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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 27-Apr-2020 23:43:37 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/08/coronavirus-meat-plants-are-closing-as-workers-get-sick/ [www mercurynews com]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/worsening-outbreak-colorado-meat-plant-211026666.html [finance yahoo com]

https://nu.federati.net/url/268329 [www pennlive com]

Earlier this month, workers in meat packing plants started to get sick with #COVID-19. According to some reports I've seen, workers are shoulder-to-shoulder on the processing line, so safe separation distances are not possible.
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1. Coronavirus: Meat plants are closing as workers get sick
  
  By pcant@bayareanewsgroup.com from The Mercury News
  
  If workers sicken each other, plants could remain closed for longer or operate at reduced speeds. Already, fewer employees are working because they may have to stay home to care for children or sic…
2. Hundreds of U.S. Meat Workers Have Now Tested Positive for Virus
  
  (Bloomberg) -- There’s been a spike in coronavirus cases at meat plants in the U.S., with hundreds of reported infections in just the last week. That’s adding to questions over the fragility of the food-supply chain and raising concerns over worker safety.As many as 50 people at a JBS SA beef facility
3. With Pa. meat-packing workers getting COVID-19, is the food supply safe?
  
  from pennlive
  
  Pa. Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine attempted to calm fears over the state's food supply Saturday.
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 27-Apr-2020 23:55:19 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
  in reply to
  
  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nebraska-meat-plant-workers-are-afraid-go-work-can-t-n1181361 [www nbcnews com]
  
  Shoulder-to-shoulder could be from this report.
  In conversation Monday, 27-Apr-2020 23:55:19 UTC permalink
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  1. In Nebraska, meat plant workers are afraid to go to work — but can’t afford to stay home
    
    from NBC News
    
    "If it closed down, it would be devastating for families in town," said one JBS worker who chose to stay home from April 3 after he developed a cough. He tested positive Friday.

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