Profiteering in a pandemic

There were worldwide scenes of fat women fighting over toilet paper in Australia. It is disturbing to say the least, but one has to ask, where are all the groceries going? There is an irony where Australian supermarket shelves were stripped and the groceries sent overseas to China in sea containers, we were in the midst of a pandemic and the profiteering was disgusting.

There have been scenes of buses with trailers showing up in country towns and stripping local supermarkets of all groceries. There was discussions that groups were shipping groceries to China and elsewhere by stripping Australian shelves causing shortages in a time of a national emergency. We have a virus that started in a market in Wuhan, the authorities covered it up allowing it to escape to the world. Chinese New Year came along, people went on holidays because they care only for themselves and now this was a worldwide pandemic.

The Prime Minister thanked the Chinese community in Australia, no problems with that. However, it is claimed to be a very self-centered where busloads arrive and strip supermarket shelves, they have no shame when it comes to profiteering in a pandemic. Instead of being civic minded, this is what has become the new norm in Australian society. Considering that this whole pandemic started in China, you would have expected the Chinese community in Australia to be doing their very best to be seen as good citizens – apparently not. Somethimes, it has to be more than making a personal profit, it has to be ethical decision-making.

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