many more medications have not, despite my imploring. Well, they'll get no canned tuna or toilet paper from ME!

by Anonymousreply 163March 10, 2020 12:44 AM

[quote]I've got a full bottle of alcohol based hand sanitizer I'll sell. Bidding starts at $75,000.

Who knew the day would come when rubbing alcohol would cost as much as an hermes bag???

by Anonymousreply 164March 10, 2020 3:00 AM

[quote] Who knew the day would come when rubbing alcohol would cost as much as an hermes bag???

I DID, MOTHERFUCKERS!

by Anonymousreply 165March 10, 2020 3:02 AM

A week later, now we have

Toilet paper shortage

Drinking water shortage

Bleach shortage

And empty Tade Joe shelves!

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by Anonymousreply 166March 13, 2020 9:20 AM

New Zealand sold entirely out of hand sanitiser a couple of weeks ago. I bought some online rather ironicallly, from China.

by Anonymousreply 167March 13, 2020 9:21 AM
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