//Demand for toilet paper skyrockets amid coronavirus concerns; Upstate experts say no need to panic-buy

Demand for toilet paper skyrockets amid coronavirus concerns; Upstate experts say no need to panic-buy

Stores across the country are having difficulty matching toilet paper demand in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Many people are going into stores and buying large amounts of toilet paper in preparation for what they believe could be days or weeks quarantined inside of their homes. However, many of the shoppers who spoke to WYFF News 4 said they were not worried about the disease, but were purchasing large amounts of toilet paper simply because everyone else was. “We just wanted to make sure that because everything is literally being wiped off the shelves, we did not want to be left with nothing,” said Anderson Target shopper Charity Campbell. “We just came out and bought a few packs just to make sure we were covered until all that blows over.”Clemson University Economics Department Chair Scott Baier says that the mad dash to purchase toilet paper is in large part because