The Tele's doing a great job of this, encouraging more panic-buying morons today!
The media really should be careful with the tone of their reporting.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Supermarkets begin food rationing after wave of coronavirus-fuelled panic buying
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/07/supermarkets-begin-food-rationing-wave-coronavirus-fueled-panic/
Supermarkets have been forced to act after their shelves were plundered again on Saturday, with customers reporting shortages of ready meals, toilet roll and paracetamol.
Tesco took the decision to limit some food and drink to five items per customer, in addition to antibacterial gels, wipes and sprays.
A spokesman confirmed the restrictions, which will also limit the amount of Calpol people can purchase, began on Saturday, and will apply to online shopping orders from Sunday.
The Government is also expected to announce plans to alert supermarkets before the general public if they are in coronavirus hotspots, to help avoid empty aisles.
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Prof Sheila Bird, formerly programme leader at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, said that the UK's cumulative total "is currently doubling roughly every two days".
If that continues the number of confirmed infections in the UK could hit 412 by Monday and continue to skyrocket. By next Friday some 1,600 people could have the virus and by Tuesday March 17 the figure could be as many as 6,592.
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Saturday's rise came after the chief scientific adviser confirmed the infection was now spreading person to person as part of an outbreak in Britain, having been initially limited to infections brought in from abroad.
Originally Posted by: Retron