It’s been hectic and very dramatic for the last couple weeks with the pandemic arrived to most European and North American cities. As with the unknown and many deaths, people are in panic mode and panic-buying. Most affected area, people are hoarding up all the essential supplies and some non-essential supplies (or maybe essential) like toilet paper. The fear of unknown and the fear of seeing others buying cause people to buy and to hoard up. Here is a chart of 5 countries of what people are buying compared to this time last year. The chart is incomplete, of course. It should be better if it includes Asian and Middle East countries but we do get an overall picture of each country’s priorities.
