5mo ago

Why has the US asked Germany to send more eggs?

I'm sure this is going over well after all of the threats of tariffs the Neo-Nazi-salute giving Republicans have given.

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Yes, Germans should absolutely deliver lots of extra eggs, personally and ballistically, direct to the White House....
- I prefer the term "pineapples", but I guess "eggs" is a good code word for the time being.
  
  I do literally mean eggs. I abhor violence, but not petty vandalism
- Now I really want Germany to send a plane and egg the white house or the statue of liberty or any landmark for that matter. Or all...
- OK, but only the leftover ones past the due date.
- Yes. You can keep eggs for weeks, and airplanes make the trip in a few hours.
  
  Is it even commercially viable to export a significant amount of eggs over the ocean?
- Crack eggs, pasteurize them, and pack them in canisters. They keep for ages. Use those for making industrial products instead of cracking local eggs.
Are they going to wash those eggs like we do? Logistically makes no sense...
- Context, and no, we don't wash our eggs.
- I mean...it does with H5N1 running around now.
One thing I've been worried about with this egg shortage: aren't they still a major factor in the production of common vaccines?
Like, doesn't the US hold a strategic reserve of millions of eggs to be able to ramp up vaccine production when needed? Is that system still safe?
- Eggcellent question. But with an antivaxxer running health, you probably won't need eggs anymore for that.
c/egg_irl
No egg problem here. But we hopefully don't create one by exporting valuable eggs to the US.

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