> We're long past shortages of COVID. There were no shortages during COVID. Only a bunch of panicked buyers clogging the smooth running supply chains. Prices h

> We're long past shortages of COVID. There were no shortages during COVID. Only a bunch of panicked buyers clogging the smooth running supply chains. Prices had to rise to quell the behavior or the whole system would collapse. What happened afterwards is massive inflation from the federal government printing enormous amounts of money into existence, so as the supply chain caught up, prices had to stay high to keep companies afloat after their costs rose.