We'll have to agree to disagree (agreeably) about the impact of the panic. The Corona Virus didn't wipe out the stocks of toilet paper in the stores, the panic did. Just one example, albeit a pretty small one compared to the millions of people just thrown out of work.
It's not "blaming the victim" to note there is panic adversely impacting the country.
I've never said that either there was no panic, nor that panic wasn't adversely impacting the country. Both of those things are true.
What I am saying is that, information is not panic, careful behavior is not panic, not wanting to get this virus nor give it to anyone else is not panic, caring about healthcare workers is not panic, and not going around screaming "POLICE STATE!" is not panic.
The panic, however, is secondary to the very basic medical fact....... FACT....... that this is a pernicious, fast spreading virus with unknown health ramifications and people are still dying from it....sometimes only a day or so after their first symptoms. Understanding that and caring about the shortage of PPE's for our healthcare workers, is not panic. And those who have gone around here for weeks (albeit not many of them, but persistent and loud) accusing those acquiring knowledge, seeking information and caring for those who are putting their lives on the line to keep the rest of us well, as being hysterical and ridiculous, are the ones who are failing to blame the actual perp....... the virus itself.