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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Lol this guy is so bad at being a conspiracy theorist he's just like "nuh-uh! That's what they want you to think!" without even knowing what the conspiracy is.
gpt
He's not wrong.  Talk to the egg producers.  Avian flu is having a minimal effect.  The egg producers are halting production and not restocking their producing hen numbers.  Why?  Because all their costs are going up, meanwhile the companies that buy eggs to sell to the grocery stores are not paying more for eggs, yet are charging more to the grocery stores.

Producers can't afford to produce which is causing a shortage.  They are underproducing because the larger corporations are not paying fair prices for the eggs.  Those corps then turn around and charge higher prices, while blaming it on avian flu and inflation.  Meanwhile, they are importing those eggs from other countries, while leaving local producers in the lurch.