Hoarding it profit off it? I have not seen any for sale, have you...? In my area, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery made it illegal to price gouge during this time. Also, Amazon isn't allowing it either. They are shutting price gougers down.
So that excuse doesn't fly. Nobody is hoarding it for profit. People are buying it like maniacs because of the fear-mongering. It seems everyone went from common daily civilians to dooms-day-preppers over a whopping 80 deaths the last month.
I need to spell it out step by step?
1 Opportunists heard of the pandemic and immediately brainstormed how they could make money off it.
2 They bought TP in bulk and started posting it on ebay for $20 a roll.
3 Normal people saw shelves emptying and price gouging, bought all the remaining because they needed it and didn't want to be taken advantage of.
4 Price gouging became illegal, opportunists got stuck with pallets full of TP. Karma is a bitch.
Official recommendations were against this, but opportunists f***ed it up for the rest of us. What can you do?
There was a gazillion people waiting in line at Taco Bell during lunch today. That's kinda like a party.
Wonderful for them. They probably won't experience any symptoms for a week. Meanwhile they'll give the virus a medium to reproduce in. They'll meet with neighbors and family. Each one of them will distribute it to 3 people. Finally they'll probably experience a mild flu, recover, and go on with their lives. Great for them. I just hope the old and immunocompromised people they carried the virus to have enough hospital beds for when they all go into critical condition at the same time.
It's not your own health you should be worried about.
