@vex714: what do ppl think they r going to do? Shoot the virus?

@Odisaodi: god I wish that were me

@Odisaodi:

Looking to protect yourself?

Or deal some damage?

@Odisaodi: People assume the worst. They think society is going to fall apart and they'll need to defend their prepared stashes of canned beans and powdered eggs from hordes of looters. I think some of them even want that to happen.

As one person put it in 2008, "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."