Only on mumsnet do people prep.

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There is not one person I know in real life that is prepping for a coronavirus outbreak. In fact, no one I speak to even mentions the threat of the virus.

Of course we know of it as the hysteria surrounding it is all over the news / social media, but aibu to think preppers only exist on mumsnet?

@PlomBear I know, it's making the companies rich though 🤷‍♂️

You won't be able to take up ironing once covid19 takes over the world mumsnetters

From what I have read alcohol based hand gels over 70% alcohol kill most cold and flu viruses, but not norovirus and some other nasties

Hand washing with soap and water potentially kills or removes all viruses.

However, both only work when carried out correctly and, as hand washing takes longer and is dependent upon access to water, hand gel is often used as next best.

I get horribly dry skin, so make do with soap, water, regular winter gloves and not touching things that don’t need to be touched!

@GADDay - sounds like a homesteader to me. Don't get bogged down with the term
Prepper

Sorry, that should say hand washing with soap and water potentially removes most viruses. I don’t think it kills them.

Funnily enough my partner who is never normally one for taking on the domestic mental load has started prepping to prep - preprepping if you will. Whether it leads to actually prepping or was just posturing about prepping remains to be seen...

@GADDay - I’ve done the same as you but wouldn’t call myself a ‘prepper’. Just prepared! But it amounts to the same thing. I think the word ‘prepper’ ’makes people think like you do of compounds etc. But it’s just being prepared.

The word ‘prepper’ also seems to get some people’s back up!

Strange how some people think anyone organised enough to have more than a couple of days food is a prepper.

Personally I don't understand people who have only enough food for a day or a week. Everyone has some storage space and anything could happen to stop you getting to the shops. Also I have better things to do than trek to the supermarket every day or even every week

Strange how some people think anyone organised enough to have more than a couple of days food is a prepper.

I know! I see it as good household management!

Stockpiling was the word to insult people with last year. Prepping is this year's equivalent.
It's all just making provisions ahead of time in case of a few bumps in the road.
There is nothing bonkers about it. I think it's only from the 80s/90s or so that people in the UK at least have begun the system of just in time shopping.
My mum and grandparents always had stuff in place, and not to a hoarding level.
I live in a small terraced house built in the 50s and it has a built in pantry/larder. It was just the norm then.

Strange how some people think anyone organised enough to have more than a couple of days food is a prepper.

That's what I've been asking about before. I think prepper is being bit misused. It's a new anxiety

How can antibacterial hand gel work on a virus? I did my nursing dissertation on hand gels vs soap and water.

Nothing on the effect of alcohol on enveloped viruses?

I think there are lots of people who are always well stocked. They have the space and money, and it's their normal.
The threads on brexit and preppers boards have been full of good suggestions and support for people with limited space and budgets, some of whom have health issues and/or neuro diverse children.
It's just a safe place to chat and ask questions I think.

@Funkycats I don't think you have to have money to be well stocked. We certainly don't.

Just buy an extra couple of tins or dried items each time you shop. Also, depending how much stocks you want, you don't need that much room. Places like under the bed, top of the wardrobe, top of kitchen cupboards etc are places most people have.

Buying large packs of items often works out cheaper anyway. We eat loads of lentils, chickpeas, beans etc so no point us buying the silly little bags most supermarkets sell.

@Funkycats , I know it might feel like that but being budget friendly is certainly something I've always stressed as a general prepper on here.
Not much of a Jack Monroe fan but her Tin Can Cook books as some real winners - corned beef chilli now a favourite in our house.
She has some of the recipes on here cookingonabootstrap.com/

Sorry, yes that's exactly what I meant. As in there are lots of people who already have a bit of what others term stockpile or prepping.
And I was saying that the prepping threads are very useful for people who don't already do these things to pick up tips.
I have the tin canbook and recommend it quite a lot on here.
I probably wasn't clear am being naughty and posting from work

I’ve been stocking up on the basics gradually over the last few weeks. I think I’m worried about other people panic buying and clearing the shops out of everything. I’ve seen what happens if three flakes of snow fall from the sky (clue; not a loaf of bread or pint of milk to be found anywhere)

I was also thinking about a poster who came on the brexit cupboard threads to scoff and tell people off for panicking. Upon questioning she admitted that of course, she had a very well stocked kitchen and a large chest freezer in the garage.
But she felt that it was not stockpiling, it was 'plain common sense'.
And of course, we all agree that 'being well stocked' is common sense, and that is why we are encouraging people to prepare if they haven't done so already, in order to avoid the 'oh fuck' moment as mentioned by bellinisurge upthread.
The choice of words is purely semantics - the message is clear: people have provisions for their future for generations (and many still do) Seems to be daily fail readers and their ilk who take to the words panic, hysteria, bonkers etc if you have a mad 5mins to look at the comments on some of their articles.

*have made provision

They have the space and money, and it's their normal.
You dont need a lot of space nor money I certainly dont and I dont have a seperate freezer to fill either. A couple of 35p tins of beans or tomatoes or a bag of cheap pasta or whatever your usual staples are extra in your trolley every week isnt going to break the bank. I live rurally and our local supermarket is pretty small so if stocks run low then the shelves will empty quickly.

I was in our nearest town today and everywhere is out of decent hand gel and its a small town, not a hive of industry or a lot of people travelling in and out so its not difficult to see if the stocks in the supermarkets start to go down it wont take long for them to vanish off the shelves. Considering the amount of stuff we import its not rocket science to think it could happen due to the way supermarkets run thier stock if more places put lockdowns on exporting goods or factories close etc.
Hopefully it wont come to that but at least I know I have a couple of extra bags of loo rolls and enough food basics to get us through a couple of weeks without having to face the panic buyers fighting over tins of beans and frozen veg! It will all get used anyway so no harm done in having it. Its not under lock and key, if I run out of something and its in my buffer I just use and replace later.

It's a new anxiety Rubbish, its just common sense. Everyone prepares for lots of things in life doesnt mean they are anxious.

I agree with all that willow but if you read my clarification (or even the original post where I said they have the space and money) you'll see that I didn't say that you can only prep if you have plenty of space and money.

The point being that calling it prepping or stockpiling is what seems to be getting some posters all bent out of shape.

Actually, reading my posts back, you were right, that us what I implied. My bad!!
Not what I meant though

Funkycats
I didnt realise you had put other posts later so no problem.

And cake??