Coronavirus panic takes many forms, but one of the most widespread seems to be an obsession with toilet paper. Photos from supermarkets across the world show shelves stripped bare and people queuing up with trolleys piled high with bog roll.
There’s no evidence that there’s a loo roll shortage, or even that there will be any time soon. But people are stocking up all the same.
And that means that some shops are, at least temporarily, running out. And a small number of people, unable to buy toilet paper when they need it, have been panicking and calling the police.
Newport Oregon Police Department in the US have been so inundated with calls from hysterical citizens that they have posted a plea on their Facebook page for people to stop calling
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