Well, it is. It’s a well know social phenomenon. It even has a name. It’s called a run. Even at the time, stores and suppliers were saying nothing was wrong wi

Well, it is. It’s a well know social phenomenon. It even has a name. It’s called a run. Even at the time, stores and suppliers were saying nothing was wrong with any part of the supply chain. If you think there was some vast conspiracy to cover up the toilet paper shortage of 2020, not only do you have to explain where all the toilet paper went, and why the paper mills had a sudden drop in production, but you’re also going to have to explain shortages of flour, sugar, noodles, and most bizarrely of all, bottled water. Bottle water shortages, at a time when there was nothing wrong with municipal water supplies! This isn’t even the first time in my life I’ve seen a run that was caused by panic buying. I think back to the afternoon of September 11, 2001.[0] There were gas runs. Gas stations literally ran out of gas. Prices were gouged.[1] Lines formed like the 1970s oil crisis. The next day everything was back to normal. Why? Because there was nothing wrong with the oil supply. The only shortage was at the retail stations. As soon as the tanker trucks returned, it stations reopened. [0] https://tulsaworld.com/archive/9-11-attack-fueled-panic-at-the-pump/article_0cb51021-ebff-5169-8760-760938a9dda4.html https://tulsaworld.com/archive/9-11-attack-fueled-panic-at-t... [1] http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/12/gas.prices/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/12/gas.prices/index.html