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.”
Don’t forget that prior to Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rico produced 43% of the saline used in the US. Not sure whether they rebuilt that infrastructure there or if they shifted production to these places instead… Leaving it all in the path of the same hurricanes for whatever reason.