Commodity shortages

[Rasputin_Vol]

Apparently you've never had any kids. From what I've read 75% of women today breast feed and the other 25% can't for some medical reason, or they just don't want to. Once women have a baby they get medicine that stops their milk production if they are going to use formula. A tit is not a machine that can be turned on and off to supply milk to babies. This is a serious issue for women that have babies on formula.

So 25% can't. I wonder if that might not be a bit high, but just like I suspected, it isn't 50% that simply can't breast feed.

 

[0nelilreb]

If they shut down their beef exports like this we won’t be worrying about Roe v Wade or Twitter anymore .

 

[VolStrom]

So 25% can't. I wonder if that might not be a bit high, but just like I suspected, it isn't 50% that simply can't breast feed.

You're a smart guy, you can get the same information that I can. This isn't a made up crisis, this is a Biden administration created crisis. One more example of how this guy's cabinet and staff are complete F'n morons.

 

[VolStrom]

It's a good thing they have over a billion people in India if this is how they harvest wheat.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

You're a smart guy, you can get the same information that I can. This isn't a made up crisis, this is a Biden administration created crisis. One more example of how this guy's cabinet and staff are complete F'n morons.

I never said it was made up crisis. Look carefully at what I am asking without getting emotional. I am asking what percentage of these women cannot breast feed? I'm obviously know that some may not be able to, but I also know that it isn't 50-75% of women that cannot breast feed, also.

 

[VolStrom]

I never said it was made up crisis. Look carefully at what I am asking without getting emotional. I am asking what percentage of these women cannot breast feed? I'm obviously know that some may not be able to, but I also know that it isn't 50-75% of women that cannot breast feed, also.

TBH, probably 100% of women that use formula can't breastfeed anymore. Once they stop lactating, they can't start again. Why are you so anti-mom over this issue?

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

TBH, probably 100% of women that use formula can't breastfeed anymore. Once they stop lactating, they can't start again. Why are you so anti-mom over this issue?

I'm anti-mom? By suggesting that they probably should breast feed instead of being dependent on these formulas? Really?

 

[Vol8188]

Everything I’ve seen says somewhere between 50% and 75% of parents use formula. It depends on if you’re talking about exclusive formula use or supplemental use. It also depends on if you’re talking about the first 3 months after birth, or 6 months, or 12 months, etc. It is a significant number regardless.

Pretty sure it happened in October

 

[MurphyVol]

TBH, probably 100% of women that use formula can't breastfeed anymore. Once they stop lactating, they can't start again. Why are you so anti-mom over this issue?

Ding-ding, winner. Pretty much anyone that hasn't breastfed in the last 10-14 days is dry.

 

[Vol8188]

Apparently the FDA or USDA shut down a plant that made 40% of the countries baby formula over health concerns due to suspected bacterial infection, which I'm fine with. What they neglected to do was come up with a plan to replace the formula or reopen the plant in a timely manner, and here we are today. This falls on the administration and their lack of having a damn clue what they're doing.

My understanding is the bacteria wasn’t even found

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Ding-ding, winner. Pretty much anyone that hasn't breastfed in the last 10-14 days is dry.

OK, I can see that. But still, for us to have such a heavy dependence on these baby formulas should be a wake up call. A lot of these modern conveniences may not be the best for the kids, either.

 

[jp1]

OK, I can see that. But still, for us to have such a heavy dependence on these baby formulas should be a wake up call. A lot of these modern conveniences may not be the best for the kids, either.

We've had baby formula at our fingertips for what? Like 40-50 years or longer. We have a heavy dependence on a lot of things. What would make someone assume that baby formula would not be available?

 

[VolStrom]

OK, I can see that. But still, for us to have such a heavy dependence on these baby formulas should be a wake up call. A lot of these modern conveniences may not be the best for the kids, either.

Why don't you ask your secretary of transportation why he depends on these formulas? I'm kind of thinking that neither him nor his gay husband can lactate and feed their twins.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Baby Formula Boss Warns Crisis Will Last ALL YEAR as Biden claims it will be eased in weeks and only a 'mind reader' could have seen it coming - despite shortages beginning last July

The head of one of the four companies that control 90 percent of the U.S. market for baby formula has warned that the shortages nationwide could last until the end of the year, as President Joe Biden's critics mocked his claim that 'only a mind reader' could have predicted the current crisis.

On Friday CEO of formula giant Perrigo Murray Kessler, told Reuters he expects shortages and heightened demand to last for the 'balance of the year.'

Kessler said their factories in Ohio and Vermont are running at 115 percent capacity, to compensate for Chicago-based Abbott's shutdown - but added that supplies would remain erratic for the remainder of 2022.

At the request of the FDA, Perrigo is focusing on four items: the store-brand versions of Similac Pro Sensitive and Pro Advance, and Enfamil Gentle Ease and Infant, Kessler said.

The closure of Abbott's infant-formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, exacerbated national pandemic-related shortages, leading to empty shelves in big box stores and supermarkets and panicked parents.

Perrigo is working with retailers including Walmart and Target Corp so they 'get something each week,' Kessler said.

Retailers' allocations are based on an average of what the retailers received prior to 'this crisis,' he said.

Baby formula boss warns crisis will last ALL YEAR as Biden claims it will be eased in weeks | Daily Mail Online

 

[hog88]

We have a country with some of the most brilliant economic minds in the world, and the goobers in DC are so busy pretending to play party pattycake to make use of them.

Economists are akin to alchemists.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Economists are akin to alchemists.

They are academics. Our country is run by academics and lawyers... people with no real world experience.

 

[OHvol40]

It didn't need to be done overnight, but they could have notified the other suppliers and told them we need as much as you can make as soon as possible. They could have asked Canadian suppliers to supply us with as much as they could, they could have asked Abbott what would it take to get this plant cleaned and re-opened ASAP. There are a lot of things that this country can do to mobilize resources when needed, the Biden front line idiots just are cognitively as empty as he is.

So you know for sure nothing was done?

 

[OHvol40]

I realize a majority of mothers nowadays use formula. That isn't the question I'm asking. I asking how many are really in need of formula that cannot breast feed? There is simply no way I'm believing that 50% of women can't breast feed.

Once a mother decides on formula (or Mother Nature decides for her) then her supply will dry up rapidly. Many mothers try but their milk isn’t nutritious enough and the baby doesn’t gain sufficient weight. Most of the time their milk production is only sufficient for 2-6 months. The number seems right to me based on what I know.

 

[OHvol40]

Pretty sure it happened in October

Ok?

 

[Vol8188]

So you know for sure nothing was done?

If they made great strides to overcome this, wouldn’t they be telling us constantly? When asked about it Jen Psaki would’ve told us all the great they’ve done rather than “ask your doctor”

 

[Vol8188]

Ok?

I was wrong, February.

 

[OHvol40]

If they made great strides to overcome this, wouldn’t they be telling us constantly? When asked about it Jen Psaki would’ve told us all the great they’ve done rather than “ask your doctor”

So you think it is:

1. Solely the executive’s responsibility to resolve supply issues in every market?

2. Commonplace to report upon every issue, including the 10s of thousands of industries comings and goings?

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Once a mother decides on formula (or Mother Nature decides for her) then her supply will dry up rapidly. Many mothers try but their milk isn’t nutritious enough and the baby doesn’t gain sufficient weight. Most of the time their milk production is only sufficient for 2-6 months. The number seems right to me based on what I know.

That is what I am getting at also. The initial decision of using baby formula. These baby formulas are not exactly the best things for the kids, either.

 

[Vol8188]

So you think it is:

1. Solely the executive’s responsibility to resolve supply issues in every market?

2. Commonplace to report upon every issue, including the 10s of thousands of industries comings and goings?

1. If the executive branch ends the production, yes it’s on them.

2. You think something to this level didn’t make it to her desk?

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Don't know if this will help anyone here but TIL you can go in your settings in Amazon and change your "shop from country" to Canada and get formula from Canada.