Tag: panic buying

Ill-Prepared China May Face Wave of Infections, Millions of Deaths After Relaxing COVID Restrictions: Fauci

Outgoing U.S. NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that infections are set to surge in ill-prepared China as the central government lifts it’s draconian “zero-COVID” restrictions, saying that he expects the policy change to cause millions of death in the country this winter and contribute to the emergence of new strains of the virus….


China May Face Wave of Infections, New Variants After Relaxing COVID Restrictions: Fauci

Outgoing U.S. NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that infections are set to surge in ill-prepared China as the central government lifts it’s draconian “zero-COVID” restrictions, after a British analytics company forecast millions of death in China this winter from the policy change. The ruling communist regime in China abruptly relaxed some of its…


China May Face Wave of Infections, New Variants After Relaxing COVID Restrictions

COVID-19 infections might be poised to surge in ill-prepared China as the central government eases its draconian “zero-COVID” restrictions, after a UK analytics company forecast millions of death in China during the coming winter from the policy change. The ruling communist regime in China abruptly relaxed some of its COVID social controls on Dec. 7,…


Lockdown Fears Spark Panic Buying in China’s Capital As Districts Kick Off Mass Testing

A mass COVID-19 testing order in Beijing’s largest district has prompted residents to stock up on food, fearing that they might soon be confined to their homes like millions in Shanghai, which is approaching its fifth week of lockdown. Chaoyang will expand the scale of COVID-19 testing to all people working and living in the…


Russia–Ukraine War Triggering Demand for Underground Doomsday Bunkers in US, UK

Russia’s war against Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s talks about nuclear weapons have been causing concern among some people who are buying up underground bunkers as a last-option safe haven in the event of a global war. According to Gary Lynch, the general manager of Texas-based Rising S Company, demand for his company’s survival shelters surged…


Beijing Residents Stock Up on Cabbages in Uncertain Times

Beijing residents are stocking up on cabbage after authorities issued a notice telling people to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergencies. Supermarkets have capped sales at three cabbages per person, but even then, shoppers arriving after 9 a.m. local time left empty-handed. “Every year at this time the [cabbage] sales volume is…


Pentagon: China Nuclear Threat Level Doubles

Reports emerge of worsening panic buying in China. Some have even been spotted fighting over goods in stores amid concerns over possible repeat pandemic lockdowns. Donated organs come with official price tags in China. Six provincial departments co-released a price guide for transplants. But critics say it may encourage killing for profit. Fourteen candidates are…