That they are trying to get ahead of the panic buying that we tend to do during emergencies is hardly something to criticize. Imagine if your blob had done this with the documented nationwide shortages of toilet paper, paper towels, sanitizer, etc.... instead of calling it a hoax.
Besides...
It probably was addressed to the poverty stricken red states... If you're Del Monte or Budweiser or another manufacturer of food or beverages...you can send your drivers into blue states that are masked, vaxxed, and addressing the virus or you can endanger their lives by sending them into the red states where the unwashed, unvaxxed, and homicidal maniacs are hanging out. Not a hard choice.
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