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Expert: Food Shortages Could Be ‘Just as Deadly’ as Diseases, Next Global Threat
The world has been focused for more than two years on the coronavirus epidemic, but one health expert says people should be aware that the threat of food shortages around the globe could be “just as deadly.”
Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, warned against governments only focusing on one virus.
Sands said food shortages could become the next global health crisis and world leaders should prepare for it.
“It’s not as well-defined as some brand new pathogen appearing with distinctive new symptoms. But it could well be just as deadly,” Sands said in a Reuters report.
The New York Post reported:
Sands, who works in areas already struggling with poverty and malnutrition, says wealthy governments risk making the “classic” mistake of concerning themselves only with crises that reflect the most recent disaster the world has faced.
Australia is already beginning to see early signs of food stress as lettuce prices hit an incredible $12 per head in some areas following the flood season. Natural disasters, coupled with inflation and complications in the global trade industry, could produce a perfect storm as the globe begins to find its feet.
While it is unclear just how devastating accelerated food shortages could be to a first-world country like Australia, health experts have urged leaders to stay vigilant.
The post included a remark from Australia and New Zealand food and agribusiness research general manager Stefan Vogel, who said Russia’s continued war on Ukraine could result in a huge shortage of grain this year and beyond.
“Last year, Ukraine exported 70 million tonnes of grain, which is twice the amount that comes out of Australia … but this year it will be a fraction of that,” Vogel said.
Sands said the Global Fund wants to raise $18 billion to improve worldwide health systems and has already raised more than a third of its goal for the 2024-2026 period.
The number of severely food-insecure people has doubled in just the past two years, from 135 million pre-pandemic to 276 million today, the United Nations reported.
Expert: Food Shortages Could Be ‘Just as Deadly’ as Diseases
Bidenflation: Grocery Store Prices Up The Most Since 1979
American families got whacked by much higher prices at the grocery store in March.
The Consumer Price Index for food purchased for consumption at home rose 1.4 percent compared with the prior month. Compared with a year ago, grocery store prices are up 11.9 percent, the fastest pace of inflation since 1979.
Prices of cereals and bakery products jumped 11.6 percent. Prices of meats, poultry, fish, and eggs were up 14.6 percent. Dairy product prices were up 11.8 percent. Fruits and vegetable prices were up 8.6 percent.
Bidenflation: Ice Cream Prices Increase The Most in Over 40 Years
The trip to the ice cream shop is going to cost a lot more this summer.
Ice cream prices rose 4.3 percent in May. That’s a seasonally adjusted number, so no funny business about the ice cream season starting triggered this rise.
Compared with a year ago, ice cream prices are up 9.6 percent, the biggest year-over-year rise since 1981.
Dairy and related products are up 11.8 percent compared with a year ago, part of the dramatic rise in consumer prices that has gripped the U.S. economy this year. Milk prices are up 15.9 percent after rising 2.8 percent in May. Cheese prices are up 8.7 percent.
Overall inflation is up 8.6 percent, including a 10.1 percent rise in grocery store prices. Prices for restaurant food are up nine percent.
The Biden administration has tried to blame “Putin’s price hikes” for high inflation but that is not likely a cause of soaring ice cream and milk prices.
Bidenflation: Ice Cream Prices Increase The Most in Over 40 Years
