Lac Del ‘Formula Pallets in Mexico’ Post
A post by a deeply misinformed Facebook user about what he spotted in a store in Mexico spread wildly on Facebook.
A post by a deeply misinformed Facebook user about what he spotted in a store in Mexico spread wildly on Facebook.
A dangerous subthread of baby shortage formula discourse held that commercial infant formula wasn’t used in the 1950s and 60s, and that babies “were fine.”
On May 18 2022, a number of tweets claimed that “192 Republicans” voted against a measure to address a baby formula shortage.
A worsening baby formula shortage led to viral posts advising the use of emergency homemade baby formula, but the rapidly spreading recipe could harm babies.
A nationwide formula shortage worsened in May 2022, and experts provided scant applicable advice for parents of infants reliant on formula.