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An unprecedented wave of Covid cases in China has sparked panic buying of fever medicines, pain killers, and even home remedies such as canned peaches, leading to shortages online and in stores

Authorities said Wednesday they had detected 2,249 symptomatic Covid-19 cases nationally through nucleic acid testing, 20% of which were detected in the capital Beijing. CNN reporting from the city indicates the case count in the Chinese capital could be much higher than recorded. Demand for fever and cold medicines, such as Tylenol and Advil, is surging nationally as people rush to stockpile drugs amid fears they may contract the virus.

The stock has so far jumped by 147% in the first two weeks of this month. “Our company’s production lines are operating at full capacity, and we are working overtime to produce urgently needed medicines, such as ibuprofen tablets,” Xinhua Pharmaceutical said Monday. Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat pain and fever. It is also known as Advil, Brufen, or Fenbid.

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By China locking Millions in their apartments for extended periods of time, they briefly slowed transmission, but now they have a +Billion that haven't been exposed to CoVID yet. Their Wuhan Virus will spread like wildfire through China killing 100000's.

Here comes the constant panic buyings. I thought vaccines are supposed to work. Are there new variants out there or is this actually a ruse by the CCP?

The Fauci virus still running rampant. I wonder of the amount of royalties he’s receiving from Pfizer. He won’t say.

No peach cobbler 4 the holidays 🥧

The biggest fear I had when I got covid was how bad is it going to get and will I die. After the first three days of flu like sickness, I went outside and got the pool ready for the summer and cleaned up around the yard, then had 4 more days to relax waited on hand and foot.

I thought the vaccines where supposed to help

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