NO, SERIOUSLY, TOILET PAPER DOESN’T COME FROM CHINA. IT COMES FROM CANADA. NOW, I KNOW CANADA IS PRETTY LEFTY, BUT NO MORE THAN CALIFORNIA. WE CAN PROBABLY COUNT ON THEIR SUPPLIES FOR A WHILE:  Amid coronavirus panic, Australian newspaper prints extra pages because of toilet paper shortage.

This one really, truly isn’t rational. It’s just panic.  And the run on TP is going on all over the civilized world from Japan to Europe, to your corner store  On a rumor that it comes from China.

It reminds me of what I did after 9/11 and making sure the kids were safe at school: I went to the grocery store and filled the entire back of my Expedition with groceries and cleaners and toilet paper.  You know why? Because I’d learned from crisis that I needed to have everything I needed and hole in.  Because, you know…. That’s PTSD. It’s not rational. I have friends who work at grocery stores and they’re getting pretty tired of the crazy runs on things that are not in danger of running out.

We’re going to have a problem with Apple products (duh), some other electronics — I’ve heard people mumbling about power supplies — and some medicines.  Oh, clothes and shoes, at least some brands.  And there’s probably other stuff we’re going to find out is made in China when we suddenly need it.

Toilet paper is not that.