Consumers Deal With A Disrupted Supply Chain By Hank Silverberg #190 Here we are 21 months into the pandemic with no end in sight. Much has been written about the shortage of workers in many industries, from box stores to nursing homes. But most people have ignored that, trying to live their lives as normally as possible. (A scarce commodity?) Then they get to the supermarket looking for toilet paper, or try to buy a new car or fill the gas tank, and reality sets in. There were some spot shortages when the pandemic began, people panicked and began hoarding. Then for a while when we all stayed home, things bounced back. The paper towels were on the shelves again, no one was driving, so there was plenty of gasoline and so many people were out of work, no one was buying a new car. But now that much of the American and European population is vaccinated, masked up and out and about again , the shortages are getting worse. Labor shortages have disrupted the supply chain on e