During these panics when ammo is hard to find there are often side comments and discussions such as "You may want to get into reloading."......or us reloaders (I'm one of them) will say something like "Thank goodness I reload!" - as if that's a magic bullet during a pandemic.

Preparing for a panic involves stocking up. Whether one is stocking up on ammo or stocking up on components it really doesn't matter. When there's an ammo drought at least one of the components is also unavailable. A reloader only has as much "ammo" as their smallest inventory of the three components.

Reloading specifically doesn't help one get through a panic. Stocking up does.

I have years of 9mm components laid up. I stocked up on components because I happen to reload. But I decided to stock up because I've lived through previous panics. A stockpile of components is no different than someone else's stockpile of ammo in terms of being able to weather the panic.