Why do people think that toilet paper will help?

It's been stated that 0.2% of people under the age of 50 will get the virus and If we do, it won't take long to recover.

I think everyone is overreacting and I think it's time people stop being selfish.

What's more important, toilet paper or food?

Courtney Presley, Geelong.

Of all the goofy things for folks to panic over, toilet paper.

In the unlikely event of a massive pandemic which sweeps the globe killing tens of millions of people, world supply chain disruptions would cause massive fuel shortages, transportation nightmares and empty food stocks.

If I were to personally panic, I would stockpile required medicines and food.

Ballarat, with it's lush landscaping, would furnish an ample supply of tree leaves.

Stephen Downey, Snake Valley.

We should have two weeks supply of essentials in case we are confined to our house and one can compromise on everything; except toilet paper.

Brian Dixon, Ballarat.

An old saying was "when China sneezes, we catch a cold".

Maybe the situation now is when it gets a virus epidemic, we end up in a foetal position.

We were once industrially self sufficient, but not anymore.

I predict a recession and then a depression worse than the 1930s.

The banks then ran out of money but luckily we are now becoming a cashless society, so we can never run out of printed numbers.

Maybe our luck will run out trying to balance a budget back into the black in a deep depression.

The liberals tell us to be reliant upon quantified driven quantitative easing, market forces, fiscal policy, targeted and measured economic rationalisation and stimulus packages yet to be announced and funded. In summary we are going broke, so look out.

Colin Holmes, Ballarat.