I would think that the activated charcoal could also be sanitized and then reused later. Could also rig up something to purify the air in your house of apartment as well.
But I agree that some of what is mentioned in these threads might be good to separate the scale of the problem—are we talking about epidemic/pandemic scenarios or near civilization ending events?
I agree with both you and Dagon that early preparation before any rush is not harming anyone as the marginal increase in early demand will largely be noise, or might even have the positive effect of increasing the supply output resulting in increased initial stocks.
The other aspect is most of the problem is localized and then transportation to the impact area as much of a constraint as actual production in the global output reality.
Or they can probably make their own masks. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Activated-Charcoal
I would think that the activated charcoal could also be sanitized and then reused later. Could also rig up something to purify the air in your house of apartment as well.
But I agree that some of what is mentioned in these threads might be good to separate the scale of the problem—are we talking about epidemic/pandemic scenarios or near civilization ending events?
I agree with both you and Dagon that early preparation before any rush is not harming anyone as the marginal increase in early demand will largely be noise, or might even have the positive effect of increasing the supply output resulting in increased initial stocks.
The other aspect is most of the problem is localized and then transportation to the impact area as much of a constraint as actual production in the global output reality.