NSTworld: Panicbuying of non-medical items like toiletpaper “gives people this sense of control that ‘I will have what I need when I want’.” Coronvirus covid19
Obsessively documented on social media, scrambles to the shops and empty shelves are adding panic and confusion to the fight against an epidemic that has killed thousands, placed millions under quarantine and battered global markets.
Endlessly scrolling through social media also “distorts our perceptions and makes us think that things are a lot more serious than they truly are,” they said. Last month ten thousand people queued outside a Hong Kong shop that had secured a shipment, and days later masks were voted the most desireable gifts to receive for Valentine’s Day.
But in crowded, paranoid cities where others are already wearing them, donning a mask can be comforting – if ineffective.“At the end of the day, we do need our social groups for survival so it’s a primal instinct to obey whatever needs that society imposes on us.”
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