[mcphage]

> If that was true or so extensive as they portray, the shelves would be empty, not simply more expensive. They're not.

When chickens were being culled because of the bird flu, the supply of eggs dropped significantly. Prices of eggs also rose significantly. As a result, shelves were often full of eggs that were priced so high that they weren’t being bought as often. Production dropped, prices rose, demand dropped, surplus remained fairly constant.