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by Mountain_Skies 2290 days ago
My local grocery store was out of hand sanitizer mid week. When I went this morning there were two shopping carts full of it by the front door, being sold at the regular price. Didn't look like anyone was buying any. The store likely was out mid week because of people like Mr. Colvin. They thought they could corner the market and know nothing about the ability of the US logistics system to resupply in face of a small increase in demand likely caused by speculators rather than a huge spike in demand.