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I can get my hearing aid batteries free from my Doctors surgery which is 2mins walk away...... Well there is no way i am going near a Doctors surgery anytime soon so i bought 60 online!

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My elderly parents usually go bingo where they live on a Sunday but following concerns by the whole family they are staying in.

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Took my son and his OH to aldi to get their shopping, girl on the till said there was lots of panic buying and empty shelves on Friday then it just went back to normal.

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Everyone has lost all sense of reality. :dozey:

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The reality is that there is so much that cannot be predicted or planned for, including how long precautions will have to be in place.


A large household would need a lot of supplies to last a few weeks at a time. People are panic buying because other people are panic buying. Hopefully the surge will subside and people will just buy their normal weekly needs.

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I ain't panic buying, but if items we buy are on offer I'll get them.

Take loo roll £2 of a pack of 24, so I bought 2 as usual.

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BREAKING: A third person in UK, has died of Coronavirus.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...itive-11953382

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48 rolls a week ?! I'd see a Dr about that if I were you ...

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The more important number is the number of people with the virus. That is what gives an indication of the spread and potential for more deaths.

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I think it's because they are afraid of shortages as opposed to loose bowels, though someone said today that they thought people were buying it because it's cheaper than buying tissues (which are also presumably in short supply too).

I can't understand the run on pasta though, why that specific product?

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Anyway Cornavirus is a respiratory virus and toilet paper really shouldn't be an issue as loose bowels are not a symptom of said virus.

It is if people are shitting themselves :D

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It's good that the bad news is being delivered by Mr Whitty, it lightens the mood a tad...

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278

(0.000004% of the UK population).

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It keeps in the cupboard for ages. The people who are hoarding it will have been googling what food to stockpile in a crisis and have found a load of mental survivalist websites.

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As long as one infected person remains unquarantined it has the potential for most people to be infected. Remember this all started because one Chinese man was bitten by a bat (supposedly).