Toilet Paper to Vacuum Tubes

Small potatoes, compared to what's going on elsewhere in the world.

Why did you hoard toilet paper?  This has always been a mystery to me.

it too started in asia and then spread like the virus itself, replicating in many host witnesses of the phenomoenon

For the OP:  yes, you are correct.  I was looking for some tubes on line yesterday after a backorder placed a month ago was cancelled and it was with one of the largest suppliers.  I couldn't find any tubes (12AX7) yesterday, or at least none within my budget.  I was thinking the same thing, that some individuals no doubt bought up as many as they could find over the past few weeks.  

Two years ago - March 2020 we were hoarding toilet paper. Fast forward to March 2022 - we are hoarding vacuum tubes

the toilet paper was with pretty much most of society.   

tubes not so much.