What is wrong with being aware that we don't know how bad this virus will get? That's not panic. That's just basic planning. Nobody has an immunity to this thing and its spread is currently uncontained. If a lot of people are sick at once and a lot of others are staying home because they don't want to get sick, things get forked up pretty quickly. In that context, telling them to buy an extra bag or two of dried fruit isn't exactly irresponsible.