People on social media are posting photos of empty store shelves as concerns mount over the strike's impact on bathroom tissue supplies.

Some consumers are panic-buying toilet paper and other goods amid the East Coast port strike, as they did during the COVID-19 outbreak. Do they need to?

Toilet paper shortages in stores across America are giving folks nightmarish reminders of the pandemic era. But the lack of toilet paper isn’t a direct result of a major port strike Tuesday. It’s because of panic buying.