In Taiwan the gov't jumped in early and imposed limits across the board to prevent hoarding and life is normal as hell over there. Watched a CBC Marketplace doc about it the other day. Not an empty shelf to be seen and people going about their normal lives tho wearing masks and being extra clean. Right next door to China too.
It's everyone so adverse to paying taxes so our gov'ts have to cut back on everything so there's just enough to get the job done when it's all normal but little regard for an emergency situation like this. Not enough medical staff, not enough hospital beds, bridges falling apart and infrastructure everywhere on the edge of failure.
Running around like chickens with their heads chopped off seems to be the way they react to upsets. At least the US is #1 again in that regard!
Still lots of guns and ammo on the shelves so you don't have to go without if you get desperate. lol