Funny how the people who plan to isolate themselves expect everyone else to keep working.

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This.

People on here prepping to isolate themselves and their families. Taking kids out of school, not working. For how long, 18 months until a vaccine is available??

The same people expect others in the service sectors to keep working - supermarket workers, NHS staff and so on. Going on about getting all their shopping delivered and so on.

Some of the preppers / self isolators on other threads were berating NHS retirees for being worried about being asked return to work, and telling NHS nurses who were voicing worries about isolation and childcare that they should lose their jobs.

Selfish irrational weirdos. I don’t know anyone in real life like this but seems like there are dozens hiding away on here.

Define "extreme prepper " ffs. If, by that term, you mean panic buyers, this is not what preppers do.

You won't have seen me buy food and toilet paper etc because I did it slowly over months as my budget and circumstances allowed. You didn't see me preserving food (because Preppers do that) because why would you.
I don't know who you are seeing, op, but it's not preppers.

If you’re not an extreme prepper then this criticism isn’t aimed at you. Not sure how I can make that any clearer really.

What is an extreme prepper then? They won't be the people emptying the stores now because they already bought all that they need some time ago.

Do you know what a prepper is?

A hoarder of supplies is an extreme prepper. Someone who has ridiculous stockpiles to last them for months. If those people willingly come out and share with others then I would faint in disbelief.

Well that's me. Pretty much. But you just said I wasn't the target for your ire.

If stocks run low (as envisioned) then everyone hoarding a bit more than they need now will lead to shortages for others. Mostly those without the means to hoard. But apparently that’s not selfish behaviour.

That's just not true. As was made clear in the run up to a no deal Brexit, supermarkets and suppliers have limited storage capacity. The tinned tomatoes I bought a few months back have been replaced in those stores. I am not contributing to a tinned tomato shortage, I am actually increasing the total amount of tinned tomatoes in storage at this moment.

Do you share with others?

As for sharing my stuff? No.
Sharing my knowledge on here? Yes.
Urging people to lobby their MP about people who can't afford to self isolate? Doing that daily on here. Several times.
What are you doing?

I’m not a prepper (I’m starting to wish I was!), but if you think about it, if everyone has a few months supply of essentials, then we wouldn’t have any issues with panic buying and empty shelves at the threat of an emergency. Sensible really.

That's me also then. Please read my previous post, can you really not understand where I'm coming from? I don't do anything different than I have done for decades.

How do you feel about certain religions that tell people to always have a stockpile?

It is cult like. Give up OP, you are wasting your breath.

So what if someone has many months of supplies?

This is not affecting anyone else, as these sorts of supplies are built slowly over a long time. No other shopper has noticed as I have built it up a few tins/ frozen goods at a time. If the shelves are empty now, it’s not down to me.

I know two single mums who need extra stuff like childrens clothes, toys, food and money. OP, are you willing to share your bounty with them?

Or is it just that people have to share what they have with you?

If the op identified what this cult is, maybe yes. But as you will see if you paid any attention to something that wasn't your navel, you'd see people doing different things because they are all different. And you won't see me in real life because I'd never tell you I was a general prepper in real life.

I have prepared out of anxiety. A terminally ill husband beginning a transplant on Monday, an autistic son and a widowed mother in her 70s all depend on me. If I can care for them in my home I’ll be saving public services for others.
And yes I totally would share. As we all should. 😊

Bellini, my questions were for the op, not you.

If those people willingly come out and share with others then I would faint in disbelief.

You make a lot of assumptions in your life, this thread identifies that, it's full of them perhaps you should work on that, and keeping an open mind.

All you lot are just reinforcing what I said. It is like a cult.

What am I doing? Ha. Mostly telling my immune compromised patients how to stay safe and not to stockpile loads of medications, so that there is enough for everyone. Apparently I should be doing the opposite though.

@OneOfTheGrundys , best wishes for you and yours but no, I wouldn't share. Unless there was some immediate tangible benefit for my family.
But I don't need to. Because the government is on it and tbe supermarkets are talking to each other.
And the NHS doesn't buy protection gear or whatever from B&Qstores. It buys wholesale.

You have got this completely wrong.

The people who are prepping are doing so to prepare themselves for a time when groceries and other supplies may not be available -- exactly because, as you say, other humans work in the roles that enable the whole supply chain!

So yes, I'm prepping now. I'm also still working now. And when things start going badly, and perhaps higher proportions of people are unable to work normally, then I will have a few weeks' worth of food in the house to keep us going as needed.

How is this selfish? Wouldn't it be more selfish not to have prepared by getting enough food in to feed my family in case of emergency?

Op, that has nothing to do with the dried beans that most preppers bought months ago and you know it.

What is your problem with someone who bought beans and tinned tomatoes months ago?

And why should they share with you? Why don't you buy a packet of spaghetti?

Where have I said stockpile prescription medications? If you are an hcp as you claim I'd suggest you find a way to calm yourself. Hating other people and dismissing their behaviour isn't a very positive thing.

A lot of preppers do share with others. I’ve also been donating to food banks as I go along.

I don’t think people are talking about stockpiling prescription meds are they? More bottled water, bags of pasta and lentils!

Big lol at sharing my bounty. What bounty? I buy day to day as I can’t abide waste. I’m a minimalist who doesn’t hoard. I work hard in the public sector. I help run the food bank. I donate quite a bit of my wage to said food bank. And yes I will carry on working and helping people through this. Anything else I can do please let me know.