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18th Mar 2020

How doomsday preppers are coping with COVID-19

Rich Cooper

Doomsday prepping is a career for some people

With the type of world we currently live in – even before COVID-19 – things have been pretty good for doomsday preppers. Especially for those in the United States, where conspiracies abound every day of the week regarding the government and myriad other things, it’s a good time for business.

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 around the world, their business has just got a little bit busier, so we spoke to the owner of DoomsdayPrep.com, who revealed that sales of survival kits, gas masks and even personal weaponry have increased since the pandemic began.