It's a legitimate concern for some, I can't even get my elderly mom to stop being obsessed with buying plants she is unlikely to even plant lately. People are bored, what can I say.
But if one is going to binge shop, why not do so online? Still feel bad for the warehouse workers working through this and maybe working sick (would feel MUCH better if we had widely applied sick time!), and so have not ordered a ton myself (yea I've ordered some things online), but clearly it's safer from one's own personal point of view.
I think many people, I know I did, probably spent a few hundred in stocking up for this thing already so it may approach break even at some point and that wasn't even a ton of stock up, didn't know the collapse would be so complete, if only I had closets full of TP! I also bought a desk from Ikea that will be shipped that may or may not make working from home smoother, shrug. I'm using a table now, maybe it doesn't matter, I thought the ergonomics were bad, but only some minor arm and hand pain which I'd probably have regardless. Maybe buy faster internet for work from home. Well hello corona driven purchases! But that exact check, maybe half into the bank, half into investments - wooh, riding the markets down baby!