A proposal to consider a new forum at DU - DU Charts

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Wholesale price of eggs

There is an interesting chart on this page: https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/qa-on-egg-prices/

Basically, the results of the Covid shock to the economy produced inflation which Biden tamed and trump doesn't give a shit about. magas will recall, either knavishly knowing, or dim-wittedly ignorant, the prior peak and forget that Biden made the valley. They will go on to blame the inflation as a leftover, which ignores the three big elephants in the room: the chainsaw, the ICE, and the tariff tax.

Many economists say the primary reason is the highly pathogenic avian influenza – caused by the H5N1 virus – that has been spreading among poultry, dairy cows and wild animals in the U.S. since January 2022. What is now the largest bird flu outbreak since 2015 has caused an egg shortage, as tens of millions of egg-producing hens have had to be killed to prevent further spread of the virus.