Disasters like the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic have a tendency to bring out the best and the worst in humanity, as people’s normal lives are altered and they face a host of new stressors from quarantines and social-distancing to previously unknown levels of uncertainty and fear.
It’s only been a little over a week now that things began getting truly strange in the United States and some people are dealing with it better than others. But this post isn’t about the people who are dealing with it well. This post is about the people who are losing their minds, losing their sh*t, and doing things like spreading conspiracy theories and straight-up licking toilet seats.