Panic buying is more likely to cause a toilet paper shortage than the ongoing union dockworker's strike that shutdown 36 East and Gulf Coast ports.

People on social media are posting photos of empty store shelves as concerns mount over the strike's impact on bathroom tissue supplies.

There is no squeeze on Charmin. Toilet paper makers say that U.S. consumers don’t need to fear shortages due to the three-day strike this week at U.S. ports. The American Forest and Paper Association,