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		wheelerwj on March 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California Governor calls for home isolation for s... Is there some rule-of-thumb about that? like 3-days or something. I know our grocery stores only average about 1 day worth of supplies in stock, plus 1 day of food at home, then it all kind of goes to shit?

TeMPOraL on March 15, 2020 [–]

Welcome to JIT supply chains! You'd better be sure to have a month's worth of food supply at home.

From a country's POV, the stability of food production and delivery to stores is critical. Fortunately, both Italy and Wuhan prove that it can be maintained during lockdown.

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