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What items are people not hoarding?

Noticed that fresh produce is plentiful, and prices on some have been slashed. Surprised me. Now my refrigerator is full up
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4meAndyou · F
People don't want the fresh stuff, because it has been touched. Wash it really carefully.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou it was all packaged except the avocados What I bought today
Earthwrap · 41-45, M
@cherokeepatti I tried looking into this. Cooking food is likely to kill the coronavirus just as it kills all over germs and bacteria. If you eat produce raw though I'm not sure. So far farm workers don't have any reported outbreaks but that will change and farm workers have even less medical care and protections than average people. So they are probably more likely to work when sick. The coronavirus can't reproduce on produce though so it will decay over time and as long as you wash it, it might not contain enough of the virus to get you sick. So you are probably ok. E Coli and other problematic bateria known to be on food is more of a problem becuase it can replicate on in food.
Another good thing is UV light aka sunlight is extremely effective at killing viruses and vegetables usually grow in the sun. :)