There’s no toilet paper because people aren’t stupid. The government tells people to stay home and avoid crowds. The history of the virus shows that quarantine is a very real threat. Given the choice do we buy lots of toilet paper or do we run to the store every other day to get toilet paper?
“People aren’t stupid . . . “
Followed a bit later by . . . “do we run to the store every other day to get toilet paper?”
The irony speaks for itself.
When all this started my wife and I already had sixty rolls out in our garage as a normal habit of shopping for bargains. It's the same with food. I did buy a box of twelve bowls of Chef Boyardee and a case of ramen noodles at Costco just for warm fuzzies in the event of illness.