Hoarding essential items hurting those who really need them

The moment the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, many people started hoarding certain items that are essential for others who require them for health reasons. One of those items, isopropyl alcohol, was essential to helping an eight-year-old Airdrie girl with cystic fibrosis, whose mother was sent scrambling to locate more when it grew scarce. “It occurred to us that people were actually buying isopropyl alcohol and 70% alcohol to make hand sanitizer, so finding it in stores was impossible,&r