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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) — Should We Really Be Stockpiling Food?
A complete guide to COVID-19, how it compares to other life-threatening diseases, and whether we really need to be as worried as the media say.
I’m a member of the Trends (by The Hustle) Facebook group. It’s a place where there are a lot of really intelligent people sharing ideas and engaging with one another — mostly around the topic of business. It’s the most valuable online group I am a part of.
Something struck me the other day when a few members started talking about stockpiling food resources. Some members mentioned they were buying non-perishable foods, water and supplies in the event that they might not be able to get them in the future.
There were even mentions made of new businesses sprouting up that basically provide you with a survival package in case of the world getting to a point of total failure. I might be reading too much into it, but the simultaneous mention of the two seemed more than co-incidental.
This seemed absolutely bonkers to me.
These are some of the smartest people I engage with. If they are prepping for an mini-apocolypse-typ- situation, should I be too?
So far, I’ve been getting all my information from news that is thrown at me by publications and outlets that stand to make money…
