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Paper products have run out at retailers
Local retailers have run out of paper products due to the pandemic outbreak and associated hoarding.
The Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed Americans are purchasing paper and disinfectant products to the point where retailers have little or any inventory left in stock.
Paper products are nearly 100% cleaned out as consumers hunker down for and fear the worst in this global pandemic which has yet to be fully played out.
A manual survey of local retailers has revealed all of the retailers visited for this story are completely out of paper products such as toilet paper and paper towels.
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Cleaning supplies such as disinfectant wipes, sprays, laundry and dish soaps are nearly exhausted as well.
This reporter went to Target, Home Depot, Menards, CVS, Jewel, WalMart and Dollar Tree in search of supplies and almost none were to be found, except some laundry soap, baby wipes and dish soap. Toilet paper products were none existent at each location.
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The United States has not yet even see the height of the pandemic outbreak and already consumer supplies are running dangerously low.
