Cighetti says panic buying was one of the first social symptoms of the epidemic.

“It’s difficult to behave well under pressure,” he says. What stopped people hoarding food was when the supermarkets demonstrated there was no shortage - by constantly and visibly re-stocking shops.

Once people were confident there were no problems with the food supply, the “panicking behaviour” stopped.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/dj3jonuhi1/coronavirus-year-of-the-mask

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