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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Iowa Sends National Guard Troops to Defend Meat Plants From Virus |
| 2020-04-21 |
| [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 |
| #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 |
| #5 ...Not Bee ?!? Dang, I have been had by reality. |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-04-21 12:29 |
| #4 Quarrelling, Troublesome lot those downstairs Irish, but the do work cheaply. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-21 10:29 |
| #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 |
| #2 Check citizenship status too? Heaven forbid! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-04-21 08:34 |
| #1 The Smithfield effect. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-21 07:20 |