mash tun wrote:Hmmm.
I'd like to think that, once those of us lucky enough not to be in a higher risk group (in which, fingers crossed, I count myself being a couple of years or so under 60 in, touch wood, reasonable health) have contracted covid19 and recovered, we'd stick around and help relatives, friends, neighbours etc who may be less fortunate. We're all in it together and will need to act responsibly to ensure we get out of it together.
Also, I'd guess that stocking up would perhaps entail buying a lot of food and supplies before they're actually needed which seems to me to come within the realms of panic buying making it harder for those who can't up sticks and go continue to buy what they need ?
Just my own thoughts - am sure others will have different views.
The whole 'panic buying' is a very tricky one indeed.
I was talking to a women yesterday who normally buys a single pack of 4 toilets rolls a week but as we know this is one of the items flying off the shelves just now. So the store didn't have any 4 packs, the smallest they had was 9, so she bought one of these and another for her mum since she can't get to the shops as easily.
I think to most people, certainly to me, this seems fairly rational at face value, but it does mean this women has now jumped from her normal purchase of 4 per week to 18, a 4.5 fold increase. And that's where the news was saying the problem lies, not only with the crazy bulk purchases that go viral on social media but also with the masses of everyday shoppers who are just buying that little bit more 'just in case.'
Not passing judgement or saying I wouldn't do the same of course, but it is food for thought.