"Fear and shopping in the time of coronavirus" â**sold out of bottled water?â** by Klara Kim is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Things people panic-buy (and stores seem to have run out of) when faced with a serious respiratory virus: Toilet paperTissuePaper towelsCleaning suppliesOatmealFresh BeefFresh ChickenPastaMilkFresh vegetables, including avocadosFrozen vegetables