Samm
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Did that require shutting everything down? Which is worse … babies possibly being exposed to a harmful bacteria or babies going without nutrition because the government shut down production of what they required?
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Samm
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Should government be allowed to starve babies?
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WuWei
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The FDA said there was no evidence of that.
NYT
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Guvnah
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Gotta love the “for the children” concerns from libs who advocate for the right of parents to kill them.
Stacey Abrams nailed it. If you kill them first, you won’t have to worry about finding and paying for formula.
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Talk about a stupid post. How many 12 week fetuses do you know drink formula? Don’t worry it’s rhetorical.
The baby formula makers should do a better job of managing their factory so they aren’t poisoning infants.
Guvnah
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Every single one that is not killed will drink formula (if not breast fed.)
The cost of raising a child was precisely what Abrams was referring to.
That you consider my reference to Abrams was stupid further cements my contempt for the trash you post. Your lust to get back at me for pointing out the idiocy of your posts just makes you double down on that idiocy.
A smarter man would know better. I actually believe you do know better, but just can’t help yourself.
Consider taking my advice and go pester someone else.
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It’s ok, you now know you are capable of stupid posts as well. Time to get off the high horse.
Fetuses don’t drink formula. If they are born and healthy, they will then have the option of formula or breast milk. You can care about the rights and autonomy of a pregnant woman AND also care that born babies don’t drink poisoned formula.
It’s not mutually exclusive.
enki
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STODR
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He never claimed they did drink formula. Once again you are making crap up.
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JayJay
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No- the government failed by over-regulating the system to such a degree that there were only two manufacturers of baby formula to supply the US…so a failure in one company spells doom for the entire supply chain.
Not even the EU governs what has to go into baby formula as much as the US does.
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enki
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ah, you’re talking about the deaths/infections. Not the factory closing contributing to the shortage.
the FDA statement:
The FDA has previously reported its review of complaints related to nine infant deaths. Only two were associated with the Abbott Nutrition Sturgis plant investigation, and despite extensive investigation the evidence does not rule in or rule out a definitive link between these infant deaths and the product produced at Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis plant.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-provides-update-efforts-increase-supply-and-availability-safe-and-nutritious-infant-formula
WuWei
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The factory didn’t “close”. The government closed it.
Look at the post I quoted.
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enki
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the government closing the factory = the factory closed.
not sure what you’re arguing about.
WuWei
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There is no evidence the formula “made babies sick” as you claimed.
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The factory didn’t close itself, the government closed it. There’s a huge difference.
Not a nice try in either case.
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This was clearly a regulatory issue .
Blaming private enterprise in hindsight is silly.
Biden should have kept his mouth shut until there was an actual plan in place instead of just some platitudes about taking action.
This was found AFTER an investigation. Do you think they should have remained open with an allegation like that?
What was the regulatory issue? I hope we aren’t saying that what goes into babies formula need little regulation
JayJay
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No but they needed less regulation.
What the US requires to be in baby formula has little if any scientific support.
As I stated, they regulate more than the EU does. You KNOW you’re over-regulating if that is true.
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