SPARSE SHELVES: Here we go again. Shoppers looking for staples like milk, bread, and eggs are finding bare store shelves across the country.
Unlike the panic buying of 2020, experts say there are a number of factors causing store shelves to sit empty. The highly-transmissible Omicron variant has fueled a surge of positive COVID test results, while grocery stores say the shortage in workers is causing transportation and logistics issues, which is delaying deliveries.
Do you remember how Western media relished showing empty shelves in countries of the Soviet camp? Do you remember how anti-communist fanatics asserted that those are features of socialist regimes? This is at a store in central California today.
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