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One Meat Plant. One Thousand Infections.

One Meat Plant. One Thousand Infections.

FromThe Daily


One Meat Plant. One Thousand Infections.

FromThe Daily

ratings:
Length:
30 minutes
Released:
May 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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 worked 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.
Released:
May 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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