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Nurse Jenny's avatar

Perfect! I have done the same thing! This reminds me when covid-19 first broke and the shelves were empty for regular Tylenol. I still had some, but it was almost gone. The shelves were empty. When I finally found some I bought one bottle because the shelf only had two. My first reaction to the shelves being empty for Tylenol was a stark reminder when people were hoarding toilet paper!

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Jose Lopez-Zeno's avatar

Besides the issues you so well described, we are now witnessing a possible paradigm change. Many industries have JIT (just in time) inventories. It reduces overhead and increases profits. Under normal circumstances, this is fine, but throw in a pandemic, then add supply chain problems, and we have a mess. My concern is that we have no depth to buffer a more challenging emergency. Imagine if COVID had remained at a 3% death rate or worst. What if it had had the death rate of MERS? How much is supply chain disruption needed before the scarcity of basic needs moves from hoarding to loss of civility and unrest? I find it unacceptable that three years into the pandemic and we are still having these issues. There is a need for more dialogue about this.

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