The sociology of hoarding and the kindness of crowds
Channel: Sciency Optimist
Date: 2020-03-22

Fears of the novel coronavirus SARS COV2 and the disease it causes, COVID19 has led to amazing scenes of people hoarding toilet paper all over the US but not in the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Comedian and sciency optimist, Aaron Freeman talks about the possible reasons we do and they don't with sociology professor Ahmad Sadri of Lake Forest College in Illinois. One funny thing is it turns out that there are several possible explanations including "the madness of crowds."