Stop Buying Toilet Paper

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In March 2020, our world and way of life literally changed overnight. The spread of the deadly COVID-19 made national and international headlines. People got sick by the millions and thousands began dying. The way the virus spread (from person to person) seemed like a story straight out of Hollywood and movies like I am Legend or 27 Days.
Countries closed borders, and citizens were being asked to “shelter in place”. In the United States, companies sent workers home to telecommute or furloughed others. Government leaders ordered non-essential businesses to close. Essential businesses asked employees to wear latex gloves and spray counters and wear facemasks.
And then the strangest reaction of all—people panicked and started buying in bulk not nonperishable food, dairy products, or meat and produce; they started buying toilet paper. Yes, stores couldn’t keep toilet paper stocked on the shelves. Walk into any grocery store and the toilet paper and even the paper towels and tissues, all gone. They also bought out the bottled water supplies.
The question on many people’s minds: why toilet paper? You’re not going to die from lack of toilet paper. You’re not even going to die from lack of bottled water, because cities aren’t shutting down water systems. You will though die from lack of food. Yet food wasn’t the hot item. To be frank, if you don’t have food … well, you don’t need toilet paper!
This phenomenon got me wondering: what do you need to know or do during a pandemic like this one? Since toilet paper isn’t going to solve much more than cleanliness, why did people choose to panic over it vs. food items and other necessities more critical to survival?
I wrote Stop Buying Toilet: Surviving 90 Days to provide sane, rational information about what you need to know to successfully survive a pandemic like this one. Many of the items I’m going to discuss are good for more than just a pandemic. This information will help with many other aspects of illness and ways to assist in prevention. Please follow the guidelines I provided in the Preface—and more importantly, stay safe and healthy!
Lance A. Casazza

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