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The baby formula shortage

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19 May 2022, 09:02 AM
wtg
The baby formula shortage
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The episode highlights how highly concentrated the formula industry is — thanks in part to government policies — and the risks that can result.

Here's what to know about how the U.S. get into its infant formula mess.


https://www.npr.org/2022/05/19...nt-formula-shortages


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19 May 2022, 09:16 AM
jon-nyc
This is going to be a nightmare. Imagine the hoarding we’ll see. It will make toilet paper look like a blip in comparison.


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19 May 2022, 09:33 AM
Mikhailoh
With much worse consequences.


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19 May 2022, 09:44 AM
ShiroKuro
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Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
With much worse consequences.

Indeed! Frowner

from the article:
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So how soon will the formula shortage end? Not overnight.

The FDA says it will take about two weeks to restart production at Abbott's Sturgis plant and another six to eight weeks to bring that plant to full capacity. Imported formula will also need to be screened and is probably weeks away from showing up on store shelves, although use of the military's air freight contracts might speed delivery somewhat.


I can only imagine how terrifying the shortage, and esp. this timeline must be for parents who rely on formula for their babies.


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19 May 2022, 10:52 AM
jon-nyc
Yeah which is why I think the hoarding will make this last much longer than it ‘should’.


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19 May 2022, 10:59 AM
jodi
What a mess.


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19 May 2022, 11:47 AM
ShiroKuro
How do you think hoarding could be prevented or significantly mitigated? (this is a sincere question)
Given that people panicked when they thought they couldn't get a hold of toilet paper, when the thing at risk is literally someone's baby's life, what else can they do?

We never ran out of toilet paper, but when it was very scarce, we tried to be very conscious about not buying more than we needed, and we messaged with local friends on FB sharing info about where TP could be purchased and offering to share etc. But again, no one's life was on the line...

(As it happens, I have three friends/acquaintances who have babies under 1 y/o. I don't know if they're breast feeding or not, and I am not about to ask them about the shortage. But I find myself checking their FB pages to see if they "seem ok"... Frowner


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19 May 2022, 12:49 PM
rontuner
Around here, I'm seeing limits on how many can be purchased at one time, but that doesn't prevent anyone from going back multiple times...


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19 May 2022, 01:45 PM
jon-nyc
SK - formal rationing or with the price system. There’s not really time to set up the first in any truly effective way and there is no political tolerance for using prices to prevent shortages. (I wonder how long until eBay stops sales).

So I think we’ll have shortages that persist.


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20 May 2022, 07:42 AM
ShiroKuro
I am afraid you’re probably right. Which is awful. Frowner


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