Talk:Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Please undo the speedy request, and also, enquire better on my status: Please slow down and let wikipedia editors do their work. Yug (talk)  17:00, 23 March 2020 (UTC) --Yug (talk)  17:02, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) I'am not blocked wikipedia-wide, but on a single page.
 * 2) I contested the specific, single page block since the admin used his admin tools to settle the content dispute we were having (1 vs 1 vote), which is quite shocking by itself.
 * Author of the inacurate labelling has reverted his labelling and apologized for the mistake. Yug (talk)  17:38, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

More of a general question but...
"are a major issue of the ongoing pandemic" - is it correct to use the present tense here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BEANS X2 (talk • contribs) 18:47, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I assume so. (not sure) Yug (talk)  00:14, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Present tense is a trap, because it gets left in for too long, but sometimes you need to use it.  All the best: Rich Farmbrough  (the apparently calm and reasonable) 15:15, 2 April 2020 (UTC).


 * Present-tense should be avoided when possible: MOS:TENSE. J.D.718 (talk) 21:00, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Tests
 
 * 03-11: As Coronavirus Testing Increases, Some Labs Fear a Shortage of Other Supplies https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/health/coronavirus-testing-shortages.html
 * 03-18: The Latest Obstacle to Getting Tested? A Shortage of Swabs and Face Masks https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/health/coronavirus-test-shortages-face-masks-swabs.html
 * 03-28: The Lost Month: How a Failure to Test Blinded the U.S. to Covid-19 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/testing-coronavirus-pandemic.html
 * 04-04: A German Exception? Why the Country’s Coronavirus Death Rate Is Low https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/world/europe/germany-coronavirus-death-rate.html
 * 04-06: Delays and Shortages Exacerbate Coronavirus Testing Gaps in the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/health/coronavirus-testing-us.html
 * 04-07: Coroners worry Covid-19 test shortages could lead to uncounted deaths https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/04/06/health/coronavirus-coroners-uncounted-deaths-invs/index.html

Sanitizer
 
 * 02-29: ‘Where Do I Find Your Hand Sanitizer?’ Sorry, We Have None. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/business/coronavirus-hand-sanitizer.html
 * 03-11: Coronavirus Has Caused a Hand Sanitizer Shortage. What Should You Do? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/smarter-living/wirecutter/coronavirus-hand-sanitizer.html
 * 03-19: Anheuser-Busch and Distilleries Race to Make Hand Sanitizer Amid Coronavirus Pandemic https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/distilleries-virus-hand-sanitizer.html
 * 04-08: Craft-Brewed Hand Sanitizer https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/opinion/dogfish-head-hand-sanitizer-coronavirus.html

PPE
Surgical masks, gears, FFP2, respirator masks.  
 * 03-03: Shortage of personal protective equipment endangering health workers worldwide https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/03-03-2020-shortage-of-personal-protective-equipment-endangering-health-workers-worldwide
 * 02-06: As Coronavirus Spreads, Face Mask Makers Go Into Overdrive https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/business/coronavirus-face-masks.html
 * 03-09: Some Hospitals Are Close to Running Out of Crucial Masks for Coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/health/coronavirus-n95-face-masks.html
 * 03-13: The World Needs Masks. China Makes Them, but Has Been Hoarding Them. https://nytimes.com/2020/03/13/business/masks-china-coronavirus.html
 * 03-19: ‘It Feels Like a War Zone’: Doctors and Nurses Plead for Masks on Social Media https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/hospitals-coronavirus-ppe-shortage.html
 * 04-01: How South Korea Solved Its Face Mask Shortage https://nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/covid-face-mask-shortage.html
 * 04-02: Masques: les preuves d’un mensonge d’Etat https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/020420/masques-les-preuves-d-un-mensonge-d-etat
 * 04-03: ENQUÊTE FRANCEINFO. Comment la France a sacrifié sa principale usine de masques basée en Bretagne https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/enquete-franceinfo-comment-la-france-a-sacrifie-sa-principale-usine-de-masques-basee-en-bretagne_3896665.html
 * ‘Swept Up by FEMA’: Complicated Medical Supply System Sows Confusion https://nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-fema-medical-supplies.html
 * 04-09: In Scramble for Coronavirus Supplies, Rich Countries Push Poor Aside https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/coronavirus-equipment-rich-poor.html
 * 04:11: Where Thousands of Masks a Day Are Decontaminated : A mask cleaning project is part of recent efforts to increase the supply of equipment to health care workers. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-n95-mask-decontaminating-reuse.html
 * 04-09: N95 mask shortage comes down to this key material: "The supply chain has gotten nuts" https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/n95-mask-shortage-melt-blown-filters/
 * 04-11: China Delays Mask and Ventilator Exports After Quality Complaints https://nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/china-mask-exports-coronavirus.html
 * 04-13: Ministers 'must be open with NHS about PPE shortages' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/13/ministers-must-be-open-with-nhs-about-ppe-shortages
 * 04-16: Disposable N95 Masks Can Be Decontaminated, Researchers Confirm https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/health/n95-masks-decontaminated-coronavirus.html
 * 04-19: Medical staff face weeks without protective gowns https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/19/medical-staff-face-weeks-without-protective-gowns
 * 04-19: Coronavirus: 38 days when Britain sleepwalked into disaster https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/coronavirus-38-days-when-britain-sleepwalked-into-disaster-hq3b9tlgh
 * 04-19: Coronavirus: Govt 'lost a crucial five weeks' to tackle threat of COVID-19 https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-govt-missed-a-series-of-opportunities-to-lessen-impact-of-covid-19-11975328
 * 04-20: Coronavirus: Nurses write to health minister for PPE clarity https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-52349019
 * https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/21/philip-pullman-ministers-should-face-charges-if-brexit-politics-slowed-ppe?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter&__twitter_impression=true
 * https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/video/2020/04/22/penurie-de-masques-comment-la-france-a-arrete-de-se-preparer-aux-epidemies_6037381_3244.html
 * 04-24: Sexism on the Covid-19 frontline: 'PPE is made for a 6ft 3in rugby player' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/sexism-on-the-covid-19-frontline-ppe-is-made-for-a-6ft-3in-rugby-player

PPE market chaos
 
 * 04-02: Trudeau: Supplies for Canada diverted to U.S. https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/2/21204535/trudeau-supplies-for-canada-diverted-to-u-s-coronavirus-covid-19-ppe-medical-masks-gowns-gloves
 * 04-02: US hijacking mask shipments in rush for coronavirus protection https://theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/global-battle-coronavirus-equipment-masks-tests
 * 04-03: It’s Bedlam in the Mask Market, as Profiteers Out-Hustle Good Samaritans https://nytimes.com/2020/04/03/technology/coronavirus-masks-shortage.html
 * 04-04: Coronavirus: Germany, France accuse Americans of mask ‘piracy’, dirty tricks https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3078416/coronavirus-germany-france-accuse-americans-mask-piracy-dirty
 * 04-05: Another Thing to Fear Out There: Coronavirus Scammers https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/us/politics/coronavirus-scams-fraud-price-gouging.html
 * 04-06: A Michigan congresswoman, a guy in line in China and a global scramble to find N95 masks https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-michigan-congresswoman-the-owner-of-a-sex-toy-company-and-a-global-scramble-to-find-n95-masks/2020/04/05/1035b0ae-768f-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_story.html
 * https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/trump-admin-weighs-legal-action-over-alleged-chinese-hoarding-of-ppe/amp/
 * In Scramble for Coronavirus Supplies, Rich Countries Push Poor Aside https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/coronavirus-equipment-rich-poor.html
 * Intensive Care Unit Capacity in Low-Income Countries: A Systematic Review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4305307/
 * https://nytimes.com/2020/04/01/business/coronavirus-china-masks.html
 * 04-11: Man Charged in Scheme to Sell 125 Million Nonexistent Masks https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-face-mask-fraud-christopher-parris.html


 * 11-2x: UK's 'chaotic' PPE procurement cost billions extra https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/25/uks-chaotic-ppe-procurement-cost-billions-extra

Cloth facemasks
 
 * 02-14: How to make your own mask: Hong Kong scientists reveal temporary solution for those unable to get protective gear because of panic buying and price-gouging https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3050689/how-make-your-own-mask-hong-kong-scientists
 * 03-31: C.D.C. Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask https://nytimes.com/2020/03/31/health/cdc-masks-coronavirus.html
 * 03-31: How to Sew a Face Mask https://www.nytimes.com/article/how-to-make-face-mask-coronavirus.html
 * 04-01: Which DIY mask pattern should you use? Even experts can’t pick one to recommend. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/masks-diy-coronavirus/2020/04/01/20830f5e-7420-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
 * 04-02: The Advice: Wear a Mask. Here’s How. https://nytimes.com/2020/04/02/opinion/letters/coronavirus-masks.html
 * 04-04: To mask or not to mask: WHO makes U-turn while US, Singapore abandon pandemic advice and tell citizens to start wearing masks https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3078437/mask-or-not-mask-who-makes-u-turn-while-us
 * 04-05: Should I Start Wearing a Mask? https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-N95-mask-DIY-face-mask-health.html
 * 04-06: How to make a non-medical coronavirus face mask – no sewing required https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/06/how-to-make-no-sew-face-mask-coronavirus

Devices
Ventilators, ECMOs, Devices, etc.  
 * White House Considers $1 Billion Price Tag for Ventilators — and Has Second Thoughts https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/us/politics/coronavirus-ventilators-trump.html
 * Opening Quote: Dyson plans to make 15,000 medical ventilators for the NHS  https://www.ft.com/content/44846302-6f3a-11ea-89df-41bea055720b
 * The MacGyvers Taking on the Ventilator Shortage https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/the-macgyvers-taking-on-the-ventilator-shortage
 * Open source ventilator https://opensourceventilator.ie/in-the-media
 * Innovators Are Racing to Help Hospitals Desperate for Equipment https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007046207/coronavirus-innovative-equipment.html
 * How ventilators work and why they are so important in saving people with coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/how-ventilators-work-and-why-they-are-so-important-in-saving-people-with-coronavirus
 * Inside G.M.’s Race to Build Ventilators, Before Trump’s Attack https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/business/gm-ventilators-coronavirus-trump.html
 * General Electric Workers Launch Protest, Demand to Make Ventilators https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/y3mjxg/general-electric-workers-walk-off-the-job-demand-to-make-ventilators
 * Can Tesla, GM And Ford Help Solve The Coronavirus Ventilator Shortage? https://youtube.com/watch?v=2fdckX5Cik4
 * New York has only six days’ worth of ventilators left. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html#link-23c26b3b
 * Revealed: online trade in coronavirus 'cure', test kits and ventilators https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/revealed-online-trade-in-coronavirus-test-kits-ventilators-chloroquine
 * 04-11: China Delays Mask and Ventilator Exports After Quality Complaints https://nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/china-mask-exports-coronavirus.html
 * 04-15: The way we ration ventilators is biaised https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/covid-ventilator-rationing-blacks.html
 * 04-18: 10 African Countries Have No Ventilators. That’s Only Part of the Problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/world/africa/africa-coronavirus-ventilators.html
 * 04-20: New York Needed Ventilators. So They Developed One in a Month. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/technology/new-york-ventilators-coronavirus.html

People
Health care workers and other human resources.   https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/04/15/health/coronavirus-9200-health-workers-infected/index.html
 * 02-14: China’s Doctors, Fighting the Coronavirus, Beg for Masks https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/world/asia/china-coronavirus-doctors.html
 * 03-26: Unprepared for the Worst: World’s Most Vulnerable Brace for Virus https://nytimes.com/2020/03/26/world/asia/coronavirus-refugees-camps-bangladesh.html
 * 03-26: 'As if a storm hit': more than 40 Italian health workers have died since crisis began https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/as-if-a-storm-hit-33-italian-health-workers-have-died-since-crisis-began
 * 03:30: ‘Health Care Kamikazes’: How Spain’s Workers Are Battling Coronavirus, Unprotected https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000007051789/coronavirus-ppe-shortage-health-care-workers.html (from memory, already integrated)
 * 03-31: 734 Henry Ford workers test positive for COVID-19; Beaumont has 1,500 ill employees https://amp.detroitnews.com/amp/2955929001
 * 04-01: We’re Betraying Our Doctors and Nurses https://nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/coronavirus-doctors-protective-equipment.html
 * 04-01: ‘I Do Fear for My Staff,’ a Doctor Said. He Lost His Job. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/coronavirus-doctors-protective-equipment.html
 * 03-29: The Psychological Trauma That Awaits Our Doctors and Nurses https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/opinion/coronavirus-ventilators-rationing-triage.html
 * 04-04: ‘Code Blue’: A Brooklyn I.C.U. Fights for Each Life in a Coronavirus Surge https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/nyregion/coronavirus-hospital-brooklyn.html
 * 04-04: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/opinion/coronavirus-doctors-lawsuits-prosecution.html
 * 04-05: « Tout le monde est au charbon » : au cœur d’une équipe de réanimation contre le Covid-19 https://www.lemonde.fr/sante/video/2020/04/05/tout-le-monde-est-au-charbon-au-c-ur-d-une-equipe-de-reanimation-contre-le-covid-19_6035632_1651302.html
 * 03-30: Nurses Die, Doctors Fall Sick and Panic Rises on Virus Front Lines https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/nyregion/ny-coronavirus-doctors-sick.html
 * 04-05: States lack key data on virus cases among medical workers https://apnews.com/2f5b20bf9da0c7dbefac8e91769cfe08
 * 04-07: Spain’s Coronavirus Crisis Accelerated as Warnings Went Unheeded https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/europe/spain-coronavirus.html
 * xx:xx: Sanitarios y sindicatos denuncian “el desastre” https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2020-03-30/sanitarios-y-sindicatos-denuncian-el-desastre-del-gran-hospital-de-campana-de-ifema.html
 * 04-08: As an ICU doctor, I see the crisis unfold one person at a time. Here's what it looks like https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/08/icu-doctor-covid-crisis-hospital
 * 04-08: https://nytimes.com/2020/04/08/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-mta-subway.html
 * 04-08: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/world/europe/coronavirus-doctors-immigrants.html
 * 04-09: Pakistan doctors beaten by police as they despair of 'untreatable' pandemic https://theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/pakistan-doctors-beaten-police-despair-untreatable-pandemic
 * 04-18: How Millions of Women Became the Most Essential Workers in America https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/coronavirus-women-essential-workers.html
 * 04-1?: Twitter thread with a hand of relevant sources to extract. https://mobile.twitter.com/colleenmfarrell/status/1252241169758773250
 * 05-04: 3 Hospital Workers Gave Out Masks. Weeks Later, They All Were Dead. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/nyregion/coronavirus-ny-hospital-workers.html
 * https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/harrowing-daunting-overwhelming-mental-toll-of-coronavirus-crushing-medical-workers
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/opinion/coronavirus-doctors-nurses-hospitals.html
 * 05-10: Paramedics, Strained in the Hot Zone, Pull Back From CPRhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/nyregion/paramedics-cpr-coronavirus.html
 * 05-16: ‘I Can’t Turn My Brain Off’: PTSD and Burnout Threaten Medical Workers https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/health/coronavirus-ptsd-medical-workers.html

Parmaceutical
  After 65+ days sprint, i am going into wikibreak. Yug (talk)  13:00, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 04-02: Essential Drug Supplies for Virus Patients Are Running Low https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/health/coronavirus-drug-shortages.html
 * shortages in Europe https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/coronavirus-l-ombre-d-une-penurie-de-medicaments-plane-sur-l-europe-1891594.html

Groceries

 * 03-06: Is COVID-19 Coronavirus Leading To Toilet Paper Shortages? Here Is The Situation https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/03/06/how-covid-19-coronavirus-is-leading-to-toilet-paper-shortages/#68e5b25e7a8d
 * 03-14: Grocery Stores Start To Cut Hours As Coronavirus Prompts Surge In Panic-Buying: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/14/815911461/grocery-stores-start-to-cut-hours-as-coronavirus-prompts-surge-in-panic-buying
 * 03-27: There are articles that talk about potential, though unlikely, shortages of some food items: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2020/04/04/coronavirus-tests-americas-food-supply-agriculture/5096382002/
 * 03-20: The effect of panic buying are discussed in https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/03/20/heres-why-the-toilet-paper-shortage-is-only-temporary/#3a2a7e3d2672
 * 04-03: The effect of misplaced demand and strain on supply chains https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/4/3/21206942/toilet-paper-coronavirus-shortage-supply-chain which discusses
 * 04-04: Condom shortages due to factory shutdowns are discussed here: https://www.businessinsider.com/worldwide-condom-shortage-inevitable-production-hubs-shut-down-2020-3 - this was previously in the article but it was deleted at some point.
 * 03-27: Global condom shortage looms as coronavirus shuts down production: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/global-condom-shortage-coronavirus-shuts-down-production
 * https://www.boursedirect.fr/fr/actualites/categorie/economie/une-penurie-desastreuse-de-preservatifs-menace-a-cause-du-virus-afp-e11086607778656143a2e7bf67c8594bf186df2c
 * 04-10: Global Trade Sputters, Leaving Too Much Here, Too Little There https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/business/economy/global-trade-shortages-coronavirus.html

Wisdom
 
 * 03-27: 'I shook hands with everybody,' says Boris Johnson weeks before coronavirus diagnosis – video https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/mar/27/i-shook-hands-with-everybody-says-boris-johnson-weeks-before-coronavirus-diagnosis-video
 * 04-05: Boris Johnson moved to intensive care https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/boris-johnson-moved-to-intensive-care-after-his-condition-worsens
 * 04-05: French writers' coronavirus getaways prompt backlash https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/06/french-writers-corona-getaways-prompt-backlash-leila-slimani-marie-darrieussecq
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus-response-delays.html
 * https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/08/the-coronavirus-will-destroy-turkeys-economy/
 * 04-09: Coronavirus is the greatest global science policy failure in a generation https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/09/deadly-virus-britain-failed-prepare-mers-sars-ebola-coronavirus
 * 04-11: How prepping for pandemics can lead to big economic returns https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/11/opinions/prevent-pandemic-economically-opinion-ruger/index.html

Others

 * 03-31: Makers : https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2020/03/31/respirateurs-protections-pour-les-soignants-l-impression-3d-mobilisee-contre-le-coronavirus_6035086_3244.html
 * http://emag.medicalexpo.com/covid-19-development-of-high-tech-protective-masks/
 * Gears (just for us): CN1, CN2, UK, IT.
 * https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ5Vtf69cAA
 * Facing Covid-19 in Italy — Ethics, Logistics, and Therapeutics on the Epidemic’s Front Line | NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2005492
 * Powered air-purifying respirator
 * Visor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyU7tVosrh0
 * 04-07: The US doesn’t just need to flatten the curve. It needs to “raise the line.” https://www.vox.com/2020/4/7/21201260/coronavirus-usa-chart-mask-shortage-ventilators-flatten-the-curve
 * 05-01: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/us/politics/trump-health-department-watchdog.html
 * 06-30: Covid-19 intensifies elder abuse globally as hospitals prioritise young https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/30/covid-19-intensifies-elder-abuse-globally-as-hospitals-prioritise-young

Mask diplomacy
Not exactly a shortage, but involves the use of a scarce resource for political ends --  Ohc  ¡digame! 09:06, 14 April 2020 (UTC) --Ohconfucius (on the move) (talk) 07:07, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Channel News Asia: mask-diplomacy-china-tries-rewrite-coronavirus-narrative
 * China Pursues 'Mask Diplomacy' With Asian Neighbors during
 * EU split over China's 'face mask' diplomacy - Asia Times
 * China's Mask Diplomacy - The Diplomat
 * 'Mask Diplomacy' a Boost for Taiwan - Foreign Policy
 * Confiscated face masks imported by an influential Chinese representative in Czechia -Aktuálně.cz (other sources refer to him as "a fraudster" •  • )
 * Rep. Mark Green: China Trying To Force France Onto Huawei 5G in Exchange for Masks -Daily Wire
 * Huawei donates 800,000 masks to the Netherlands -Gizmo China
 * Huawei donates shipment of medical masks to B.C. -vancouversun.com
 * Huawei's Canada Mask Donations Cause Bipartisan Concern in Washington -Newsweek
 * Canada and France say donations of coronavirus masks won’t influence decisions on Huawei and 5G -CNBC
 * Huawei to ‘scale down’ supply of COVID-19 masks, after Borrell comments -Euractiv
 * Taiwan to donate 1.3 million additional surgical masks to Europe

Praise for China
Fishing for praise from Germany --Ohconfucius (on the move) (talk) 20:01, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

The Big Fix
I think it would be better to turn this into a List of 2019-20 coronavirus-related shortages. DustyGoliath 15:39, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 * it got renamed 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic related shortages. Seems good to me. Yug (talk)  21:36, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Rename ?

 * Request for comment to past editors.

Hello all, this article take a turn toward shortage and (alternative) solutions or shortage and responses, pandemic induced shortage ? I think it could be beneficial to have a name change in this direction, so it gives a strong hint that well documented solutions to the COVID19 shortages are welcome here. What do you think ? Any title idea in mind ? Yug (talk)  14:56, 26 March 2020 (UTC)


 * The title is dumb a little. How about "insufficient supplies", "supply insufficiency" or "supply shortage" ? (correct it cool.) Also, is this included in "Impacts" of COVID main template?--Kyuri1449 (talk) 06:58, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * It was in Impact but have been moved into "Issues". Shortages is a word commonly used in the sources (with "ran out of ..."). We also report on workforce shortages. So adding in "supply" seems tricky. Yug (talk)  08:54, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Shortage of bathroom tissue
I have tried to add that there is a shortage of bathroom tissue in the United States, but it keeps getting reverted. --Jax 0677 (talk) 22:42, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * , you need a reference that actually says that there is such a shortage. Which you won't find, because there is no such shortage. – bradv  🍁  22:45, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * , please add your sources here so we may check them up. Yug (talk)  00:49, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Also, folks, If you can help process the incoming it would help to keep up with the flow of news. Yug  (talk)  01:17, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Shortage of groceries/consumer goods in general
I noticed that the groceries section is relatively empty, and I saw this discussion here. I wanted to point out there are some news articles that do talk about the issue with toilet paper: <4 items now moved to > The point is I think there are definitely WP:RS that discuss shortages of not only bathroom tissue but other grocery items as well. However, I wanted to get consensus first about what should be included in this article, as it looks like there already have been some edits and reverts related to this topic. ECTran71 (talk) 06:52, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello ECTran71, thanks for the sources. I restructured them above and will later add them to the section above. I'am overloaded by news sources these days (35+ backlog in #Sources) so I won't be able to integrate these Groceries related ones. If you want to focus on and adopt this section, it could help. Yug  (talk)  14:44, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Yug, I can certainly try to help. Is the idea to add content to the article using the sources in the section above, and then remove the sources from the  section once they're in the article? ECTran71 (talk) 22:06, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
 * yes, exactly. You can strike them when reviewed it's better, for motivation and for tracking our progresses. (Strike like this ) Yug  (talk)  22:21, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Breathtaking video
This video is breath taking, hearth breaking and infuriating. Please help to integrate it better into the article ! (I started in the intro) Yug (talk)  00:54, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ‘Health Care Kamikazes’: How Spain’s Workers Are Battling Coronavirus, Unprotected https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000007051789/coronavirus-ppe-shortage-health-care-workers.html

Indian spelling what ????
I'am the main writer of this article I did not used Indian spelling I'am pure French why does every one say I write with Indian English Yug  (talk)  08:51, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Because you say 100 millions instead of 100 million perhaps! An Indian more likely say "10 crore".  All the best: Rich Farmbrough  (the apparently calm and reasonable) 15:13, 2 April 2020 (UTC).


 * Aha! That could explain. I got a good laugh about it anyway. Yug (talk)  22:51, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Someone which pick this article is written in Indian English does not understand that it use international numbering system. For example, this article use like 100,000 rather than 1 crore, which only used in Indian English, and 100 million is used rather to 1 lakh in order to understand to international readers, because it will not understand if this article use lakh or crore when this event is outside India. See Numbering system in Indian English.

Tests
This is perhaps the biggest shortage (if one doesn't count vaccine!). There is plenty of sourcing available, including Congressional committees. All the best: Rich Farmbrough  (the apparently calm and reasonable) 15:17, 2 April 2020 (UTC).


 * True ! I've just been unable to dig on this issue. I'am scanning the news and add what comes up so far. Yug (talk)  22:41, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
 * My next priority is the HCW tho. (Also have to process ). Yug (talk)  22:45, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
 * To be honest, my main center of interest so far was DIY. So I likely missed some Testing citations ! Yug (talk)  23:06, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
 * More sources now in . Need to be read and integrated. Yug (talk)  14:07, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

More interlink !
I used the report above to add into the most visited articles some wikilinks back to here. Will get a visibility bump hopefully ! (too bad the recent rename reset the count) Yug (talk)  22:41, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

First Edit conflict, let's celebrate ! ^0^y
Hi Ohconfucius, I saw your edits since I was editing at the same time. We went into an edit conflict. I couldn't solve it simply, so I tried to solve it by hand. Saw the additions, removals, and moves you did, thanks you. Naturally I'am skeptical on some aspects, but that's why I'am here, to inform you and get your feedback so to understand those better. Yug (talk)  12:56, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok ! I think I got it all, I merged all our changes.
 * Big thanks to you.
 * I would argue that this removal is not necessary.
 * These informations would gain to be in both articles (Covid shortages, covid USA). Yug (talk)  12:56, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated! Your changes, especially the proper background section, are good. Keep up the good work! --  Ohc  ¡digame! 14:49, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I cannot keep up. I reviewed about 2~300 news articles this past 10 days, integrated ~100 (~10/day), still have 50+ waiting and growing at +7/day. Yug (talk)  19:15, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm looking principally at articles from French and Chinese perspectives. What about you? --  Ohc  ¡digame! 20:21, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * All the rest.
 * I systematically scan 100% of the NYTimes coverage on Covid, then I dispatch all contents related to shortages here. I also scan twitter, South China Morning Post, the Guardian. When they cite researches, I follow down. When I feel there is a key issue but not enough material, I google it. French sources, also, when relevant to shortages. I'am French yes. But after 65 days on COVID wikisprints I'am wiki-exhausted. Yug (talk)  21:31, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I think thefts are an angle that can be covered - toilet paper, masks etc. There have been a few of them, including a nurse who stole respirators for eventual sale. Any other ideas? --  Ohc  ¡digame! 22:41, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * One. Huge shortage. Yug (talk)  22:50, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * LOL.
 * New news items ones coming in about equipment from China not meeting spec. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 12:07, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Groceries and PPE supply chaos sections updates
Hello all, i noticed a major push on the groceries and Supply competition these past days. Awesome! Thank you, it s awesome to see the sources being integrated. I also noticed came with lot of other sources on the matter of Supply competition. Great. Thank you both. Yug (talk)  07:07, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I kind of have a blind spot because 80% of the sources i gather are New York Times (~60%), The Guardian (15%) or South China Morning Post (5% and could be exploited much more). So my sources lacks diversity. I wonder if we could have more expert resources, such as medical or business/management/supply chain journals or academic papers. Academic "look back, analysis, explanations" may come later this year or from 2021 onward. So thanks you both for bringging in fresh air ;) Yug (talk)  07:13, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * ECTran, I encourage you to duplicate your references for each sentence. It s visually unelegant, but because Wikipedia is open to everyone's edits, it will come a day when your section will be edited, splitted, reorganized. So it becomes safer to keep references at the end of nearly each sentences. Yug (talk)  07:26, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem, happy to help. Good point on the references - I increased the citation frequency for the sections I added as you suggested. ECTran71 (talk) 10:51, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

What next
As for anticipating unexpressed needs to come: Yug (talk)  07:20, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Need for a "political impact" section is arising.
 * The virus is also now moving into poorer territories. I dont know how to cover these territories where shortage are systemic, due to basic lack of initial health infrastructures.
 * The current patchwork of sources with picked up statements is not proper to serious writing. Ideally, existing sources should be curate to keep only the more serious ones.

meat

 * U.S. nearing brink of virus-linked meat shortage, major producer says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-smithfield-foods-sioux-falls-south-dakota-kenneth-sullivan-us-nearing-brink-meat-shortage/ Victor Grigas (talk) 16:44, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

labor?
Hello, thanks for your sources scooting :). We have a section above where we store sources by groups. We have a  and a  section where your sources can go. If you can, read your source, get the core statements out of it, and add them in the article under the relevant section. You can then strike like this that source in the list of sources. Feel free to ping us for help if necessary. Yug  (talk)  18:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Are particular types of labor considered shortages? This one is childcare: https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/04/13/nintendo-working-to-fix-nintendo-switch-supply-sho.aspx Victor Grigas (talk) 16:49, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Tiny ping: your 2nd source is about Switch shortage not about childcare. Yug (talk)  18:19, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Section i started got deleted, so here it is in case anyone decides to add it back

 * ✅ Yug (talk)  07:35, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Here:
 * Freezers, $100 bills (on one bank in New York City) Puzzles , Kettlebells , Blood , baking yeast , dogs and cats (in New York City) , Playstation 4 , Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite , laptop and tablet computers , small gold bars and gold coins are in shortage.

Victor Grigas (talk) 23:56, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, i think your content is valid and could be included. Please let me handle that in order to avoid you an edit war. Yug (talk)  09:50, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * sure, go for it!Victor Grigas (talk) 16:39, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. With some delay due to semi-wikibreak. Yug (talk)  07:35, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Misleading photo
The top photo is from 2011, long before COVID-19 (it's easily identifiable as such since the doctors aren't wearing masks). It's misleading and should be replaced with a photo related to current shortages. Someone should also probably check the other images in this article for similar issues. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 23:57, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

U.S. circulating coins
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/21/880958665/the-latest-pandemic-shortage-coins-are-the-new-toilet-paper May not be worth putting in since the shortage might work itself out in short order, as suggested by the article. Mapsax (talk) 23:18, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Renaming : "Early shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic "
Hi there. I made a sustained sprint in March April on this article and wrote most of it back then, when the shortage were quite critical and shocking. This article barely involved since (see #Month counts), while the pandemic continue. The occasional shortages we see now are marginal and almost business as usual which includes rare occasional shortages. I would be a good idea to "bundle" this article and rename it according to its true content. Therefor, a renaming as "Early shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic " seems to me the right direction to take. Yug (talk)  15:24, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

See also long term ripple disruptions https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/business/supply-chain-shortages.html Yug (talk)  🐲 10:11, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Two more which may or may not be notable
Grape Nuts cereal, computer chips Mapsax (talk) 23:34, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

June 2021 report
This states that while the initial shortages may have been resolved that there is still a ripple effect going on. I'm not sure whether this is now outside the scope of the article. Mapsax (talk) 23:47, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Ripple effect continues: "‘People Are Hoarding’: Food Shortages Are The Next Supply-Chain Crunch" (Bloomberg 2021-10-19) Mapsax (talk) 00:58, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Global Food crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have created a situation where more energy is being used than can be produced by coal/timber/gas being supplied to power plants. - https://fortune.com/2021/11/04/energy-crisis-food-shortage-security-fertilizer-prices-yara-ceo-madagascar-cop26/


 * 1) India, China, and other countries are facing a severe coal shortage. - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/12/coal-shortage-india-could-soon-be-on-the-brink-of-a-power-crisis.html
 * 2) USA & Europe's Biomass power-plants are facing a severe timber shortage - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57920510
 * 3) Natural gas power-plants are facing a severe Natural gas shortage - https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/nitrogen-fertilizer-shortage-threatens-cut-global-crop-yields-cf-industries-2021-11-04/
 * 4) Coal, timber, & Natural gas prices are going up.
 * 5) prices of anything that requires coal for production are going up: electricity, steel, etc.
 * 6) prices of anything that requires timber for production are going up: electricity, housing/buildings, etc.
 * 7) prices of anything that requires lots of energy/electricity for production are going up: Fertilizer, Aluminum, etc.
 * 8) prices of food grown with fertilizer are going up
 * 9) prices of flesh of animals fed on food grown with fertilizer are going up

Some Governments seem to be in panic mode, asking their citizens to store food for emergencies.

More info:
 * https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/brief/food-security-and-covid-19
 * https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-report-food-crises-joint-analysis-better-decisions-september-2021-update
 * https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-2021

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