Covid-19 and the madness of crowds

After watching a Youtube clip of people physically fighting over toilet roll in Australia, and our own supermarket shelves being stripped bare by rabid crowds of dribbling morons here at home, I was wondering if it was time to just lock everyone down under house arrest and disable the internet until people learn to behave.

Ok, in all seriousness is anyone else more bothered by the public reaction, and the media deliberately stoking panic, than they are about the actual virus??

I've not seen much panic buying round my way yet, except you can't get antibacterial handwash (which is ineffective anyway). Tesco have now started limiting the amount you can buy of some goods (pasta, why are people panic-buying pasta? I mean I know it keeps but what are you going to eat with it?).

SteveG wrote: Blacksword wrote: After watching a Youtube clip of people physically fighting over toilet roll in Australia, and our own supermarket shelves being stripped bare by rabid crowds of dribbling morons here at home, I was wondering if it was time to just lock everyone down under house arrest and disable the internet until people learn to behave. Ok, in all seriousness is anyone else more bothered by the public reaction, and the media deliberately stoking panic, than they are about the actual virus?? Bothered? Hmm. That depends if it serves good or bad political purposes. A crass answer but that's how I feel.

I'm not sure what political purpose it could serve, apart from as a distraction from something else going on that they don't want to draw attention to.

chopper wrote: Tesco have now started limiting the amount you can buy of some goods (pasta, why are people panic-buying pasta? I mean I know it keeps but what are you going to eat with it?).

I think it's only a matter of days before Jamie Oliver's Coronavirus Apocalypse hits the shelves of your local Amazon warehouse. Featuring a variety of delicious grass-based pasta sauce recipes and some breezy tips on how to make a really lovely ragù out of your dead relatives.

I have just got into London, and travelled on the underground from Paddington to Euston Square. Only a 10 minute journey, but the train was absolutely ram packed.

lazland wrote: I have just got into London, and travelled on the underground from Paddington to Euston Square. Only a 10 minute journey, but the train was absolutely ram packed. If this is a modern equivalent to the bubonic plague, and virulent in its spread, Irather feel I might be doomed 🤮 However, what makes me feel a little bit better is the fact that it quite clearly is not the modern equivalent of bubonic plague.

 Classic lazland.

It's just a freakin' flu.

dr wu23 wrote: But again more people get sick and die from just the flu..so why are we getting all uptight?

On the bright side, toilet paper manufacturers are literally wiping up.

Panic is profit!