Listen.A Tennessee man who went viral after stockpiling 17,700 bottled of hand sanitizer donated all of the products Sunday after the Tennessee officials announced that they would investigate him for price gauging amid the coronavirus pandemic that has infected over 160,000 worldwide.
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After the Times’s initial report on the brothers Saturday, thousands of social media users online called out Colvin for stockpiling the products Americans are searching for in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Some contacted Colvin with threatening messages, and his address was posted online. One man began banging on his door Saturday night, the Tennessee man shared with the newspaper.
Colvin apologized for purchasing all of the products Sunday, saying that he did not realize the spread of the coronavirus outbreak or the shortage of sanitary products across the country.
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“It was never my intention to keep necessary medical supplies out of the hands of people who needed them,” he continued. “That’s not who I am as a person. And all I’ve been told for the last 48 hours is how much of that person I am.”
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...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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