The Daily: One Meat Plant. One Thousand Infections.
The New York Times 5/4/20 - Episode Page
One of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the United States has been inside the Smithfield pork factory in Sioux Falls, S.D. Today, we speak with a worker at the plant, a refugee who survived civil war and malaria only to find her life and livelihood threatened anew. Guests: Caitlin Dickerson, who covers immigration for The New York Times, spoke with Achut Deng, a Sudanese refugee who works at Smithfield. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.
Background reading:
Refugees from around the world worked at the Smithfield pork factory. Now they face mounting illness and the sudden loss of their jobs.