Johnnie wrote on Mar 5^th, 2020 at 7:22pm:


I get into my daughters car, to go for a swim at beach, I notice a box of tissues on the back seat, for all to see.
I says to daughter, you know they say if you have something precious in the car to hide it, else someone sees it and breaks in to grab it.
......the way panic is..... your tissue box....
And she laughed realising what I was getting at.
I said I’m serious 

Well, I have a different perspective from my background in healthcare, as I can understand what the preppers are thinking about.  I would like to say first that I am not one of those hoarders, but still feels the need to stock up if the virus situation gets worse.   

Toilet Paper - I can see alot of people making jokes about stocking toilet paper.  It function does not only include wiping off downstairs.  But it can also wipe off sweats, tears, saliva, sputum, organic or non organic spillages, which can become crucial in infection control at home.  Just say, you have an elderly mother, or a young child who is sick with corona virus, and are sweating and coughing.  The best way to rid of those secretion / sweat / sputum or vomit is via toilet paper, and discard.   You cannot flush facial tissues or wet wipes down, and the process of retaining them before discarding creates a chain of infection risk. 

Stocking up in general - People stock up, for many reasons.  For example if you have a loved one who is immune compromised, then it is only sensible to stock up in case there is localized transmission of the virus.  And of course, one would never know if suddenly you are ordered to self isolate.  Take for example this article...

https://www.theage.com.au/national/coronavirus-closes-epping-boys-high-school-20200305-p547dn.html

Because of one boy, the entire school was ordered to self isolate over the weekend as the public health official working on contact tracing.  Now, what if one of your family happen to be one of the close contact?  Then the next step would be for testing, and self quarantine for 14 days.  Now, if you dont have any backup, what are you going to do?  Break quarantine?  Get uber eats?  Order coles online?  yeah, may be you can do it now, but what happens when the virus spread, and the delivery workers gets sick?  Call the police?  As far as I can see, the pandemic plan does not include methods on how to deliver food and supplies to the isolated, only how to dob in and lock up those who appear sick into modified stadiums. 

N.B. Please please do not kill the messenger, I am merely thinking of other people's perspective which I usually do on this forum.   

Bobby. wrote on Mar 4^th, 2020 at 5:17pm:


As much as I don't like Scomo YeahBabyYeah, what can he do about it? Individuals out there have gone nuts about needing to stock up with 3 years worth of toilet paper because they believe that they are going to get the runs for the next few months. Personally, I think that the buying up of toilet paper is just some kind of game for the sake of a fad. The latest "do-it-because-other-people-are-doing-it" phase.

Johnnie wrote on Mar 6^th, 2020 at 4:37am:



I know. I cannot wait.

However, I do want to drop a tab before the despicable human species dies out. These two have the right idea:

Johnnie wrote on Mar 6^th, 2020 at 4:37am:

I hope the animals survive 

The party and good times are not over yet.

Did everyone honestly think we would have it so good for so long?
Abundance of food (except 3rd world) cars, smart phones, shopping of anything in shopping centres, and cafe lattes. Etc etc etc
We have become so used to it all, when economic times turn recession, there will be more than toilet paper running out.
How self sufficient and prepared to survive with hunger thrown in, are People?
Is this the apocalypse on the cusp?
So let’s eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die(t).

Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2020 at 6:11am:

Because it’s cause and effect.
Who was to predict to know what to limit until it happened?
If the supermarkets were to impose limits on items earlier, it would not have made sense.
It makes sense now though as proved.
How about not being distracted about toilet paper and think how this virus will effect more than just that? Economy collapse?
Reserve bank dropping interest rates to stimulate economy more?
What’s the point when banks have tightened up lending?
We will all just have to learn to adapt and improvise as life about us changes. Can’t have it good all the time, history of life had shown us that.

What comes to mind.....

Tough times don’t last, tough people do.

But..... a virus is not fussy who or what you are?

If anyone bothered to notice, even our own professors, are not saying with certainty how this virus came about, maybe, maybe, maybe.

Not one official is saying it was from bats etc.
It seemingly could have started from there, but none know exactly how.

This virus has been with us for 50,000 years, now it’s changed to effect us?

You all know viruses and strains kept in them labs can be fiddled with?

Milton the Monster, with 5 drops of sinister sauce....