Meatpacking plants increased COVID-19 cases in US counties

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoc--mpi041521.php

 

News Release 15-Apr-2021
University of California - Davis

 

An estimated 334,000 COVID-19 cases are attributable to meatpacking plants, resulting in $11.2 billion in economic damage, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of California, Davis. The study was published in the journal Food Policy.

It found that beef- and pork-processing plants more than doubled per capita infection rates in counties that had them. Chicken-processing plants increased transmission rates by 20 percent. The study looked specifically at large meatpacking plants generating more than 10 million pounds per month.


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