Comments by "" (@sirtra) on "The Great Toilet Paper Wars of 2020 EXPLAINED" video.

  1. It all started in australia after a troll viral facebook post saying 40% of aussie TP was imported from China, a few gullible people panic bought clearing out shelves at a couple stores. Pictures of this then gave the troll post some merit and caused more people to the panic buy, the media did a story on the shortages (but didnt mention the 40% thing is BS, it was pitched as a doomsday prep thing for covid-19) and it snowballed out of contol nationewide from there. What exacerbated the situation is that TP is a bulky item and whilst nearly every store had new stock everyday it was all sold 30 minutes after opening - theres only so much they could have delivered each day and people were buying ludicrous amounts (multipke trollies worth) Wouldnt gave gotten so bad if mainstreaming media cared mored about facts and setting the record straight rather than clicks and ratings. Or if people werent so gullible. Then other (more sensible) items start sufferifng.. pasta, canned goods, long life milk, sugar, water etc.. causing more media stories.. more panic blah blah. Restrictions on these items per customer had to be implemented because it was impacting people, particularly elderly, low income/unemployed, single parents etc. Wasnt until a further 3 days after restrictions were in place until one news station finally chose to do a tear jerking segement on how the panic buying was impacting these people and that people shouldnt go overboard stocking up - this is after a week of daily segments about it drumming up more panic and fear wth footage of fights etc. Didnt expect it to spread to US but i guess gullible people and sensationalized news stories is fairly universal in most western countries.
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