Panic buying hits DKH Sainsburys

Sat 7th March, toilet paper all sold out.

Lots of people clearly sh*ting themselves about Corona.

These two comments sum up the whole thing in a nutshell.

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Posted by rahrahrah March 05, 04:42PM

The loo roll thing is weird. When the food runs out, what good is ?200 worth of bog papermessageRe:

Posted by richard tudor March 05, 04:45PM

Perhaps there are more A/H in ED than anyone realised.

You need the herd to be healthy to protect - it's no good having all the stuff if one or two can't protect themselves so spread it everywhere.

Imagine if this was a 50% killer - our selfish attitude would put everyone at risk.

The French are not panic buying loo roll. But sales of Camus'

La Peste are way up. And the French government has shut down profiteering (aka 'repugnant materialism' by slapping a max price on hand sanitizer.

Truly, the rest of Europe is better off without us.

yorksgirl Wrote:

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> The French are not panic buying loo roll. But

> sales of Camus'

> La Peste are way up. And the French government has

> shut down profiteering (aka 'repugnant

> materialism' by slapping a max price on hand

> sanitizer.

>

> Truly, the rest of Europe is better off without

> us.

Camus' La Peste - is that pasta sauce ?

Yes same here saw a women her whole trolley full up with loo roll, if people washed there hands more all the time the flu virus would not spread as much

When I was young every time come home kits wash your hands again before eating her I can't understand people eating on public transport and the smell

Maybe people will think about basic hygiene more

Yes people need to get a grip more people die of flu virus every year than this

?Yes people need to get a grip more people die of flu virus every year than this?

Far too soon to tell

Scare mongering. People are just responding. It's actually pathetic. People are stealing face masks from hospitals.

Too many people watch Zombie Apocalypse and absorbing everything that comes their way.

As for toilet rolls - I guess mankind didn't exist before convenient rolls of paper?

sally buying Wrote:

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> Do you see the older generation acting like this

> probably not because they are not conditioned to

> respond to the crap that is being put out on

> social media.

The older generation did their fair share of stockpiling in the 1970s, long before social media and the internet. Toilet rolls were again targeted amongst other commodities including sugar, leading to the great sugar shortage when shops rationed how much sugar an individual could buy.

I don't get why people are panicking for toilet rolls, why would your first thought be to stockpile toilet roll.

it just shows you that some people are all for themselves, they don't care if anyone else needs anything.

do they still have bleach?

gromit3:16 Wrote:

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> I don't get why people are panicking for toilet

> rolls, why would your first thought be to

> stockpile toilet roll.

Self-isolation.

Lots of companies up in the city have coronavirus plans in place and part of that is self-isolation and working from home if you've been in an impacted area or show symptoms. I figure people think "If i'm going to have to be locked in my house for 2 weeks i need 2 weeks worth of toilet roll". It's not a great reason, but one people might be using nonetheless.

I think the coverage of the virus and the panic-inducing headlines are crazy. 3,500 deaths worldwide with 102,000 infected. so that's 3.4% deaths based off of those numbers. Then you gotta look at whose actually dying from this. It's mostly older folk in the 70+ range or a bit younger with pre-existing conditions.

We're all much more likely to die of heart disease. However, it's not as sexy as some mysterious foreign virus that doesn't have a known vaccine yet. Spooky.

Trinnydad Wrote:

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> Investing in a bidet makes more sense.

My parents had one (pale green as was the fad) in the 70s

Not enough room in most flat bathrooms although considering switching from bath to shower.