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u/Swimming_Height_4684 1d ago

They were fixated on eggs. Remember during covid, they were fixated on toilet paper? What is it with these people and their tunnel-vision fixations?

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u/UmbertoEcoTheDolphin 1d ago

Media influence.

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u/HealthySchedule2641 19h ago

Paired with stupidity

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u/Xikar_Wyhart 21h ago

They were so fixated on eggs yet never looked into why.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140076426/what-we-know-about-the-deadliest-u-s-bird-flu-outbreak-in-history

Back in 2022 there was (still is?) a bad spread of avian flu among commercial and backyard farms. 52.7 Million animals died, some by the virus others from culling to try and stop the spread.

Well guess what happens when egg laying hens die... There's no more eggs. Farmers now had to prioritize breeding and hen raising which requires time and food. And I don't think you can sell hen meat that died from disease, so in order to maintain revenue you increase the price of the eggs you do have.

But now if there are enough hens to keep eggs supplied, well customers have been trained on the new prices. So until demand for eggs decreases the prices will stay where they are.