Psychology behind toilet paper panic
People pushing a trolley filled with toilet paper and other goods outside a supermarket in Geneva, Switzerland, last weekend. An expert says the hoarding of toilet paper amid the Covid-19 pandemic can be attributed to the dramatic photos and videos shared on social media that inflate people’s sense of urgency. – EPA pic, March 17, 2020.
IT is a scene that has become familiar around the world: from the US to France and Australia, rows of empty supermarket shelves where toilet paper used to be, the result of coronavirus-induced panic-buying. What exactly is it about the rolls of tissue that has caused mayhem across cultures, including at times violent clashes that have reverberated on social media?
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