I'll bet that, if you grab a few seed packets & use the self-check out aisle, the seeds will ring up as usual & out you go.
Last week we were in PA, picking up the new Springer pup -- stopped @ a local Walmart & bought 6 boxes of facial tissue (the limit was 2). I used the self-check aisle & it presented zero issue. That Walmart had a LOT of items my local one was out of -- we naturally stocked up (family of 4 consumers).
The REAL issue is, of course, why they're banning seeds. It seems counter intuitive: "Don't go to the store if possible, but also do not grow your own veggies??"
Forgot about the paint part. The wife & I are addressing several projects @ the homestead while staying home more than usual. We happened to buy the necessary supplies awhile ago. But not "allowing" the purchase of arbitrary items? There's ZERO authority vested in ANYBODY for doing that.
Now I'll stand happily corrected if it turns out that drinking copious amounts of Glidden Spread Satin proves to be a cure for the virus . . .
Next they'll say you can't invite the Governor over to your house for dinner & then shoot him @ the dining room table (Sicario style). Sheesh!