S/O toilet paper stockpiling

My father, who is a doctor, says the same about freaking out about kleenex. He says buy a ton of cheap handkerchiefs, use it and bleach it. 

I have extra tp I keep in the hurricane kit. Because if you can't get out, the trucks can't get-or if the power is out the stores are closed. So really being prepared is the way to go. TP, papertowels, paperplates/plasticware, etc. is helpful to have one hand if the power is out.

We buy our tp at Costco, but I heard through a local Facebook page they're sold out. Ordinarily wouldn't worry, but we're down to open packs in the bathrooms.

One shortage I haven't heard about but apparently is real is zinc products like Zicam. I used up almost all of ours this week with what I thought was a cold. But then started feeling REALLY crappy, and wanted to hit the store to replenish it and get some other stuff before going home to bed. Got my cart to the car, and realized the Zicam was under my unused shopping bags and I hadn't paid for it. Groaning, I returned it to the store and stuck it on an endcap with other cold products because I didn't have the energy to return it to its proper location. DH started feeling bad yesterday, so went out in search of Zicam. Both Target and a pharmacy were sold out but he found a lone box of Zicam on an endcap with other cold products. He said this same grocery store, that had had multiple zinc products when I was there two days earlier was also completely sold out, except for the one I unknowingly left for him. Does zinc even work for coronavirus?

Y'all, I HAD to go get toilet paper today as we were down to our last roll. I've been procrastinating because I was dreading it so. Went to Costco and told DH before I left that if that parking lot looked bad there was NO way I was going in there. Parking lot was pretty calm for any Saturday. There was a limit of 2 per day for a bunch of things like TP and water. There was lots of toilet paper in that area and I was the only one there at that moment! I was seriously shocked. There was also plenty of water. I didn't see anything that looked cleaned out.

This is just a random tp availability report from Costco in Brandon, FL.

I don't know how toilet paper specifically became the focus of this but it's crazy.
I just bought my regular supply last Sunday.

I figure it will benefit me in the long term though - because when the buying frenzy is over, toilet paper will be on sale really cheap because no-one will be buying it, as everyone else will have 3 years supply at home. Then I'll be able to swoop in and buy it at the el-cheapo pricing!