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More baby formula to arrive within days: White House announces 1.5 million bottles are on the way including second flight full as shortage continues to leave parents struggling to feed babies
2022-05-23
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The first shipment of the Operation Fly Formula
    ...another expensive and flamboyant gesture by the Biden administration that does not solve the unnecessary problem they stupidly created...
    program landed in US Sunday

  • Roughly 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of three formulas are set to arrive this week

  • The shortage has left babies hospitalized with parents fighting over supplies
Related:
Operation Fly Formula: 2022-05-21 Nestle quick! US military jets from air base in Germany will fly Nestle Alfamina baby formula to Indianapolis in first 'Operation Fly Formula' flight
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  The Post Millennial reports a government spokesman said these shipments are heading to hospitals and doctors’s offices, not store shelves.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-05-23 22:19  

#5  According to the article, these shipments are for babies with cow’s milk protein allergies, and will supply 15% of that specific need — normal babies are out of luck. Abbott said they’ll be restarting production at the Michigan factory at the beginning of June, and in the meantime have been shipping in product from their facilities in Ireland, which were already FDA approved.

I imagine lots of babies are being started on solid food earlier than originally intended.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-05-23 22:03  

#4  That first shipment is a specialized variety for non-standard needs. That won’t impact the rest of the bottle-fed population, and those babies weren’t competing for the regular stuff anyway.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-05-23 21:54  

#3  "YO! Fat kid! Save some for the others!"
Posted by: Frank G   2022-05-23 20:14  

#2  I'm surprised it would last that long.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2022-05-23 20:11  

#1  Someone called into Howie Carr's show today and said he ran the numbers on the first flight - it would supply the US with baby formula... for 40 minutes.
Posted by: Raj   2022-05-23 19:56  

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