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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by SamReidHughes on Monday March 09, 2020 @08:11AM (#22524728)
There isn’t even any panic. When’s the last time people panicked?
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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by quickthrower2 on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:26AM (#22525587)
Global share markets are going down the toilet, and there is no toilet paper to flush them down with!
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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by SamReidHughes on Monday March 09, 2020 @11:40AM (#22526271)
That's not panic, that's investors making a calculation.

The Italian prison riots might be... more panicky: https://www.thedailybeast.com/six-inmates-dead-scores-escape...

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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by bjourne on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @10:49AM (#22535894)
Maybe because global stock markets are dumb? :)
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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by zimpenfish on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:13PM (#22526561)
Having just been to the supermarket[1] across the road and seen stripped-bare aisles for pasta, rice, etc., yeah, there's some kind of panic.

[1] UK

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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by chippy on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:51PM (#22526925)
That is "panic buying" but its done not by panicking people. If you camp out in the supermarket you may notice that people appear as they always do, even if they are buying stuff because other people are buying stuff.
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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by SamReidHughes on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:16PM (#22526581)
That's preparedness. Buyers won't have to go out and get food when the pandemic hits its peak.
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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by cafard on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:02PM (#22526467)
Bought any N-95 masks lately?
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