Panic buying, ignoring safety measures: The social psychology of crises
While restaurants in six states are offering free toilet paper to those in need in response to the barren toilet paper shelves in many local grocery stores, U.S. Today reports that a police department in Newport, Oregon, issued an urgent request for residents to stop calling 911 when they run out of toilet paper. "You will survive without our assistance," the department stated.
Meanwhile, as the New York Times reports young people are continuing to travel despite restrictions and state and local governments are closing businesses to prevent people from congregating in public, groups of older adults, including an enclave of retirees in Florida and the parents of one New Yorker writer, are largely resisting the very social distancing behaviors that may protect their health.
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