Uncle Sam Needs To Give Us All Free Soap

David Wallis The Washington Post April 6, 2020

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Last month, hand sanitizer vanished. The double scourge of panic buying and price gouging cleaned out the clear liquid gold, among other products, from store shelves and online shops. It’s a dire situation, given that public health officials estimate that the virus will kill at least 100,000 Americans and potentially many, many more and good hand hygiene remains one of the few weapons in the virus-killing arsenal.

Companies, large and small, have tried to fill the gaping void in the supply chain. Anheuser-Busch devoted some of its production to a hand sanitizer in eight-ounce bottles emblazoned with “design motifs that echo bottle aesthetics used for several of its beer brands,” reported the Motley Fool. Compass Coffee in D.C. has also switched from lattes to lifesaving: Staff will be making sanitizer, co-founder Michael Haft told The Post, “until there isn’t a need.”

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Uncle Sam Needs To Give Us All Free Soap

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