This whole story is starting to dominate the news.
I have two thoughts.
First, shortages in the shops demonstrate how fragile modern society is.
Let’s say I buy one particular thing every weekly shop at the supermarket.
Panicked by the newspaper headlines, it is quite rational of me to buy two of them when I shop.
However if everybody does that a variant of that hundred per cent increase in demand will inevitably cause shortages.
The story of the shortage causes further panic and people start buying more things.
Then there is a shortage.
Then people start profiteering.
The moral of this is to be sensible though I am not sure everybody will be.
A second thought is one of puzzlement. It is quite clear how the virus originated, it is a zoonotic infection.
But a surprising number of people fuel the Internet with strange conspiracy theories.
This leads to more panic and more worry.
Therefore, what puzzles me, is why so many people are prepared to believe anything but the ordinary mundane truth.
Here are a couple of links for some simple debunking.
At least here is a kitten to cheer you up.
Very well written article. It will be useful to anyone who usess it, as well as yours truly :). Keep doing what you are doing – looking forward to more posts.