Former NBA player Charles Barkley says he has been tested for coronavirus and is in his second day of self-quarantine
People wait in line to enter a Costco Wholesale store before it opened in the morning on March 12 in Glendale, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images
At CNN's ongoing town hall, we're taking audience questions and answering them with medical experts weighing in.Here's what Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, had to say:But he and CNN's Anderson Cooper acknowledged that sometimes health insurance doesn't allow for extra medication.
"We're looking at relieving a lot of regulations and other things to make it easier for people to cope with this .. really somebody should look at that," Fauci said.Stores have sold out of face masks, hand sanitizer, food staples, and more. The cleaning supplies can be good to have, especially soap and sanitizer — but one unusual item selling out is toilet paper.
It's not entirely clear what is driving the panic buying of toilet paper. The trend began in Hong Kong last month after rumors that border closures would cut off the supply from China — but the rumors were dispelled by the government, and there don't appear to be any similar rumors in the US.
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