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Amy-Strange

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Tue Jun 9, 2020, 06:28 PM Jun 2020

More Food Shortages Loom With Outbreaks at 60 U.S Plants

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More Food Shortages Loom With Outbreaks at 60 U.S Plants

(Bloomberg) -- A caravan of vehicles decorated with black ribbons and memorial pictures crawled through Yakima, Washington, last week to mark the death of David Cruz, a 60-year-old fruit warehouse employee who died after contracting coronavirus. The county, a hub of agricultural activity where workers jam into often crowded factories to package apples and other foods, has the highest per capita infection rate on the West Coast.

It’s a grim reality that’s playing out across the country as Covid-19 spreads beyond the meat plants that have captured the national spotlight. At least 60 food-processing facilities outside the meatpacking industry have seen outbreaks, with more than 1,000 workers diagnosed with the virus, according to a new study from Environmental Working Group.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-food-shortages-loom-with-outbreaks-at-60-us-plants/ar-BB15f8Zv?ocid=spartanntp
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More Food Shortages Loom With Outbreaks at 60 U.S Plants (Original Post) Amy-Strange Jun 2020 OP
Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 #1
More disasters from the Orange Buffoon yankee87 Jun 2020 #2

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