An elderly woman photographed staring at the empty shelves of a Coles grocery store in Melbourne, Australia, exemplifies the heartbreaking—and potentially life-threatening—impact of panic buying amid the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus pandemic.
The photo was taken at the Port Melbourne Coles store on March 19, 2020, by Nine News journalist Seb Costello, who posted the photo on Twitter beside the caption, “Midday today. Port Melbourne Coles. Canned food aisle. I’m told she was in tears. This captures who is suffering from the ’me first,' unnecessary trend of panic buying.”
