Well, I went out to the grocery store today. It appears that toilet paper is now actually available, although the selection was only one brand. Unfortunately, the only ramen that was available was a box of 10 chicken ramen's. I personally hate chicken flavor. Still can't find hand sanitizer or thermometers.
My dad told me he found hand sanitizer at a local shop a couple of days ago and it was a brand I had never seen before. I tracked down the company listed on the back of the bottle and it brought me to here - https://www.brandsicorp.com/
On the site, it says they have FDA approval but the company is in Canada. I placed an order using the link on their site yesterday (just for two bottles) but there was no mention of price and no payment made yet - I'm still waiting to hear back from them. I would imagine they are giving priority to hospitals and front-line workers.
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Still can't find hand sanitizer or thermometers.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the thermometer shortage - did people not have thermometers at all before this? Or is there some reason to hoard them? It's not like these things are consumable or break easily.
You might be able to find some on Amazon that are... marketed somewhat specifically but still work well for general purposes:
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Basal-Body-Thermometer-Temperature/dp/B07ZRL44D1