they are not effective in preventing general public from catching coronavirus but if healthcare providers cant get them to care for sick patients it puts them and our communities at risk take what you need but nothing more panic buying leaves the elderly and immunocompromised even more at risk they tweeted 2020 got me feeling like im living in a movie us surgeon general surgeongeneral february 29 2020 the centers for disease control and prevention recommends lathering scrubbing and washing hands for at least 20 seconds or the equivalent of singing happy birthday twice more medical providers fearing equipment shortages tap into secret national supply network disco legend gloria gaynor also took to social media in response singing her 1978 hit song i will survive on tiktok but with an added twist using it as an opportunity to inform her followers how to wash their hands effectively amid the outbreak as president donald trump declared a national state of emergency on friday and with at least 1700 confirmed cases in the united states alone the novel coronavirus has gone viral in the age of social media sparking anxiety fear and panic coronavirus coronapocalypse pictwittercomhluv0y0qvc david leavitt davidleavitt march 13 2020 more slowing the spread of coronavirus why some people arent social distancing one critic of those who have stocked up on items said i am terrified of panicked masses hoarding supplies movie list quarantineandchill edition dawn of the dead shaun of the deadthe crazies this is the end zombieland 1 2i am legendworld war z 28 days later28 straight up zombie land pictwittercom3shwqnnpb6 max guerra mguerr12 march 12 2020 people have been rushing to supermarkets to buy essentials in bulk and social media users have expressed their concerns with panic buying in reaction to the pandemic the happening born again hooligan eminor7b5 march 13 2020 some also made references to the movie jumanji whoever started this game at the beginning of 2020 please finish it quickly one user wrote with a photo of a jumanji game board however i am terrified of panicked masses hoarding supplies mike lemcke from richmond va sits in an empty greensboro coliseum after the ncaa college basketball games were cancelled at the atlantic coast conference tou show more ben mckeownap file as talk of the virus continue to circulate on social media platforms twitter users are turning to humor to mask the fear others described the chaos surrounding covid19 almost as if its the plot of the next dystopian movie while the film is a hyperbolic disaster movie with an invented virus far deadlier than the coronavirus the worlds reaction to the crisis is similar a pandemic has broken out all actions have consequences more how to deal with fear of novel coronavirus in the face of the unknown after quarantineandchill began trending on twitter some people started sharing bingeworthy movies to watch while isolated all of which were related to disaster storylines pictwittercomjqrhtvc3k6