Me Over We: Why We Hoard Toilet Paper

monapatel
12 min readMar 23, 2020
Plenty of toilet paper in this store in New York City in March, 2020

What we know

One of the first repercussions of the COVID-19 virus in America was shelves missing toilet paper rolls.

There was no rational reason for people to buy toilet paper in excess. We use about a roll a week on average, and even in countries that went into full lockdown due to COVID-19 precautions, grocery stores remained open. Toilet paper is produced…

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