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Word. Sorry if I was snarky. I just get the feeling that there's a sort of reverse-Anglo-exceptionalism sometimes (especially on here) which I don't think is helpful. Shit on the things that deserve to be shit on - there's enough of those things to keep us busy. But when it comes to recognizing our flaws in other peoples - that's actually a bit refreshing. In a twisted way.
I didn't recall seeing much about it in the French or Spanish press at the time. Although now that I go back and look at the local news from the spring, I see there was panic-buying there too, so I stand corrected.