Summary
US egg prices are rising due to a severe avian flu outbreak that has killed 14.7 million egg-laying hens since January, surpassing all of 2023’s losses.
Wholesale egg prices have surged, with shortages driving costs as high as $8.35 per dozen in California.
Restaurants and bakeries are struggling with higher costs, while grocery stores try to absorb some of the increase.
The issue has become politically charged as Trump and Republicans blame Biden.
Wait, wait, wait. I thought magic donvict had a recipe to make bird flu disappear overnight, just like he had for Covid.
If you prevent the FDA from reporting on the bird flu then that means the bird flu doesn’t exist. Easy peasy.
Concepts of a recipe.
Sure, eggs are going to be more expensive, but at least he lowered the price of eggs, right?
This week: The price of eggs has been decreased to an all time low of $15 a dozen.
Next week: The price of eggs has been decreased to an all time low $20 a dozen!
Get ready for state-run media giving us stats like this.
In other news: I’ve noticed that fElon already has a haircut that makes him look like a Dear Leader from North Korea.
What’s wild is we could lower the price of eggs if people just committed to not buying them. I know some things they’re absolutely a requirement for, but it’s not impossible to reduce the amount of eggs you need in your life.
Ehh… Feels like restaurants and similar food-related companies would be WAY bigger consumers of eggs. Would be informative to see data on this split (vs. families/individuals), though I’d have no idea how to find that.
Vegans somehow manage to do without them entirely.
Imagine if donvict actually created more vegans. How the magatqons would be so very triggered… 🤣
I am still annoyed at all the news using verbiage like “the avian flu outbreak that has killed 14.7 million…” when in fact the avian flu didn’t kill them. The corporate farmers did the killing usually using horribly inhumane methods (like “foaming” and “Ventilation Shutdown”)
Well, even w/o avian flu, its a real shitshow when it comes to inhumane things - like what is done with male chicks…
H5N1 has a 90% to 100% fatality rate in chickens according to the CDC. Either the chickens are killed by farmers before the virus spreads more, or the virus will kill the chickens.
How can eggs be real if birds aren’t real?
The eggs are laid by the bourgeoisie.
Found Jaden Smith’s Lemmy account.
I’m waiting for the next Lab Leak theory, only this time, it’s because dogs are peeing on the eggs
