Yes, I’m going backwards – that’s what happens, as I’m finding out, that when you record a number of stream-of-consciousness thoughts because you had WAY too much time in the car, sometimes current events overrun your planning. Like it did with the Baby Formula – which is now back in the news as the FDA, under heavy criticism with the real story coming out that THEY are the bad guys in shutting down Abbott’s single factory that makes 48% of all baby formula in the US – and then effectively walking away. Abbott also makes most of the specialty baby formulas for those infants with special needs. So my thoughts (and again, recorded a couple weeks ago)…
…And I get to throw in a post-WWII Berlin Air Lift reference, too! Not even Biden is going to blame the babies, is he? Supply Chain issues? Parents “selfishly” putting their babies ahead of others (er, no)? How about Government – at many levels? Could it actually be?
We found that out when we brought the Grandson home from the hospital. Premie (3 lbs, 15 oz), he’d only take a few milliliters at a time and it was quite a long time before he got to “normal baby” amounts (which normal babies had already started in on solid foods). I still have the charts we kept as the docs / support people didn’t believe us at first. So I know what it’s like, to a degree, for all those parents rushing around trying to find what their loved one needs.
And for all its stupidity and trouble in creating yet ANOTHER Crisis (as Rahm Emmanual cooked up) not to waste, the FDA is now being investigated. Great! Except, however, why did it take this long? From The Blaze:
An Inspector General is going to investigate the Biden administration’s response to the baby formula shortage
An Inspector General from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will investigate the Biden administration’s response to the nationwide shortage of baby formula.
The ongoing formula shortage finds its roots in an Abbott Nutrition facility in Sturgis, Michigan. Last fall, the Food and Drug Administration zeroed in on the Michigan Abbott facility while tracking several bacterial infections in infants who had consumed formula manufactured by the company. The four cases being tracked by the FDA occurred between September 2021 and January 2022. Two of the infants being tracked died, and the others were hospitalized.
The FDA was scheduled to begin a series of inspections of the Sturgis-based facility, but according to Abbott, the investigation was postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among the company’s employees.
…In response to the Biden administration’s delayed reaction to the crisis, having not responded to the shortage until several months after it first became aware of it, HHS is going to investigate whether the FDA appropriately handled a baby formula recall from Abbott that has left shelves empty….
Yeah, it took a couple of months but something like this you can’t hide for long – not when it comes to babies.
Yeah, “I’m from the Government and I’m here to help you” – fine words for those starving babies, eh? And as it turns out, even as they drop anvils on the private sector when things happen, as they did to Abbott EVEN THOUGH they know that the bacterial strains that killed those two babies were NOT found at the factory so there’s no traceability back to Abbott, they seemingly didn’t care that they didn’t even follow their own Rulebook for their own actions:
Axios reported that in a prepared statement the HHS’s Office of the Inspector General said, “We will determine whether the FDA followed the inspections and recall process for infant formula in accordance with Federal requirements.”
…Reportedly, the investigation will specifically look at whether the FDA’s actions preceding the February recall of potentially tainted formula from the Abbott facility in Michigan followed the correct policies and procedures when conducting inspections at the manufacturing facility in question.
And for all their bluster of “restoring America in the world”, now we look like a Third World country having to import, not only oil again, but food. Basic staples. What’s worse is that the Biden Administration is doing it all intentionally (although I’m not discounting simple stupidity wedged in there as well).
So, a Government induced Crisis. There seems to be WAY too many of these in the last few months that have been perpetrated on the American public. Well, mid-term elections are coming up and I have only two things to say:
- Vote Republican
- Vote Republican enough so as to get Supermajorities in both the House and Senate and stop Biden’s minions acting behind the scenes – THEY are the ones doing this to us!