Meat Shortages during Covid-19

 One of the many shortages America and the world experienced during the beginning months of Covid-19 was a meat shortage. I remember coming home one day to our kitchen and garage freezers stocked full of all sorts of meats because everyone was afraid we would run out of meat. My dad went out and bought hundreds of dollars of groceries, many of which included different meats, because he feared that he would not be able to feed me, my brother, and my mom. The fear of not having enough meat to get by caused enough people to go out to the stores and to wipe the shelves virtually clean. This instilled more fear and caused many people to drives hours just to be able to have enough food to feel comfortable. Although there was a shortage of meat, this shortage was short-lived and my family ended up having more than enough meat to keep us fed for weeks. Although the food never went to waste, this was a good lesson to learn that when we are in panic mode, all logical thinking goes out the window and people live off fear. In this case, my dad feared that he would not be able to feed his family, so he went above and beyond to make sure that there was no chance that would happen. I believe some of this was motivated by the idea of control. Much of covid has obviously been out of our control and the idea that my dad could control how much food we could or could not have caused him to go the extra mile. The photo attached was taken by me and it is a picture of our freezer during the meat shortage scare in the midst of Covid-19.