FTA:
“The Baxter plant in North Carolina, together with a B. Braun plant in Florida, produces about 85% of the nation’s IV fluid supply. The shortage caused by the Baxter plant’s temporary closure has forced hospitals to postpone surgeries as a desperate measure to ration supplies for patients in the most critical condition.”
I know, right? You’d think for something as CRITICALLY important as IV fluids, production and distribution would be regional.
New England
SouthEast
MidWest
Texas
NorthWest
SoCal
SE gets hit with a hurricane? Ship in from New England and Texas.
SoCal gets the big one? Ship in from NW and Texas.
As much of a pseudo nationalist as I am, itd be a safer bet to setup IV fluid production in Arizona instead. Somewhere like Havasu or one of the other Colorado towns.