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2020-04-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Iowa Sends National Guard Troops to Defend Meat Plants From Virus

[Bloomberg] Hundreds of National Guard personnel are being activated in Iowa as coronavirus sweeps through meat-processing plants in a state that accounts for about a third of U.S. pork supply.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said 250 National Guard members have been moved to full-time federal duty status and could help with testing and contact tracing for workers at plants operated by Tyson Foods Inc. and National Beef Packing Co.

Related: Detroit News - States work to keep meat plants open despite virus outbreaks

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-21 02:25|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 The Smithfield effect.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-21 07:20|| 2020-04-21 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Check citizenship status too? Heaven forbid!

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-21 08:34|| 2020-04-21 08:34|| Front Page Top

#3 South Dakota pork plant with one of biggest COVID-19 clusters in US blames immigrant workers and 'living circumstances of certain cultures'

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-21 10:25|| 2020-04-21 10:25|| Front Page Top

Quarrelling, Troublesome lot those downstairs Irish, but the do work cheaply.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-21 10:29|| 2020-04-21 10:29|| Front Page Top

#5 ...Not Bee ?!? Dang, I have been had by reality.

Posted by magpie 2020-04-21 12:29|| 2020-04-21 12:29|| Front Page Top

#6 ...immigrant workers and certain cultures, but perhaps also the Chinese owner who provides only sanitation theater (although Amazon is also guilty of the same behaviour, so it is not necessarily a cultural trait). Hot Air links to a BBC article that provides some useful information between paragraphs weeping over the poor workers who dare not register for government aid left they lose all possibility of getting a visa.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-21 20:25|| 2020-04-21 20:25|| Front Page Top

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