I think people are reading into it deeper than they need to. When the news says things like "people are stockpiling X" then a lot of other people who otherwise

I think people are reading into it deeper than they need to. When the news says things like "people are stockpiling X" then a lot of other people who otherwise don't wear tinfoil hats might be more inclined to stockpile some X for themselves to avoid needing it when the stores have already run out. It's not that they are worried that coronavirus will suddenly make them need so much toilet paper, but that the apparent toilet paper hoarding forces people to stock up before they run out. In that regard, I see it as a cyclical sheeple problem.