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- Doomsday preppers are accustomed to preparing for disasters of all kinds.
- But preppers say they're not phased by the COVID-19 outbreak, because unlike the other disasters they prepare for, "it's not end game."
- Their best advice for weathering the novel coronavirus outbreak includes eating right and getting enough rest.
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Hand sanitizer is selling out on Amazon. Shelves normally lined with masks at Home Depot are bare. And people across the country are stocking up on their canned goods.
But preppers, the apocalypse-minded group of folks who are perpetually preparing for any disaster scenario, and none in particular, are not phased by the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus.
"I wouldn't even be nervous," Jason Charles, head of the New York City preppers network, said over the weekend. "It's not end game."
Further south in Virginia, James Walton, who hosts a weekly show on the Prepper Broadcasting Network agreed.
"I'm not that concerned about us catching a virus that we won't be able to beat," Walton told Business Insider. "In the prepping community, we have a base level of preparedness."
Still, there are extra steps that both Charles and Walton said they are taking in this outbreak to stay healthy and sane. Here are the top science-backed pieces of advice we heard from the preppers.