I heard an reasonable argument the reason panic buying is happening here in Australia is that authorities were not quick enough with public messaging so people do irrational things in response to uncertainty.
In contrast, responses to our recent fires has being proceeded by a lot of education and empowerment such that we had extraordinary efforts to help, and no panic, the reverse in fact. It is unwise to draw conclusions about culture when it may just be once off, knowledge and experience. If I were an american I would be fearful given their woeful medical system Regards Tony On Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 12:10:53 AM UTC+11, TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > A Gloom wrote >> >> >> ... Like your freind in S Texas-- because of damned fools running on the >> groceries-- my family is looking at groceries not being available-- we >> believe we should have enough and are prepared to go to one meal a day to >> make it stretch (done ii before in hurricane aftermaths) >> > > Right. Jenny in Texas, far South in Vidor, provincial nowhere, nowhere > near the TX 39 cases, is suffering the imagination of buyers who make her > life hell from irrational panic. > > TT > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/db7a2cec-5b4f-41c8-a1c7-050a3530bb4b%40googlegroups.com.
