# Covid and cars **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 9, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473 "2020-08-09T21:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473/81 "2020-08-12T04:36:12Z")
> [@oldtimer-11](#): > > People have visions of huge warehouses stocked with months worth of inventory. That does not exist anymore. Yes I understand the general business use of JIT inventory, but we are instead talking about reserves in case of immediate and unforeseen demand. The fed’s stock had been depleted 75% and was not restocked. Minnesota had an emergency stock but had been disposed off and not replenished according to my source. Making it worse, hospitals also reduced their inventory of emergency supplies with no safety stock. So these reserve supplies serve a much different purpose than for example sheet metal for a manufacturer. The Army does not wait for an emergency to order tanks or ammo. They have emergency stockpiles. There are huge stock piles of emergency drugs such as iodine for nuclear attack, body bags, caskets, food, fuel, you name it. But the PPEs had been depleted and not restocked. The government is not a business and needs to be able to immediately respond to all kinds of disasters within hours. Never mind. Getting me going again. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473/82 "2020-08-12T11:06:34Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > I use store bought surgical masks which i sterilize and reuse . Had a pack of 60 prior to pandemic . Impossible to buy new ones now. Difficult, but not at all impossible. Over the past month, Costco has had boxes of surgical masks–obviously at a very good price–available. However, the supply is… spotty. They will sell-out of the masks fairly quickly, and then it might take 2 weeks before they are re-stocked. Also, I have a reliable mail-order source (a medical supply company), and I can provide their URL if anyone wants to send me a direct message. I don’t want to post their URL here, lest anyone thinks that I am hawking merchandise. ---
**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473/83 "2020-08-12T14:24:11Z")
Living in an area near the early Hot Spots and seeing daily nursing home infection/death rates that looked like basketball scores, I think the only reason not to wear a mask around other people is because you really, really, hate your Grandma!. 😒 But guess the plus side to NOT wearing a mask is that you won’t have to worry about BO 'cause nobody with a lick of sense is gonna come within 10 feet of you. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473/84 "2020-08-12T15:02:35Z")
> [@bing](#): > > So when the masks finally come off some months or years from now, those smiling clerks and customers may not look the way they used to. Sorry to spoil your party. HMMM…Wonder why it doesn’t happen to health care workers who have to wear a mask hours every day and have been for decades. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473/85 "2020-08-12T15:06:47Z")
> [@oldtimer-11](#): > > Why can a state have to honor your drivers license but not your pistol permit? It’s a common problem here in Southern NH. Getting a pistol permit in NH is trivial compared to MA. Every year people are arrested in MA who are carrying and don’t have a MA permit, but they do have a NH permit. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473/86 "2020-08-12T20:41:00Z")
I noticed a few weeks ago when I had to go into the local Walmart that they had masks, but you had to buy them at the counter. Masks were not available for delivery or pickup. ---
**Author:** ![Jerome-Silverman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jerome-Silverman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jerome-Silverman)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473/87 "2020-08-15T01:37:50Z")
Thats California. Poor Tesla guys might have 50 -75 mile commute. Freeway gridlock, air conditioning, 500 watt stereo. Need daily recharge! ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473/88 "2020-08-15T01:44:40Z")
If they are furloughed they should forgo the commute. There must be a reason they are not charging their vehicles at work. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473/89 "2020-08-21T01:33:30Z")
Charge at work is 8 hours, but evening charge only 2 hours maybe why they have to repeat daily. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/covid-and-cars/168473.md?page=4)