Freedom Is The Cure
In recent days many have commented on the run on toilet paper. This unassuming commodity has been in short supply ever since Americans have rushed, en masse, to Costco and Walmart to stock up for the apocalypse. But, why is this happening?
The obvious answer is the wrong answer. Most people think that the reason for the run on TP is because of the spread of the coronavirus. But that’s not correct. The reason for the run on toilet paper, and on other commodities, is because of the fear that government will stop people from moving around and accessing the products and services they need. The fear is that scarcity will come not from natural disaster, but from bureaucratic disaster.
Make no mistake, the coronavirus is a real problem. It’s not so much because of its deadliness. Plenty of other viruses and bacteria are also deadly, in many cases much more so than SARS-CoV2, the virus causing COVID-19. Malaria, for example, kills nearly a half-million people every year according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Yellow fever also remains deadly. Again, according to WHO, it is estimated that up to 60,000 people die annually from this mosquito-borne virus. While these diseases and others are at least as deadly, if not more so, than COVID-19, the problem with the new coronavirus is its apparent speed of spread. Because it can be contracted so easily, even a relatively small percentage of those infected having a severe reaction can strain or overwhelm hospitals.
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