Agreed, every aspect of this is terrifying.
It is scary that the hoarding now means supermarkets put in a 1 of each item rule for all. Now people who should be sheltering in place need to visit supermarkets more often increasing their risk exposure, and community exposure.
It is scary that we already have shortages of fresh food in cities. annnnd food supply workers are getting the virus, which shuts the whole farm down due to associated people also needing to isolate:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...o-world-supply
(Bill Burr is right, chickens will still lay eggs, but with no one around to collect)
It is scary that all those apartment buildings in our cities are wafting shared air and aerosol faeces throughout, creating thousands more Diamond Princess situations.
Add the amplifying factor of unemployment, boredom, nihilism.
And then a kick in the teeth as Amazon asks for a "donation" to their "important" warehouse workers, and Boeing is literally too important to let fail so it negotiates the bail out on its own terms.
Robyn and I were already reassessing our affairs after the bushfires (cancelling Netflix, cooking at home, growing veges) But short of being 100% off-grid, retired, and growing one's own food I have no idea how anyone can make it through this.