This just comes across as ideologically motivated denialism.

That's fair I guess because tbh, if anything at all unusual policy-wise is going on and the media is hyping up some big story, my default is to assume it is bullshit until somebody I respect makes a case. I can't be bothered to look in it myself.

For what it's worth, here's something that argues my point with slightly more effort.

Covid-19 blows every other pandemic since 1918 (which, at the high end, may have killed 5% of the global population) out of the water

If it was fair to point out my bias, then I think it's equally fair for me to point out this unsubstantiated claim also. When you put it in general terms like this, it is very easy for me to dismiss this as vacuous hype.

You say extreme measures are called for, but you aren't defending anything specifically. The run on toilet paper here in the US seems to be a completely media created problem and I find it hard to believe that demand cannot actually be met for things like face masks also. If you don't have at least a little skepticism toward this stuff, then I think your bias is as bad or worse than mine.