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Imagine that it's Spring 2020 and you run a warehousing company, in which it is common for your customers to store container-loads of goods in both the short-term (while awaiting a move to the container's next destination) and long-term (perhaps while the entity holding title to the goods in the container finds a buyer). Now imagine you discover that your warehouse contains containers of goods that could help combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus — masks, medical gowns, gloves or other personal protective equipment (PPE).

Or imagine this slightly different scenario: You own a trucking company and learn that your drivers are delivering pallets of hand sanitizer and disinfectants to a residential address. Perhaps they have delivered several pallets in a single delivery, or they are repeatedly bringing goods to the same place.