I think many NTs also struggle with social situations.

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Yes that kind of weak link will compromise the whole effort

We had quite a few wealthy business men try it on too. In NSW and Vic they got exemptions to fly in and out of the country and continue doing business but the rest of the country locked down.

We had a wealthy mining magnate that got upset when he discovered he couldn't return to his home state of WA without going through 3 weeks of quarantine. He was so angry about that that he tried to sue the WA government and the Federal government and he started his own political party as well. Didn't get him very far though.

 

[vergil96]

I never understood that part - toilet paper for a respiratory illness. Maybe some people are built different to me.

Nose running like a leaky faucet

 

[UFO]

like stockpiling toilet paper

I heard that it was because China was a major provider of paper products to some countries (like Australia), rumors about production disruptions created a fear that those countries run out of the toilet paper. When rumors about the panic reached other countries, they joined it even if they weren't major importers of Chinese paper...

 

[Shevek]

Nose running like a leaky faucet

Even facial tissues irritate my nose, which increases sales. I use handkerchiefs and wash them. I have also lived in India, and got used to alternatives to toilet paper.
The panic hoarding of toilet paper probably ran on some of the programming that causes rapid price increases on anything rare or collectible. It's a positive feedback loop running without a sound foundation.

 

[vergil96]

Toilet paper is better than tissues for running nose, because it's soft. (Unless it's the sandpaper type )

 

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Nose running like a leaky faucet

So not as I first suspected.

Sprinklers help rare bum-breathing turtles nest without rainfall

 

[Mary Terry]

I never understood that part - toilet paper for a respiratory illness. Maybe some people are built different to me.

It's actually very simple. There was a nationwide shortage of toilet paper in the US due to disruption of supply chains, TP industry workers unable to work due to being sick and, in the early days, quarantines of exposed people, hundreds of millions of people and their children sheltering at home and using the home bathroom facilities rather than workplaces and school toilets. If you were stuck at home with your five children who normally would be at school all day, then, yeah, you needed a lot of toilet paper. Your customary purchase of 10 rolls per week suddenly wasn't enough TP to last your family for a week. You needed three times or more than that amount. So, yeah, some people hoarded TP.

We see the same stocking up/hoarding behaviors every time a severe weather event is forecast. Food, water, pet food, baby supplies and paper products quickly disappear from stores. Intelligent and informed people who routinely live with extreme weather know how to stay supplied with essential products so we are always prepared. I live in an area of extreme and violent weather in a rural location, and the nearest "decent" store is at least 10 miles away. I try to ensure that I have on hand whatever we'll need for a couple of weeks rather than risk finding empty store shelves in an emergency. It's not hoarding, it's simply being prepared for a very predictable situation.

 

[Judge]

It's actually very simple. There was a nationwide shortage of toilet paper in the US due to disruption of supply chains, TP industry workers unable to work due to being sick and, in the early days, quarantines of exposed people, hundreds of millions of people and their children sheltering at home and using the home bathroom facilities rather than workplaces and school toilets. If you were stuck at home with your five children who normally would be at school all day, then, yeah, you needed a lot of toilet paper. Your customary purchase of 10 rolls per week suddenly wasn't enough TP to last your family for a week. You needed three times or more than that amount. So, yeah, some people hoarded TP.

We see the same stocking up/hoarding behaviors every time a severe weather event is forecast. Food, water, pet food, baby supplies and paper products quickly disappear from stores. Intelligent and informed people who routinely live with extreme weather know how to stay supplied with essential products so we are always prepared. I live in an area of extreme and violent weather in a rural location, and the nearest "decent" store is at least 10 miles away. I try to ensure that I have on hand whatever we'll need for a couple of weeks rather than risk finding empty store shelves in an emergency. It's not hoarding, it's simply being prepared for a very predictable situation.

Yep. Happens every winter here for the same reasons. A simple matter of preparedness that most of the population perceives given consistent weather patterns that can sometimes keep us from traveling even the shortest distances to a grocery or drug store.