ER doctor in New York details dire supply shortages from the front lines of the coronavirus fight New York (CNN)
Consumers are still struggling to find common household items like toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and disinfectant wipes.Supply-chain experts told Business Insider the supply chains suffered major disruptions but that these products should all return by July or August.Toilet paper is already starting to come back to store shelves, but the supply chains for cleaning products…
Experts blame the supply chain and our national failure to prepare.April 14, 2020, 2:59 PM4 min read Despite years of public health experts warning that the United States was not prepared to handle a respiratory virus pandemic, when COVID-19 spread in the U.S., doctors and nurses found themselves without enough personal protection equipment, or PPE,…
CLOSE The U.S. is currently facing a shortage of ventilators. Here’s how they work and why they are so important in fighting COVID-19. USA TODAYAs the coronavirus scuds across the USA, killing thousands and depleting medical resources, the pandemic is playing out precisely as emergency officials around the country assumed when they drafted response plans over the past decade:A…
CLOSE How hospitals across the U.S. are finding creative ways to handle a potential shortage in nurses, doctors, other medical staff due to COVID-19. USA TODAYA week after recovering from a fever, nurse Maria Gray was given a surgical mask and assigned to Research Medical Center’s ward of patients suspected of having the virus that…
Toilet paper is now a more precious commodity than gold—or at least, that’s how I felt when a friend of mine reported that she was offered $40 the other day for a single roll (one roll!!!) upon leaving the sold-out supermarket.Assuming you have a pretty decent stash at home, the website “How much toilet paper”…
Image: Screengrab from the AP (YouTube)In what appears to be a devastating traffic accident, an 18-wheeler truck loaded with toilet paper caught fire early this morning in the Dallas area. The driver told CBS 11 News that he hit a bump, and the truck rolled over, igniting “thousands of rolls” of toilet paper in his…
No, that isn’t a deepfake. In 1973, the stock market crashed and an Arab oil embargo resulted in a gas crisis. With that as the context, a (false) rumor of a toilet paper shortage emerged and spread like wildfire via news outlets before it was further fueled by Johnny Carson (who later apologized). It’s a…
Wipe out stockpiling — A consumer behavior researcher explains why toilet paper shelves are bare. Kiona N. Smith – Mar 24, 2020 1:52 pm UTC Enlarge / You know it’s crazy when they even take the letter “E” from the sign.RabbitEMT The world was a strange place even before the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has…
Revelers make fun of the coronavirus pandemic during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 25, 2020.The Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, warned on Wednesday that the state could run out of life-saving ventilators by next week after the number of covid-19 cases spiked dramatically in the past few days. Louisiana has currently…
