Half the toilet paper thing isn't about the virus, it's about idiots buying up toilet paper so you gotta get in and grab some before it all goes. And the spiral accentuates. There's whole game theories about this kind of thing.
I've probably said it already but I started this thread a few days after I saw the first tabloidesque news article of an elderly couple standing out the front of a Coles with two loaded up trollies with the quotes "We're not panicking, we just don't want to get caught out".
It was then that I knew what was coming. I'd already bought med kit stuff, sanitizer, masks, shelf stable food etc., in case we all get told to stay home. But when I saw that shit I knew that it was only a matter of time before the inevitable happened. So I got ahead of the curve and did a double week's shop and picked up some of the longer term stuff like washing detergent, etc. and yes, I bought some poo tix. One pack because we were almost out and one pack to get us through in case we were shut in for a few weeks. None of this trollies full silliness.
This gets back to the whole game theory thing. You can see a panic spree coming. You don't want to be part of it because you know it's not required. But you have to get ahead of the curve to beat the panic buying - the outbreak is actually irrelevant to the equation in the end.
As I mentioned in my first post, it's not the virus that concerns me, it's the public response.
Still a lot of clear eyed analysis that the mortality rate will be around 1%, give or take. That's not a small amount and we all have parents and friends with ailments (for those with young kids, we know that the youngens are likely safer but would you be happy to test the theory on your own babies?).
That kind of mortality rate is more than enough to shut economies down and reshape the global system.
I for one prefer a walking dead type future more than an Escape from New York or Mad Max type gig.