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Oh, it's no big deal; what you said is true in terms of eggs being used to make vaccines.
But avian flu outbreaks require them to cull (kill) large numbers of egg-producing chickens, so it's basically a supply-and-demand issue -- hence the price spikes.
I'm still sorry tho. Dang and heck.