Will we never learn?
Honestly, I am not sure when I first heard about the mysterious case of stockpiling bits of paper but it must have been about a month ago. On the off chance that there was a solid reason to have extra in the house, I bought a packet and felt relieved at not perhaps running out at an inopportune moment!
Lo and behold, that obviously bit of fake-news spread and country after country has succumbed to fear of sitting on the throne and staring at an empty roll. One would think that in an emergency one's thoughts might turn rather to food and drink, but no, loo paper it is.
The internet and television abounds with images of loo paper horders striding proudly about, never giving a thought to those left without. It seems that the timeline of corona virus countdown is true to form in each country but sadly not coordinated to make it end sooner. First one sees the toilet paper hording and then inconsiderate lot that like today, spend the morning packed like sardines on Bondi beach in Australia, not worried about anyone but themselves and once the authorities had closed that beach, would spread out to their various homes, and more than likely spread the corona bug as well.
We are now at the end of week one here in Austria and in a strange way it has become our new reality. One does get used to staying at home and why wouldn't one. The same way we watched Italy three weeks ago, others watched us last week but now are heading for the same conclusion of a total shutdown of a country.
Some in various countries around the world that are only slowly starting to implement a shutdown, still are under the impression that merely cleaning a shop is enough, thereby forgetting that the virus is spread from person to person. People, stay at home and save a life.
Let's stay safe and get through this together.
Biggi
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