Should you panic about food? No. But to the extent you can get a week or two worth of supplies just in case, it’s worth doing so. And thank the people working at the grocery store, making deliveries, etc. NYT: There Is Plenty of Food in the Country. “The food supply chain, they say, remains intact and has been ramping up to meet the unprecedented stockpiling brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.” (A lesson-learned sidenote from my family to yours: It’s not advisable to stress eat your two-week supply of food in the first forty-five minutes quarantine…)

+ And take what you need. Not everything on the shelves. Grocery Stores Start To Cut Hours As Coronavirus Prompts Surge In Panic-Buying.