Not really. Some people like to stock up on bottled water and toilet paper so they can play zombie apocalypse, but taking appropriate safety measures to prevent it from spreading is a sufficient response.
The run on toilet paper is what I don’t understand. I heard about it happening around the country on the radio. A guy being interviewed said something like, “toilet paper is like gold during the apocalypse.” What?!
Then a relative called me this evening to tell me about people wheeling tp out of Costco by the pallet. I was at a different store an hour ago to and the entire bath tissue isle was empty. This is in Denver. My team lead and boss (both in Toronto) were joking about it happening there too.
The only thing I can think of is that nobody wants to go into a full blown panic, yet there’s a whole lot of pent up anxiety about the situation. Somehow buying loads of tp is a kind of coping mechanism. Somebody started it, other people followed, now no there’s no tp.
My concern is that such widespread odd behavior is just the slightest hint hint of what a panic would bring.
In my part of the US, nobody's stocking up on toilet paper. In fact, nobody appears to be panic-buying anything at all except for isopropyl alcohol, which I discovered when I needed to get some for a project. There isn't a bottle of IPA of any strength to be found.
Some people like to stock up on bottled water and toilet paper so they can play zombie apocalypse,
And some people on the internet like to feel strong by putting down others for taking reasonable precautions against the prospect of forced quarantines or neighborhood lockdowns.
Then a relative called me this evening to tell me about people wheeling tp out of Costco by the pallet. I was at a different store an hour ago to and the entire bath tissue isle was empty. This is in Denver. My team lead and boss (both in Toronto) were joking about it happening there too.
The only thing I can think of is that nobody wants to go into a full blown panic, yet there’s a whole lot of pent up anxiety about the situation. Somehow buying loads of tp is a kind of coping mechanism. Somebody started it, other people followed, now no there’s no tp.
My concern is that such widespread odd behavior is just the slightest hint hint of what a panic would bring.