Meatpacking plants still present challenges in preventing transmission of coronavirus—and minority workers are at much higher risk of getting sick and dying, CDC warns.
Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Imagesacross the country this summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday meatpacking plants
Of the 14 states that reported the total number of workers in affected meat and poultry facilities, 9% of all workers were diagnosed with COVID-19. In specific facilities the positive rate ranged from 3.1% to 24.5% per facility. Experts in workplace safety like David Michaels, an epidemiologist at George Washington University and former head of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, say the federal government is missing opportunities to do more to help workers in these high-risk jobs byMichaels said that while new cases among young Americans returning to social activities or bars and restaurants are part of the problem right now, many Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans have also been exposed at work since...
"It's clear proof that recommendations suggestions aren't enough. We need a rule that says employers have to protect workers, they've got to get the right personal protective equipment," he told ABC News Live.
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