My question is, is it safe to go to the store? I really don't need anything, but there are a few things I would like. But they are not worth dying for.

I don't know how to time this. In my state there are only around 50 confirmed cases. At this rate it will probably be another month or two before they lock down.

Do you buy supplies now before the first wave or wait? Do you risk being one of the people sick in the first wave? How do you use the data from the vectors?

Is it safer to order online and let the supplies sit in the box?

I did place an order and they ship almost everything in a separate box and ship from a different state. I had soup traveling from the west coast and ritz crackers coming in from the left coast. It doesn't really seem safe. But then again, do you risk walking down the store isles? I don't know.....