“How will buying stuff help you when you get the coronavirus?”
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I believe the reasoning is that you’re feeling fine, but things won’t be available, at least for awhile and you’d rather not go foraging in the middle of a zombie apocalypse for a roll of Scott’s double layer.
Also, people are thinking about their families having enough to last a couple weeks. Not a bad idea, end of the world or no end of the world.
Toilet paper? Doesn’t anyone own a hose anymore?
In my case, I don’t want to have to go to stores while sick or not sick and deal with getting sick.
I am stocking up on things I absolutely have to have and thus only need to go out on a sporadic basis.
Plus hopefuly they haven’t had Wuhan coughed all over them yet.