Get rich or die trying: the people trying to make money from coronavirus | Arwa Mahdawi

While most of us are attempting to stay calm and protect ourselves from the disease, others are keen to make a quick buck from the panic

The coronavirus crisis has revealed five distinct personality types. First, the paper panickers (PPs): the people stockpiling toilet paper. While most PPs are well aware that loo roll is inedible and does not wipe away the virus, they do not seem to care; they are hoarding it anyway. These people do not want to die with any stain on their reputation.

The second group, who are fiddling while Rome burns, are the narcissistic Neros. By "group", I mean Donald Trump. While it is tempting to include Boris Johnson in this category, I reckon he is type three: public school psychopath. In a recent TV appearance, Johnson suggested one approach to the virus would be to "take it on the chin" and "allow the disease to move through the population". This is another way of saying "let vulnerable people die".

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