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1. Matthew Davidson (mjd)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2020 07:31:57 EDT Matthew Davidson

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   Another long day at #work, which is starting to resemble a Soviet supermarket. We wear ill-fitting red shirts and have many fine consumer goods, just not today the ones you need. Panic buying has snowballed from idiot #covid-19 doomsday preppers to people panicked by the idiots, to people panicked by the people panicked by… And so on, but for how long? https://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/34631
   • Matthew Davidson (mjd)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2020 08:28:27 EDT Matthew Davidson

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     Empty shelves do indeed look really grim. I wonder if the panic buying is spread by Facebook meme waves with a rolling menu of doomsday must-haves. It started with toilet paper, then tissues. Then pasta, rice, tins of soup, baked beans and spaghetti. Antibacterial soap, antibacterial cleaning wipes, antibacterial laundry liquid. Indeed anything with a label including a word p…