That's right. But the time, isopropyl alcohol was expensive and unavailable enough that people were getting into that business too. And the fastest movers, and most successful, would have been the hustlers.

Awhile back, I noticed that a local liquor distillery was also selling hand sanitizer. I didn't think about it at the time, but I guess that would probably have been a pretty reliable source.

Yeah, but the production of IPA doesn’t lend itself to benzene contamination. I’m also not sure I believe that a bunch of IPA factories were springing up overnight—you can’t make it with yeast and a still.