> I hate it when people call it panic buying. It's not a panic. Yes, it is, for some non-trivial percentage of the people doing the buying. There are also peop

> I hate it when people call it panic buying. It's not a panic. Yes, it is, for some non-trivial percentage of the people doing the buying. There are also people who are stocking up in a more rational way, but those are irrelevant except in the sense that their rational strategy is being thwarted by the panic buyers. It's not necessary for everyone to be in a panic before the phenomenon can be considered real.