The Egg Shortage Head Fake
I love eggs! I eat them daily because they’re a superfood packed with a ton of nutrients that provide important health benefits. Eggs.ca says most of the nutrients in eggs are found in the yolk. Check out this massive array of nutrient goodness:
Iron - carries oxygen to the cells, helps prevent anemia .
Vitamin A - helps maintain healthy skin and eye tissue; assists in night vision.
Vitamin D - strengthens bones and teeth; may help protect against certain cancers and auto-immune diseases.
Vitamin E - an antioxidant that plays a role in maintaining good health and preventing disease.
Vitamin B12 - helps to keep the body’s nerve and blood cells healthy, protects against a type of anemia.
Folate - helps produce and maintain new cells; helps prevent a type of anemia, helps protect against serious birth defects.
Protein - essential for building and repairing muscles, organs, skin, hair and other body tissues; needed to produce hormones, enzymes and antibodies.
Selenium - works with vitamin E to act as an antioxidant to help prevent the breakdown of body tissues
Lutein and zeaxanthin - maintains good vision; may help reduce the risk of age-related eye diseases, such as cataracts and macular degeneration.
Choline - plays a strong role in brain development and function.
So with that out of the way, I’ve been somewhat dismayed to hear - and witness - that there is an egg crisis in North America. Yes, the ubiquitous egg is actually sold out in many supermarkets and people are wondering what’s going on.
The official egg-splanation:
Wall Street Journal - “Egg Prices Surge to Records as Bird Flu Hits Poultry Flocks”
Global Business Leaders Mag - “The US Faces Egg Shortage Crisis With Rising Fear Of Bird Flu”
NYTimes - “Egg Shortage and Price Increases Caused In Part By Bird Flu”
10News.com - “Egg Shortages, Prices Rising Because Of Bird Flu”
Pressdemocrat.com - “Egg Shelves Go Bare As Bird Flu Woes Hit Grocers In Sonoma County”
Surprisingly, the egg shortage also hit the shores of the UK, where British supermarkets are scrambling to catch up on supplies.
And New Zealand…
And so on and on... Sayonara, scramble, farewell, frittata.
Here’s a hint about news sources being in unison today - there’s usually a spin - a head fake - to get your attention off the real problem.
CNET.com gives a hint as to the spin:
While the world has been gripped by COVID-19, another epidemic has been cutting a swath through the US: A virulent strain of bird flu first detected in early 2022 has resulted in the deaths of nearly 58 million chickens and turkeys, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
The economic toll has also been staggering: Most of the birds culled to stop the spread of the virus have been egg-laying hens, causing the price of eggs to skyrocket and availability to plummet.
In the Midwest, a dozen large eggs cost an average of $5.17 last week, compared with roughly $1.50 in January 2022 and 94 cents in 2021. That’s not bad compared to Canada, where some prices have hit as high as $7-$8.00 per dozen.
That’s some of the “official” story we’re hearing, but is there more?
The Bird Flu Diversion
Global bird flu outbreaks are said to be adding a premium to the price of eggs. But it turns out that it’s not all about “avian flu” like the mainstream media wants you to believe. Inflation, pumped in by foolish governments to bail themselves out of billion and trillion dollar monetary holes worldwide carries most of the blame. They get newly printed money, and you get a radically, drastically decreased standard of living through inflation, labor shortages and supply chain issues.
Strap in, it’s going to be a wild ride going forward because prices are still going up. And just to give you something to think about, we’re fresh off the most successful “pandemic” in world history - COVID-19 - which has created tremendous wealth for the pharmaceutical industry.
Now we have a “Bird Flu Pandemic” announced, on top of food shortages, small businesses destroyed, soaring poverty, rationing, a cost of living crisis, truck drivers out of business, the price of petrol and natural gas skyrocketing and entire economies wrecked. On top of that, my eggs are in short supply!
You know how they test for bird flu? According to an article in the Conversation [emphasis added]:
To detect [avian influenza], the US Department of Agriculture oversees routine testing of flocks done by farmers and carries out federal inspection programs to ensure that eggs and birds are safe and free of virus […] using molecular diagnostics such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests – the same method labs use to detect COVID-19 infections.
I’ll emphasize that again - the USDA does routine testing of poultry farms using those same, faulty PCR tests done for COVID.
Remind you of anything?
The backbone of this “bird flu” outbreak is:
Routine testing done using unreliable PCR tests, which can be manipulated to create false-positive results.
Linguistic ambiguity over causes of death, and unreliable reporting of casualty numbers.
Governmental over-reactions which “accidentally” make the problem worse.
All this is going to lead to more talk of a food crisis that will hit small local businesses harder and faster than Big Pharma giants. The latter will miraculously survive and thrive, like Walmart and Amazon did during COVID.
We’re also going to see an increase in the war on meat, with plant based and lab-grown “meat” being offered as substitutes.
And wouldn’t you know it, a UK firm announced a new bird flu vaccine for chicks just this year. That’s some well-timed research, great work. In fact, they’re so far ahead of the curve, they’re now working on injecting all our foods with spike proteins or experimental mRNA modifiers or who knows what else.
If it sounds bonkers, it is.
Well, I’ve gone full circle with this story so I’ll get back to the chicken and the egg. If you can, cut out the “middle man” and look for local egg farmers in your area where you can buy direct from them. It’s better for your family’s health and your community to support local farmers.
Barring that, keep some in your backyard if possible:
