While most of the folks on this website would read this and think, "Of course they are" there are a few who think, "What a bunch of selfish people, hoarding supplies instead of only taking a little and leaving the rest for other people."  Often the people with this mindset are those "other people" who failed to prepare and who are upset that they missed their window of opportunity to get the necessary supplies.

But the media and government certainly aren't helping paint those getting prepared in a good light with headlines about "panic buying" and "hoarding."

An article on USA Today starts out:

Keep calm and stop hoarding. The spread of coronavirus in the U.S. won't wipe out our toilet paper supply. Or supplies of hand sanitizer, bottled water and ramen.