That remark does not speak well to the character of the American people.
It is the truth. Some health official in Hawaii said people need to prepare, and Hawaii is now running out of toilet paper do to the hoarding. Over a flu-like virus that will have as much a chance to kill them as the flu. Stores all over the country are running out of stock on 3M masks designed to protect from work with drywall (I.E. Will not protect against a virus). People are hoarding everything in sight, and are videotaping anyone who sneezes and are labeling them zombie-virus carriers, because...
An American is smart. But the American people as a whole are dumb jamokes who are panicy, paranoid and have no clue.