crisis. sandra: live in atlanta, home of the cdc headquarters. sandra and john, supply chain disruption having impact on medication in short supply because of covid-19 pandemic. the reasons are similar to other products. it is costly, the store inventory in warehouses, pharmaceutical companies have incentive to keep distribution chains as efficient as possible. they like a very fluid supply and demand, you need the drug, we make it and send it out to you. when a pandemic comes along or a serious demand issue comes along for a drug, we oftentimes don t have the supplies in our warehouses or whatever to meet that particular demand. emery university s john bancha says the u.s. is fortunate insofar hospitals here have not had to make wrenching