The extreme ransacking of supermarkets seemed to be limited to big cities. In the quite highly populated area I live in - South Oxfordshire - supermarkets are cleared out of some items like loo paper, baked beans and tinned tomatoes, but there are not the huge hordes descending like locusts that you see on television.
Anyway, in a week or two, the credit card bills for all this overstocking will come in and all of a sudden people will stop shopping and starting eating and using their stockpile.
Pennypie thanks for the reference to the government document. I always understood that over-70s had to socially distance but quite a few people on GN are convinced that social isolation is required. I was actually beginning to feel a bit defensive I was doing exactly what was required of us.
Mind you social distancing becomes easier as every day goes by. Every single organisation I am involved with has cancelled all activities until the Autumn and their staff are working from home. What was a very full diary is absolutely empty. Holidays are cancelled, social engagements postponed. Now all pubs, reaturants, sports centres and everything else are closed. I am glad we grabbed the chance to have one last meal out, this lunch time. It will be a long time before we eat out again.