This advice may be individually rational but seems generally quite bad from a social point of view. Don’t stockpile a medicine because you think the public health system will run out of it. Same goes for stockpiling a large number of surgical masks. I’ve heard that hospitals and institutions in Italy already fear running out of them, and masks are crucial in these places.
The case might be different for people with high age or a preexisting condition that puts them in danger.
This advice may be individually rational but seems generally quite bad from a social point of view. Don’t stockpile a medicine because you think the public health system will run out of it. Same goes for stockpiling a large number of surgical masks. I’ve heard that hospitals and institutions in Italy already fear running out of them, and masks are crucial in these places.
The case might be different for people with high age or a preexisting condition that puts them in danger.