Don't Buy Distilled Water (if you don't need it)

This is a friendly PSA for those who are being kind when they go to the store these days. If you need water to drink, please consider buying the purified water or the spring water or the mineral water. Distilled water is required for humidifiers for folks with breathing issues and for CPAP machines and such. If other kinds of water are used in these machines, they get gunked up and can stop functioning, which is even more of an issue right now. Distilled water is also used by folks with allergies who need to use sinus rinses to prevent illness. 

At the 4 stores I have visited in the last couple of days, distilled water was sold out and all other kinds of water were present in abundance.  

If you don't NEED distilled water, please don't purchase it until supply chains get back up and running and stores are stocked up again (or the weather changes, and most folks don't need humidifiers). If there are other options, please think of your neighbors and choose those other options.  Thanks for your consideration!

Sincerely, 

Someone with pre-existing breathing difficulties