Supply chain disruptions have hit a critical product, baby formula. Fox Business. The shortages have gone beyond simply finding baby formula that specific babies tolerate as some parents report not being able to find baby formula at all. The shortage is especially critical for mothers who do not produce enough milk, babies with specific nutritional needs and single fathers. The shortage began due to supply chain disruptions but has been made much worse by a major formula recall. Four deaths were blamed on formula from Abbot Laboratories. In response to the shortage many stores are putting limits on how much formula can be bought.
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This is a massive problem that needs to be dealt with quickly. This is the first media coverage I have seen for this though I have heard some rumblings about it on social media. But given the dire circumstances it should be the #1 story right now over everything else.
Why? Because if something isn't done babies can die. Not every baby can be breastfed, not every mother can breastfeed and single fathers are totally dependent on formula to feed their children. Plus there are many babies with nutritional problems that can only tolerate specific kinds of formula. If something isn't done the outlook for these children is not good to say the least.
This is something that does not seem like it should happen in a first world country like the United States. In North Korea or Somalia, sure. But the United States? It's not something I would have ever thought I would live to see. It's just another example of how far and how fast America is declining...
I don't think the recall is the main reason for this crisis. It certainly did not help things and the people in charge of Abbot Laboratories should be in serious trouble. But the crisis would still be there if they hadn't screwed up. The fact is that the Biden administration has not effectively dealt with the supply chain disruptions. There are still ships stacked up at our ports and nothing much seems to being done to deal with it.
China is also a large part of the problem as they are greatly contributing to the supply chain disruptions with their asinine Coronavirus restrictions. At this point the pandemic is over and the various strains of Coronavirus are somewhere between the cold and the flu in terms of severity. It still kills some people but shutting down the economy to deal with it is a good way to kill a lot more. And the formula shortage is just one example.
There are ways for you to help though. If you are a woman who is still lactating you can donate your breast milk to mothers, either directly or through various milk banks. We might even see the old "wet nurse" career make a comeback. And if your children still have formula left over that you don't need you can donate it as well.
The political implications of this are severe. A person watching their baby starve is at the verge of loosing everything and will not tolerate failure here. If the Biden administration and various state governments aren't able to deal with it they may end up being overthrown. That might seem to be hyperbolic, but a food crisis of any type are a good cause for war.
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