Sharing of Scarcity

Above, the Gallup Walmart pharmacy section last year. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

When I was in the local Flying J travel center today, I noticed that some shelves in the grocery section were empty or nearly empty.

I have also noticed that some restaurants are out of some foods. The local Denny's was out of salmon last night.

What's going on? 

According to Supermarket News:

Grocery retailers could be in for another wave of consumer stockpiling as COVID-19 infection rates climb nationwide due to the rapid spread of the Delta variant, new research from Inmar Intelligence shows.

Of 1,000 U.S. adults surveyed, 69.4% said they’re considering replenishing a current stockpile of groceries and other essential products as transmission of the Delta variant increases, Inmar said in the study, released this week. Forty-six percent have created a product stockpile in response to coronavirus, and 12% of those that haven’t done so said they now will stock up because of the Delta variant. Another 32.8% said they’re not sure if they will build up their supplies.

Isn't that just great? We can expect hoarders to hoard grocery goods, not just toilet paper.

This is like what happens in socialist countries where the sharing of scarcity is the way of life.

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