Baby Formula Shortage Hits Record 74% As Biden Admits Being AWOL Until April Baby Formula Shortage Hits Record 74% As Biden Admits Being AWOL Until April Despite all the bluster from The White House on its actions to relieve the crisis, the baby formula shortage continued to worsen last week. Earlier this week, President Biden crowed on Twitter at the actions he has taken to ''fix'' the problem: Second, I launched Operation Fly Formula. A major effort to air-lift infant formula that meets American health and safety standards. Today, I’m proud to say that because of these flights, high-quality formula is already on its way to American shelves. — President Biden (@POTUS) June 1, 2022 But, as Bloomberg reports, out-of-stock rates climbed to 74% nationally for the week ending May 28 , according to data on 130,000 stores followed by Datasembly . The increase comes after rates spiked to 70% for the week ending May 21 from 45% the week prior . Even more stunningly, ten states now have shortage rates at 90% or greater, with Georgia hardest hit at 94%. So since the president was made aware of shortages, the crisis has only worsened, but then again, haven''t we seen the same thing again and again (Afghanistan, gas prices…) As Philip Wegmann detailed earlier via RealClear Politics , the Biden presidency was born from crisis.