My first thought, because I am a mean, miserable bastard, when something like an epidemic hits, is: are the rich purposefully hoarding all the helping stuff to ensure the poor die and the world will be a little bit better for it, in their opinion?

Oh, behold the reality that will come to bite them in the ass: the poor may be in more danger now, but when this is over and poor people are desperate and angry, you and your pretty cars and white horses and chandeliers will be the last thing you will have to worry about.