(2020-03-16, 11:34 AM)TomArrow Wrote: Well the two gals fighting in the second video are clearly insane, but I don't see much wrong in the first video, just a bunch of people buying stuff.

I don't mean to start a fight over this or anything, just defend my position since strong words have been said. But, since I've said what I had to say so I'm cool with burying the hatchet.

I have some friends working in stores like Kaufland, and they say that it really is getting insane these days. Even with the more civilized panic shoppers.

Yeah, in the first video the people are very civilized, but the place is just crowded like hell. Its like when ALDI had these special offers some years ago.

Haha I heard of that. The "Aldi PC" for example, right?

The U.K reminds me of the scenes in Jaws where they refuse to close the beaches!
Although the shark is about to bite the mayor's ass

Crazy times!
Ive never seen a country quarantined or anything like this, but I suppose it was only a matter of time.
I stocked up fairly early also.
Not panic buying, but a few extra non-perishables (Ive seen people buy more on there regular shop)
Ill continue to shop as normal in the knowledge I have back up if the shelf's are bare.

Toilet paper maybe a problem as I didn't quite anticipate the level of 'The Loo Roll Wars'.

I wish everybody the best and hope all get through this relatively unscathed.

Well, people are so crazy today they are cramming themselves into the supermarkets (thus making sure the virus can spread even further) by fear of not getting food when all the markets presidents said there is stock and do not panic.
This is getting worse by the minute LOL

So as someone who's just been to the doctor ...

I've had a sinus infection for a few weeks. I thought it went away, but it hasn't, so it must be a bacteria not a virus. There's a new bulk billing practise near me (FINALLY), which means there's no doctor's fee to pay - so I've registered as a patient there and had my medical records transferred. The practise is in a building that's adjacent to the old practise, but since my doctor retired a few years ago I no longer go there - they charge a huge fee, AUD $90 I believe it is. The rebate is $36.30, so that means it's still more than $50 to see the doctor there. So the great news is that I've now finally got a permanent practise I can go to that's local - I no longer have to dick around going to other practises (my preferred option was the walk-in centre that's a little further away - they bulk bill but you can't make appointments).

I had to wear a mask, even though I don't have Covid 19 and I don't believe I'm contagious. Like I said bacterial, not viral. Also, you know surgical masks are at a shortage because healthy people think they need to wear them! At least though it's not as bad as Europe, my understanding is that Czech was the primary producer of all surgical masks in Europe and they banned or limited exports (Germany, France, Indonesia, India, China, and Thailand have all also banned or restricted surgical mask exports). So I don't like having to use something I didn't need to - but let me say I don't think we're going to have a significant shortage in Australia, the domestic producers will easily pick up the slack from the import restrictions. Anyway I've got some drugs now to knock out my infection, and my medical certificate says I do "not qualify for a Covid 19 test". Unless you're a deeply rural person, we'll all come into contact with Covid 19 eventually - especially people like me that ski in the winter. I think Covid 19 will hit hardest then here in Australia (assuming that it's seasonal), it won't stop me skiing that's for sure. We had a 9-month long flu season last year and that didn't deter me in the slightest (plus I had the flu vaccine haha). I'll be getting the flu vaccine again this year.

Yes people have been panic buying, and frankly I think it's stupid. There's literally no reason to do it - you can buy everything online from the comfort of your home if you need to, and for people that genuinely can't do that - for example they don't have internet, or they're blind/disabled - the government has a service to provide that stuff and you don't need to resort to charity.

Last night, a group of guys broke in at night in a grocery store.

They had guns. They were beginning to loot it, stealing all the food, when the police showed up.

They began firing at the police, who fired back. It turned into a western, so they had to use grenades to make them disperse. I'm not kidding! The looters escaped.

http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/cor...281767.php

Now that's legitimately just pure insanity...

People are fighting with store employees to raid the back stock of water packs ! there are videos on FB LOL Psychos, Mad Max time is now!

That's something I don't get. Why not just buy empty bottles and fill them with water?

we post-apo now