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21. "this is going to cause an amount of damage to the economy"

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 07:51 PM

Jun 11

It will impact the entire food supply chain - notably the harvesting of produce that is not only used for fresh eating but also for processed foods. And it will impact the meat and fish industry - both of which also prepare those products for consumers and for other food processors to use in their food manufacturing.

We saw a hint at what could happen when many of those same workers that are being rounded up, were getting sick with COVID due to the lack of PPE, social distancing, etc., in their workplaces and that meant shortages.

I remember when I could not find a bag of chicken wings for almost a year.

Nearly 90% of big US meat plants had COVID-19 cases in pandemic’s first year - data

By Leah Douglas
January 14, 2022 1:50 PM EST Updated 3 years ago

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Data from meatpackers Tyson Foods (TSN.N), JBS, Cargill, Smithfield Foods and National Beef made public in October showed 59,000 cases of COVID-19 and 269 deaths among their workers between March 2020 and Feb. 1 2021. Both figures were around three times higher than previous estimates.

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This was the disruption with sickened workers and those who died. Many of them are immigrants on work permits and others without paperwork, who were supplied by some shady "3rd party" labor companies. And in some facilities, they had their children working in those plants "under the table" as it were.

Now remove them all and the supply chain is severed.

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I think breaking the law is too far wolfie001 Jun 11 #1

Donny stop picking your nose BOSSHOG Jun 11 #2

Fucking idiots! littlemissmartypants Jun 11 #3

If they have a spine, they can pass a discharge position to do something... SSJVegeta Jun 11 #4

Is Susan "windsock" Collins concerned yet? Ray Bruns Jun 11 #5

Uh-huh... WinstonSmith4740 Jun 11 #6

Blah, blah, blah, bullshit. twodogsbarking Jun 11 #7

Wow! that's some very bold finger shaking for those republicans! mpcamb Jun 11 #8

Baby steps... thought crime Jun 12 #29

And I think they are fork tongued assholes who are desperately trying to not have the voters vote them out of office. cstanleytech Jun 11 #9

We think alike orangecrush Jun 11 #18

Exactly. But does Mike Allen ["Mr Axios"] allow reporting that left-ish angle?? Dock_Yard Jun 11 #22

Translation: Aristus Jun 11 #10

Farmers Rebl2 Jun 11 #12

That's the crux of it... EarthFirst Jun 11 #14

Well those Rebl2 Jun 11 #11

They're either hand-wringing for their constituents, or just too dumb Torchlight Jun 11 #13

Gee, that's kinda "woke" to the idea that we need workers. ananda Jun 11 #15

Like Trump gives a shit what they think 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 11 #16

Faces are yummy! orangecrush Jun 11 #17

Contemporary Hydra elliesmandt Jun 11 #19

This is like DOGE Picaro Jun 11 #20

"this is going to cause an amount of damage to the economy" BumRushDaShow Jun 11 #21

Bingo Picaro Jun 11 #23

"worried" "urging" "I think" "I think" hatrack Jun 11 #24

Blah blah blah róisín_dubh Jun 12 #25

If only there was a group of people that could rein in this wannabe dictator............ tulipsandroses Jun 12 #26

Think of the cheap labor JBTaurus83 Jun 12 #27

And what exactly will they do kacekwl Jun 12 #28