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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 3/16/20 5:20 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2020-03-16 kl. 02:39, skrev 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 ???
>>
> 
> And besides, there are no reported issues at the producers, so
> everything will be restocked today (Monday).
> 

Not to mention how  much of this food is going to end out in the
landfill because people will not be able to consume all that
they have hoarded before the expiration date.  Even food that
has been frozen has a shelf life.

bill