[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19, was: Re: Creating an open source version of VMS, was: Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-03-13, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> Den 2020-03-13 kl. 19:26, skrev Simon Clubley:
>> 
>> Outside of the hand gels, I've seen some small bits of panic buying
>> but I've not yet seen anything like what you see in TV reports from
>> the US when a hurricane is about to hit.
>> 
>
> Today (Friday) all hand gel and toilet paper was sold out in my
> home town (Söderköping, for those knowing east Sweden). Weird,
> since thay will stock up on Monday again anyway...
>
> Panic is a larger risk then the Corona virus itself.

Update a couple of days later:

The panic buying has become _much_ more noticable this weekend
at the same stores I was referring to previously.

Not only is it the stuff in the media, but also some tinned can
products. For example, WTH are people planning to do with stockpiled
tins of tomatoes ???

Quantity limitations have also been introduced on some items
at one of the stores I visit, but the shelves containing those
items are still bare...

BTW, to make this story even _more_ cheerful :-(, some initial medical
reports say that Covid-19 may leave permanent lung damage in some
survivors. :-(

Simon.

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