(Natural News)—In a move that has left many Americans scratching their heads, major grocery chains like Costco, Kroger and Whole Foods are now rationing eggs, citing a supposed shortage caused by bird flu. This decision, which limits customers to as few as one or two dozen eggs per purchase, has sparked outrage and confusion among shoppers already grappling with rising food prices.

But is this egg rationing truly necessary, or is it an overreaction designed to induce panic and justify skyrocketing prices? Critics argue that the mass slaughter of chickens—over 148 million birds since 2022—has less to do with bird flu and more to do with creating artificial scarcity and driving inflation.

The bird flu narrative: Exaggerated or engineered?

The current strain of bird flu, H5N1, has been blamed for the culling of millions of chickens across the U.S. However, experts point out that this virus has never been shown to transmit from human to human and is extremely rare in humans. Despite this, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has implemented a policy of mass euthanasia for infected flocks, a strategy that has decimated egg production.

Jodie Guest, a professor of epidemiology at Emory University, defended the policy, stating, “But it is, and always has been a policy across administrations, with the USDA, that this is how they handle infections like this among poultry.”

However, critics argue that this approach is excessive and unnecessary and that the mass killing of millions of chickens is more about control than protecting public health.

The fallout from these policies has been swift. Retailers like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods have imposed strict purchase limits, with signs in stores reading, “We are currently experiencing difficulty sourcing eggs that meet our strict animal welfare standards.” Social media has been flooded with videos of empty egg shelves and shoppers scrambling to stock up before supplies run out.

One TikTok user claimed that an entire section of eggs at a Costco was wiped out in less than 10 minutes. Meanwhile, Waffle House, a Southern breakfast chain, has added a temporary 50-cent surcharge per egg to its menus, blaming the shortage for the dramatic price hikes.

Driving food scarcity and inflation

The mass culling of chickens has had a devastating impact on egg production, leading to a 53% increase in egg prices in January alone. The USDA predicts that egg prices will rise by more than 20% by 2025. But is this really about bird flu, or is it a manufactured crisis designed to drive up prices and create dependency on centralized food systems?

Dr. Robert Malone believes this will be leveraged to push more mRNA vaccines. He wrote: “What is happening now with “Bird flu” is another psyops campaign being conducted by the administrative/deep state, apparently in partnership with Pharma, against the American people. They know and we know that the “vaccines” being produced will be somewhat ineffective, as all flu “vaccines” are. ”

As the egg rationing madness continues, many Americans are hoping for a return to sanity soon. Will Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other Trump administration health authorities challenge the status quo and stop the overreach?

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(The Economic Collapse Blog)—We just received some very serious news.  The extremely deadly D1.1 strain of the H5N1 bird flu which has been ripping through the nation’s poultry population in recent weeks has now gotten into the cattle population in the state of Nevada.

This is the very first time that cattle in the U.S. have ever tested positive for this strain.  What this means is that we are facing a very serious threat to our food supply.  As I detailed earlier this week, the U.S. is dealing with the worst egg shortage that it has ever experienced, and it is likely to get even worse as this new strain spreads.

Meanwhile, the size of the U.S. cattle herd could be reduced even further by this new strain, and it is already at the lowest level that we have seen since 1961…

As of January, the total number of cattle and calves was 86.7 million, down by 1% from last year, reported Market Intel. The beef herd has shrunk 40% since 1975 to the smallest size since 1961.

Beef cows that have calved hit a record low at 27.9 million, revealed the U.S. Department of Agriculture, while replacement heifers also decreased, indicating continued contraction in the cattle cycle.

In 1961, 182 million people were living in the United States.

Today, 334 million people live in the United States.

So now we have the same amount of beef that we did in 1961, but we have nearly twice as many people to feed. A beef shortage is here.

Needless to say, the price of beef is going to go higher as supplies of beef just keep getting tighter and tighter.

I don’t know why the mainstream media is not making a bigger deal about this.  I know that they are absolutely fixated on the drama that is unfolding in Washington D.C. right now, but this new strain of the H5N1 bird flu is an extremely huge story…

Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada Department of Agriculture.

Scientists say these infections with a different type of virus mark an inflection point in the nation’s efforts to contain the virus: It may be here to stay.

The strain is not the same one that has been circulating in other dairy herds throughout the United States, a virus called B3.13. The newer version, D1.1, has previously been detected only in birds and in people who had contact with infected birds.

This is the very first time that D1.1 has been detected in any of our dairy herds.

Up until just recently, the milder B3.13 strain of H5N1 was the dominant strain in birds all over the nation.

But over the past few months there has been a dramatic change.  The D1.1 strain has become dominant, and it has been ripping through bird populations from coast to coast…

That bird flu strain, called D1.1 by scientists, was also linked to a fatal human case in Louisiana last year after exposure to sick birds. The D1.1 strain has emerged in recent months to dominate infections in wild birds and poultry flocks across North America.

Since the pandemic began in early 2022, “around 957 dairy herds and more than 153 million poultry have been affected” by the bird flu…

According to the CDC, around 957 dairy herds and more than 153 million poultry have been affected by types of bird flu in the United States.

The devastation that this pandemic has caused has been immense, but nearly all of the carnage that we have witnessed so far has been caused by the relatively mild B3.13 strain.

Now the D1.1 strain is spreading like wildfire, and this has pushed egg prices to dizzying heights…

Egg prices continue to move higher due to limited inventory due to an avian flu outbreak.

The volume of trailer load loose egg sales decreased 16% at the end of January.

Prices for white large shell eggs hit $8.97 per dozen.

Delivered prices on the California-compliant wholesale loose egg market increased $0.37 to $8.72 per dozen in the last week of January, according to the Department of Agriculture.

Of course there are many supermarkets where the shelves are completely empty and there are no eggs to be purchased at any price.

Unsurprisingly, eggs have now become a target for thieves because they have become so valuable. In fact, someone just stole 100,000 eggs from a trailer in Pennsylvania, and police have still not been able to determine who did it…

The heist of 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer in Pennsylvania has become a whodunit that police have yet to crack.

Four days after the theft that law enforcement say could be tied to the sky-high cost of eggs, no leads have come in, Trooper First Class Megan Frazer, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Police, said Wednesday.

There is something else that I would like for you to consider.

What is going to happen if the new D1.1 strain of the bird flu starts spreading widely among humans?

Already, it has killed a 65-year-old victim in Louisiana, and it almost killed a 13-year-old girl in Canada…

In November, an otherwise healthy 13-year-old girl from British Columbia, Canada, was infected with D1.1 bird flu from an unknown source.

She had not been exposed to any birds or cattle, and her only risk factor was obesity.

She went into respiratory failure and had to be placed on life support, though she eventually recovered.

And a 65-year-old patient in Louisiana died last month after being hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms from D1.1.

The B3.13 strain only caused mild illness in humans.

But the D1.1 strain is a killer.

One expert is warning that if this strain “were to mutate and gain the ability to efficiently spread from person to person”, we could be facing a new “global pandemic”…

Professor Bobbi Pritt of the Mayo Clinic issued similar warnings to the Daily Express US last month.

“If the virus were to mutate and gain the ability to efficiently spread from person to person, then this could result in a large outbreak or even a global pandemic,” she said.

I realize that this is not welcome news for many of you.

But the truth is that we were warned that pestilences would be one of the major themes of this period.

It has been less than a month since President Trump was inaugurated, and now it appears that he will have a major health scare to contend with.

My advice is to be prepared to deal with another unprecedented global health panic, because this crisis could spiral out of control at any time.

Michael’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

The latest wholesale data from Urner Barry shows that the price for a dozen eggs has jumped to a record high of $5.4, exceeding the previous peak of $4.65 set in December 2022. Rising wholesale prices are expected to continue pressuring supermarket prices higher.

According to the USDA’s bird flu dashboard, 15.5 million birds across the Lower 48 have been infected by avian influenza over the last 30 days.

About 20 million egg-laying hens died in the fourth quarter of 2024 because of the escalating health crisis, denting the nation’s egg-laying population.

“Unlike in past years, in 2024, all major production systems experienced significant losses, including conventional caged, cage-free, and certified organic types,” USDA wrote in a report earlier this month.

The end result is this:

Well, the egg shortage is definitely real. pic.twitter.com/rI9kRqVGRR

— Brad Stephenson (@Shuttlecock) January 23, 2025

Egg update pic.twitter.com/A6P7efjpka

— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) January 22, 2025

tf is this shit at my grocery store? egg shortage? for real? pic.twitter.com/2Jri48UQv7

— Chaos In Roswell (@ChaosInRoswell) January 22, 2025

Apparently there’s an egg shortage now.. $10 a dozen and limits wtf man pic.twitter.com/Q66k0csxrq

— Tazz (@bitcointazz) January 22, 2025

Readers may want to consider building or purchasing chicken coops to secure their own egg supply, as shortages are expected to persist. Additionally, a growing trend among some Americans involves sourcing clean food from mom-and-pop farms or utilizing their own land for food production. It may be time for folks to shift away from toxic food supply chains controlled by mega-corporations.

Unfortunately, it isn’t just egg prices that are spiking.

According to CNN, we just witnessed the largest monthly jump in grocery prices in almost two years…

In November, egg prices shot up by 8.2% nationwide, logging one of the highest monthly spikes in the past two decades, according to Consumer Price Index data released last week. And it’s not just eggs — shoppers have seen jumps in beef, coffee and non-alcoholic beverages, driving up overall grocery prices to their largest monthly gain since January 2023.

And more increases appear to be coming down the pike for the pulped-paper-packed protein: Wholesale prices for chicken eggs soared by nearly 55% last month, and wholesale food prices rose by 3.1% (their highest monthly increase in two years).

Our leaders in Washington promised us that food inflation was under control.

They lied.

I realize that this is very bad news.  I have heard from so many of you that are deeply struggling at this moment.  Now it appears that food prices are going to go substantially higher in 2025.  All of us are just going to have to adapt to this new environment somehow.

If you are barely scraping by from month to month, I want you to understand that you are definitely not alone.

In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau is telling us that 37 percent of Americans are having trouble even paying their most basic bills…

The Census Bureau reports that 37% of Americans are struggling to pay routine bills. Add in the cost of Christmas gifts and other holiday expenses and it can feel overwhelming to keep up with the Clauses.

The National Retail Federation predicts an increase in holiday spending this year, but the rise is more indicative of the higher cost of goods than anything else. We aren’t buying more; it’s just what we are buying costs more than before.

That is more than a third of the country.

It is difficult for people to hear that they aren’t going to be able to live the way that they previously did.

In an attempt to keep their lifestyles the same, many Americans are racking up credit card debt like never before…

A new study of Americans credit card debt finds the average household credit card balance as of the third quarter of 2024, was around $10,757 after adjusting for inflation.

That according to the personal-finance website WalletHub which Friday released its new Credit Card Debt Study, which found that consumers added $21 billion in debt during the third quarter of 2024.

Early results for the fourth quarter of the year show preliminary data for October at a new record high for credit card debt in the month, in absolute terms.

Sadly, we have now reached a point where debt saturation is becoming a major problem and delinquencies are rising.

Consumers simply cannot spend money like they once did, and the retail industry is really struggling as a result. So far this year, retailers have announced the closing of more than 7,000 stores.  That represents an increase of 69 percent from last year…

Retail store closures in the United States rose sharply in 2024, with over 7,100 closures announced through the end of November, according to data from the research firm CoreSight. This number marks a 69 percent increase from the previous year under the Biden-Harris administration, which has been plagued by inflation.

The spike in closures is tied to a wave of retail bankruptcies, with 45 retailers filing this year compared to 25 in 2023. Economic challenges, including persistent inflation, have led consumers to cut back on discretionary spending.

As I discussed last week, evidence that the economy is really slowing down is all around us.

I am sure that you can see this where you live, and with each passing day we get even more troubling news.

For example, it is being reported that Macy’s is planning to close dozens of stores by the end of this calendar year…

Macy’s is ramping up store closures this year as it struggles to revive its faltering business.

In February, the embattled retailer announced plans to shut 150 underperforming stores within three years – including 55 closures by the end of 2024.

But the company now expects to close 65 locations by the end of the year. Bosses said they will remain open through the holidays to let regular customers shop but then shutter for good before the end of December.

And in a year when so many restaurant chains have already bit the dust, we now have another one to add to the list…

Arizona’s iconic frozen drink and sub chain Eegee’s has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, making it the latest casualty in a brutal year for fast-food restaurants.

The announcement came with the closure of five locations across Tucson and Phoenix, leaving die-hard fans heartbroken.

The December 6 filing in Phoenix federal court gives the embattled chain – owned by private equity firm 39 North Capital – a chance to reorganize its finances.

Four years of “Bidenomics” has taken an enormous toll on our nation.

We have built up a tremendous amount of economic momentum in the wrong direction, and the very foolish policies of our leaders are taking us exactly where I warned they would take us.

Many are hoping that things can be turned around when the new administration takes over.

But considering how rapidly conditions are deteriorating both here and around the world, it would literally be a major miracle to pull us out of this mess before a horrifying global crisis erupts.

So let us hope for the best, but let us also continue to prepare for the worst.

Michael’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.