Comment on Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb"parentComments−SamReidHughes6yThere isn’t even any panic. When’s the last time people panicked?−quickthrower26yGlobal share markets are going down the toilet, and there is no toilet paper to flush them down with!−SamReidHughes6yThat'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...−bjourne6yMaybe because global stock markets are dumb? :)−zimpenfish6yHaving 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−chippy6yThat 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.−SamReidHughes6yThat's preparedness. Buyers won't have to go out and get food when the pandemic hits its peak.−cafard6yBought any N-95 masks lately?
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There isn’t even any panic. When’s the last time people panicked?
Global share markets are going down the toilet, and there is no toilet paper to flush them down with!
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...
Maybe because global stock markets are dumb? :)
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
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.
That's preparedness. Buyers won't have to go out and get food when the pandemic hits its peak.
Bought any N-95 masks lately?