Panic Buying
This is the act of panic buying.
What is buying large amounts of a product in anticipation of or after, a disaster or in anticipation of a large price increase or shortage?
On March 11, 2020, this professional sports organization was the first to postpone events due to the Corona Virus.
What is the NBA?
As of 8 AM on 3/15/2020, the CDC has reported a case of the Corona virus in every state except four; Alabama, West Virginia, Alaska, and this potato state.
What is Idaho?
From 1981 to 2005, there has been almost a million cases of this virus contracted in the US, NBA star Magic Johnson being the most prolific one.
What is HIV (AIDS)?
This crucial moment in history happened on March 15th, or the Ides of March.
What is the assassination of Julius Caesar?
In this decade, there were lines down streets for gas and would frequently create gas rationings and shortages all across America.
What was the 1970's?
The next day, the National Collegiate Association of America (NCAA) cancelled this college basketball tournament.
What is March Madness?
According to the CDC, there were 46 people on board this that had contracted the virus that are currently in quarantine at the CDC headquarters.
What is the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship?
In April of 2009, H1N1, also known as this flu, breaks out and quickly spreads to more than 70 countries. The CDC reports 22 million Americans had contracted the virus and about 3,900 people died.
What is the Swine flu?
Originally in the first Roman calendars, the Ides of a month were supposed to coincide with this lunar event.
What is a full moon?
Then gas shortages and price gouging happened again when this company's oil rig started leaking into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
What is BP?
Later that day, America found out that there wouldn't be any sports events for a while, including the PGA, NASCAR, and all forms of this sport played around the world.
What is soccer?
On March 11, 2020, the CDC and The World Health Organization (WHO) categorized the Corona Virus as this pretty powerful word.
What is a pandemic?
In 1957, this flu virus outbreak killed 70,000 before it was completely eradicated.
What is the Asian flu?
The Ides of March play a very important part in a play written by this man many years ago.
Who is William Shakespeare?
While Barack Obama was in office, the country saw some panic buying of this, fearing that the democrats would create stricter gun laws soon.
What is guns and ammunition?
Later that week, actors and movie producers postponed movie premieres to keep people out of these for a while.
What are movie theaters?
According to the CDC, the first case of the Corona Virus was found in the US in this month.
What is January (14th)?
This virus was a widespread computer problem that was expected to cause extensive havoc as the year changed from 1999 to 2000.
What is Y2K?
This popular TV talk show announced it was ending on March 15, 1971.
What is "The Ed Sullivan Show"?
Because of the Coronoavirus, this item seems to be the most popular item to be panic purchased now... for some dumb reason. Even Amazon ran out.
What is toilet paper?
But, thankfully, this epic worldwide sporting event appears to still be on schedule... for now. Guess we'll have to wait and see on July 24, 2020.
What are the 2020 Summer Olympics?
As of 8 AM on 3/15/2020, the CDC is confirming that this many people have died from the Corona Virus. The CDC estimates that at least 22,000 have died from the flu this season (for perspective).
What is 41?
According to a CBS poll, 38% of Americans believe this virus originated from a beer.
What is the Corona Virus?
After reports of a mysterious respiratory disease afflicting patients and healthcare workers in China, Vietnam, Singapore and Canada, the World Health Organization issued a global health alert on March 15, 2003. The disease would become known as this.
What is the SARS virus?