I have a whole bunch of posts that I’m not sure which thread to put them on. Since this one was hijacked multiple times, I’ll put them here.
See the last teshuva in the Rama that Chodosh is a chumrah and most people aren’t careful about it.
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=19551&st=&pgnum=136
It also seems like lack of food wasn’t the issue.