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The panic buying, exhibited by people in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, has not changed any attitudes (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/dec/16/ive-been-watering-the-plants-with-bottled-water-what-the-panic-buyers-did-next). The buying, led to supermarkets being ransacked of all toilet rolls, packets of pasta, canned hot dogs and, even, bottled water. People cheated on store-imposed limits, by repeat visits to several shops. They also spirited their booty into their homes hidden in dustbin bags and were forced to store the mountains of materials in garden sheds, spare rooms et cetera. One woman accumulated 108 toilet rolls for herself, her husband, a baby and a dog. They often appeared to not even like some of the food they had amassed (it certainly didn't appear to make their diets any more varied). The phenomenon was clearly a case of 'every man (woman or person) for themselves' and 'the devil take the hindmost'. Environmental considerations never seemed to come into their thinking. For example, one city worker accummulated masses of bottled water, when it had never been suggested that water supplies were threatened. Bottled water greatly increases plastic waste. He reportedly, eventually, watered his house plants with the contents to 'get rid of it'. Plants are just as happy with tap water! It seems very likely we will get a resurgence of panic buying with Brexit.