Its true. It depends on the store. Some stores keep stocked. Its probably corp level colluding to make it worse. Walmarts and certain grocery stores. Others are seemingly unaffected. Political?
The Annapurna Remains are the remains of Olivia Kirschner discovered in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas in the mid-1980s. The body is said to be the origin of a plague that will wipe out most of humanity in 2017. It came into Markridge's possession before being destroyed by James Cole and Cassandra Railly in 2015.
https://12-monkeys.fandom.com/wiki/Annapurna_Remains