Egg Prices Surge in US Inflation Data as Bird Flu Wipes Out Hens, May 11th, 2022:"Egg prices are skyrocketing in new US inflation data, pushed up by a deadly bird flu that’s killed almost 10% of the country’s hens, adding to already rising food costs.

A dozen eggs at grocery stores cost 23% more in April than in March, at $2.52. That’s the biggest increase among consumer products tracked by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in a report released Wednesday."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-11/egg-prices-surge-in-us-inflation-data-as-bird-flu-wipes-out-hens

#Groceries #FoodInflation #Eggs #BirdFlu #NurseUp #Inflation

India Halts Wheat Exports As "Food Security At Risk" :"The move by the world's second-largest wheat producer comes as food protectionism runs rampant worldwide as countries limit or restrict exports of food staples to rein in domestic prices. 

Wheat futures are expected to jump Sunday evening and add to record-high food inflation, crushing emerging market economies the hardest. High food prices have already resulted in inflation riots in several countries, one being the ongoing social instability unfolding in Sir Lanka."

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/india-halts-wheat-exports-food-security-risk

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After the leaked Roe opinion, Justice Thomas says the Supreme Court can't be bullied, May 7, 2022"As reproductive-rights protests continue after a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas says the court can't be "bullied" into making a decision that some would prefer.

"We can't be an institution that can be bullied into giving you just the outcomes you want," Thomas told a group largely comprised of lawyers and judges Friday at the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference in Atlanta, NBC News reported. "The events from earlier this week are a symptom of that."

"We are becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don't like," Thomas said."

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/07/1097382507/supreme-court-abortion-clarence-thomas-bullied-roe-v-wade

Nationwide Baby Formula Shortage Hits "Shocking" Levels, Sparking Panic Among Parents:"At retail locations across the United States, about 40 percent of the top-selling infant formula products were not in stock for the week ending April 24, said Datasembly. The company said that it tracked baby formula stock at more than 11,000 stores nationwide.

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/nationwide-baby-formula-shortage-hits-shocking-levels-sparking-panic-among-parents

Stockman: The Fed Is Not Fixing The Problem, David Stockman:"The 10-year UST yield has crossed the 3% mark. So you’d think this was a sign that a modicum of rationality is returning to the bond bits.  But not really. That’s because inflation is rising even faster than interest rates, meaning that real yields on the fulcrum security for the entire financial system are still dropping ever deeper into negative territory. Thus, at the end of March the inflation-adjusted (Y/Y CPI) rate dropped to -6.4% and even with the rise of nominal yields since then it still stands close to -6%."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stockman-fed-not-fixing-problem

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

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https://twitter.com/drmayaangelou/status/1028663286512930817?lang=en

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If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

Bruce Barton

https://www.quotery.com/quotes/can-give-son-daughter-one

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 Nurses Report Being Traumatized by Patient Care, April 15, 2022:"Three years into the pandemic, moral distress, staffing problems, and workplace violence continue to plague nurses across the country, according to results of the latest survey in a series conducted by National Nurses United (NNU).

"Nurses are experiencing alarming levels of moral distress and moral injury due to the unsafe working conditions," NNU President Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, RN, said in a press release.

Among the 2,575 nurses surveyed, 69% said staffing problems were "slightly or much worse" in recent months -- a 47.8% jump from a year ago, and a 20.2% increase over the union's September 2021 survey."

https://www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nursing/98250

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 Hospitals Ignoring Price Transparency Rule Rack Up Billion-Dollar Profits, April 28, 2022:"It was an historic, bipartisan healthcare reform. In 2020, President Donald Trump proposed and the Biden Administration finalized the transparency rule whereby hospitals were forced to open their books and post their prices for healthcare services online and in real time.

Blatantly, though, hospitals are refusing to comply. As of January 1, 86-percent of hospitals were not complying with the transparency rule according to an investigation by the organization Patient Rights Advocate.

One year after the rule went into effect, a staggering 857 out of the 1,000 hospitals surveyed refused to open their pricing books or were non-compliant."

https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/investigation-hospitals-ignoring?s=r

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 REACT-CARE Program Overview:"React19 is proud to announce the launch of our REACT-CARE Fund Program as of April 5, 2022. React19 is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating and supporting those suffering from adverse events following Covid-19 vaccination. As a part of its mission, React19 created the REACT-CARE Fund Program to minimize, to the extent possible, financial barriers to medical care for the Covid-19 vaccine injured community. These funds have been made possible through generous donations from supporters across the globe."

https://react19.org/financial-programs/

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