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Re:U.S. economy shrank at a 1.4% annual rate in the first qu... by ianhawes on Thursday April 28, 2022 @09:40AM (#31192309)
Not sure if you noticed but we had massive food scarcity in March and April 2020 and the most inconvenient thing about it was waiting in line to pay and my kids not having hot dogs for several months.

Not saying civil unrest isn’t a possibility, but I’m not sure economic uncertainty could do any worse than airborne-once-in-a-lifetime pandemic

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Re:U.S. economy shrank at a 1.4% annual rate in the first qu... by indymike on Thursday April 28, 2022 @09:49AM (#31192404)
> Not sure if you noticed but we had massive food scarcity in March and April 2020 and the most inconvenient thing about it was waiting in line to pay and my kids not having hot dogs for several months

Where was this? I had a few trips to the grocery where specific items were out of stock or rationed (i.e. limit 2 per customer), but never saw a shortage of processed meats.

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