Baby Formula Shortage of 2022

This topsy-turvy country (and world) has gotten even more insane.

Now it's an infant formula shortage.

I personally know of two people (one is a relative) who have infants. Thankfully, one has a mother who bought two cartons of it months ago (they are probably used up by now).

She told me:

I bought them two cartons of formula a few months ago when she thought I was nuts and being a crazy prepper since no way they wouldn’t have formula.  Of course she also had no idea formula might be needed.  Two boxes of it was $216 plus tax.  And now you can’t even get it even if you could afford it.

How did this all come about?

According to an article in Fortune, there's a lot of factors involved. Two main culprits are the monopoly of the baby formula industry by three companies and the FDA (run by the Biden Administration, naturally). (I had a feeling that Biden was somehow involved.)

They wrote:

A baby formula shortage gripping the U.S. since March has parents in a panic over where and when they’ll be able to find the products they need to feed their kids.

The out-of-stock rate, representing the amount of formula that’s not in stock compared to what’s typically available, was 43% for the week ending May 8, according to Datasembly, a provider of real-time product data for retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. 

With no easy end in sight, caregivers nationwide have been forced to devote their free time to driving between stores in search of formula, prompting retailers to limit the number of cans customers can buy. Others have turned to Facebook groups and informal support networks to acquire the nutritional products that work best for their kids. 

“I've looked online, I have my mom in Boston looking, my mother-in-law in Florida looking,” Elyssa Schmier previously told Fortune about her trouble finding formula for her 8-month-old son. “Everyone we know is looking for us and no one can find it.”

How did a baby formula crisis spring up in one of the world’s richest countries? Experts say a recall by one of the industry’s largest manufacturers, persistent supply-chain issues, and a market dominated by only a few players have combined to form what one consumer goods expert calls a “perfect storm” affecting the supply of essential formula to millions of babies across the U.S. And the shortage could last for months. 

Many are digging up old recipes for homemade formula and making their own along with using the old stand-by: moo juice. So-called pediatricians of today are opposed to DIY formulas of yesteryear. They seem to forget that us baby boomers survived it just fine.

To read more, go here.

FDA Approves 2nd Booster

This shouldn't be much of a surprise to those of us who have been paying attention. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a second COVID-19 booster.

I had the first booster in October. I am not sure if I am getting a second one. I'll have to mull it over.

According to the Gateway Pundit:

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that it authorized another Covid-19 booster shot of the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for people 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals.

That means four doses of the mRNA vaccine within a 2-year span. Is this the beginning of annual Covid shots?

To read more, go here.

FDA Grants Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Full Approval

To those who would not get covid vaccine until FDA approved, now is your chance (Pfizer is FDA approved as of today.) If I were you, I would sign up today for an appointment and ‘beat the rush.’ - Greta Van Susteren.

Seven months after I received the Pfizer vaccine (two separate shots), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted their full approval of the Pfizer vaccine.

According to Fox Business:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 16 years and older.

"The FDA’s approval of this vaccine is a milestone as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic," Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said in a statement issued Monday. "While this and other vaccines have met the FDA’s rigorous, scientific standards for emergency use authorization, as the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, the public can be very confident that this vaccine meets the high standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality the FDA requires of an approved product."

COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson have all previously been granted emergency use authorization (EUA) after meeting the FDA's safety and efficacy requirements. The full licensure announced Monday stems from a so-called biologics license application, building on previously-submitted pre-clinical and clinical data, information relating to the manufacturing process, vaccine quality data and site inspections.

To read more, go here. 

FDA Warns of Cancer Risk With Breast Implants

Source: Food and Drug Administration

Another good reason why one shouldn't alter with what God gave them has cropped up bigtime in the news this past week.

Valley News Live reported:

SILVER SPRING, M.D. (NBC) - Breast implants can cause a rare form of cancer that may have killed at least nine people, the Food and Drug Administration said. 

The cancer is called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) and the FDA is checking into more than 350 reports linking it with both silicone and saline breast implants.

Upon hearing this news, I almost considered sending this article to "someone that I used to know" who had breast implants put in last year.

But, as my "honorary sister" said:

No contact is the best from here on out.  She probably will hear about it later anyway. Whether it is that or something else, karma has a way of evening out things in the universe.

As I said, almost. I don't want to be "catty" either (I wouldn't have, anyway). As my dad died from another form of lymphoma, I know how bad that kind of cancer is. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

To read more, go here.