[blam]

Abbott Says It Will Be At Least Two Months Before Baby Formula From Shuttered Plant Hits Shelves

My Baby Needs Formula, And I’m Getting Scared She Won’t Have It

[McGavin999]

hmmmm, milk and karo is dangerous?

[Reno89519]

Why not (1) breastfeed and (2) get real food and mash it up like we did in the old days.

[Jamestown1630]

Good grief. What the hell are women and babies supposed to do in the meantime?

Doesn’t this ‘land of the free, home of the brave’ have any doctor/scientist/nutritionist able to distribute a safe recipe and process?

What on Earth did we do, before we had ‘experts’? Even in the old days before ‘formula’ existed, some women couldn’t nurse.

[Born in 1950]

Why wouldn’t the government require manufacturers to lace their product?

[Flick Lives]

But pediatricians warn that do-it-yourself baby formulas carry significant health risks. -NYT

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I would imagine not feeding the baby for two months would be a more significant risk. (Where do they find these experts.)

[Svartalfiar]

The Abbott Laboratories baby formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan was shuttered by the FDA nearly three months ago after receiving four reports of infants who were hospitalized with bacterial infections after consuming the formula from the facility – two of whom died.

The company reportedly failed to repair aging drying machines.

So, the origin of the baby formula pocalypse was Abbott management’s refusal to repair dilapidated and failure-prone drying machines turning the plant into proverbial petri dishes for cronobacter, because…

That's funny. EVERY other article I've seen on this topic, mentions that the FDA cleared the Abbott facility within 2-3 weeks and did not determine they were the source of the bacteria.

[BradyLS]

More fear-mongering. You can see how debilitated we are as a nation when the media admonishes you about trying to find a way to provide for your infants without baby formula.

[TigersEye]

But pediatricians warn that do-it-yourself baby formulas carry significant health risks. -NYT

But feeding your baby nothing at all doesn't?

[21twelve]

“...the origin of the baby formula pocalypse was Abbott management’s refusal to repair dilapidated and failure-prone drying machines...”

Seems to me that something so critical for babies shouldn’t be left up to the greedy capitalist pigs, but should be under the realm of critical infrastructure and handled by the government.

(I’m guessing that is what the writer is going for anyways.)

I read some article where the babies sickness and deaths were never to be proven to be from the formula. But the FDA did find some bacteria in areas of the plant away from any formula processing areas.

[logi_cal869]

Dana Loesch had some interesting commentary on this today, including that the ‘shortage’ is only on liquid formula (not powdered) and the ban on European-sourced formula (for reasons road noise prevented me from hearing).

This seems to elaborate somewhat:

https://www.cato.org/blog/rock-bye-trade-restrictions-baby-formula

[antceecee]

Such BS! My Mom Raised y kids on homemade formula!

[coloradan]

This is News You Can’t Use from the gaslight media. Do they try to tell you how to make passable formula in light of the shortage? No! “Don’t try to make it!” Rather than being helpful.

It’s what they do.

[yesthatjallen]

As with drug companies working in conjunction with doctors, formula manufacturers, working with doctors, have convinced manufactured formula was better than breast milk.

Decades ago, formula manufacturers were caught pushing their formula in third world countries encouraging women to use formula, often mixed with poor quality water.

This is about profits for formula manufacturers. Doctors take their cut. Follow the money.

1977 Nestlé boycott

[50sDad]

You know... what people did before gigantic companies told you to buy their stuff?

[LegendHasIt]

The media, worried that Roe V. Wade may make getting abortions a bit more difficult, now are advising that you starve them to death instead.

[metmom]

But pediatricians warn that do-it-yourself baby formulas carry significant health risks. -NYT

So does starving.

[metmom]

NYT “Homemade formula is dangerous for babies,” said Dr. Katie Lockwood, an attending physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Primary Care. “Regular formula is F.D.A.-regulated and held to very high standards, the same way we treat medications.

And THAT is supposed to be reassuring?????????

[lastchance]

Homemade formula is dangerous to the bottom line of formula manufacturers. It is not ideal but it certainly is not dangerous to babies if they are given the supplements that the homemade formula lacks. You know what is dangerous to babies? Not being fed!

[BitWielder1]

This is the Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin debate all over again.

[Old Yeller]

C’mon man! It ain’t like it’s horse paste.