Popped into one on the way home. It wasn't just toilet roll and tins, meat, even pot noodles were low!
Global hysteria. Not only do we live in a global economy, we increasingly live in a global society where viruses, fear and behaviours are also intertwined. Images of closed streets in Spain increases panic buying in UK, data from China (which can be politically manipulated) fuel the World Health Organisation and lead to global panic. Giving figures of 3% mortality is shocking irresponsible when there isn't clear data, and evidence to suggest mortality rates are far lower. Was it the WHO who spread these figures?
I actually think the way the UK government have tried to approach it is a bit more realistic, but they have been overtaken by the media hysteria.