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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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