[Exmoor]

Panic buying should be one of the main concerns here. The average American who is able to maintain several weeks worth of food supplies between grocery store should be trying to go to the grocery store as little as possible during this time with a reasonable expectation that there will be food there when they go. If panic buying and shortages start occurring, these same people may feel compelled to visit the grocery store increasingly often in hopes of finding the food they want or need. This could increase transmission rates a non-trivial amount since going to the grocery store is one of activities most likely to put us in contact with a contagious person in our everyday life.