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Related: About this forumWhy, Exactly, Are Pork Chops So "Essential" That Workers Must Die To Keep Plants Open?
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And on Tuesday, Trump signed an order requiring meat plants to stay open during the pandemiceven though 20 meatpacking workers have died of the virus, and 6,500 meatpacking workers have already been diagnosed or placed into quarantine. The administrations order reportedly includes funding for additional protective gear for employees, as well as health guidance; but no enforceable safety standards for workers.
The meat must keep flowing, thoughbecause according to the Trump administration, meat is essential to the safety of this country. The order he signed on Tuesday invokes the Defense Production Act to classify meatpacking plants as essential and critical infrastructure. That means these facilities must remain open during the pandemic, and local health officials cant force closures where there are COVID-19 outbreaks.
The White House says this is necessary to making sure there arent food shortages in America. We see it as an urgent need, and there should not be a panic on food supply at a moment when our country is embarking on the path of recovery from the fallout of COVID, an administration official told Axios.
But there is no evidence that a panic on food supply is imminent due to coronaviruss impact on the meat industry. Yes, at least 20 meatpacking plants have closed in recent weeks because of outbreaks, the Washington Post reported, and about 25 percent of pork production is offline. But for now, that just means you might not be able to find certain cuts of pork or boneless chicken breasts at the grocery store. You know what else is hard to find at the grocery store right now? Toilet paper. But theres no national panic over our inability to wipe our own butts. We can use tissue paper. We can eat beans.
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Essential to his re-election.
captain queeg
(10,242 posts)Eko
(7,351 posts)And while you may not agree with it it still doesn't change the fact that its food. Will you be saying the same thing when its beans?
hunter
(38,326 posts)My wife is a vegetarian, I'm mostly a vegetarian.
I do buy eggs.
Old egg laying chickens end up in the kibble I feed my dogs.
As omnivores pigs and people eat pretty much the same thing. If the pork industry goes belly up that's more food for people.
I decided long ago to not have kids. That's me doing my part for the world. Don't be so egocentric that you have to impose your way on everyone else.
hunter
(38,326 posts)Fuck the factory farm pork industry.
Eko
(7,351 posts)Nowhere did I do that but as always you have to argue with strawman.
randr
(12,414 posts)From seed growers to groceries.
Pull out one factor and the whole chain collapses.
The answer is a reassessment of our food supply. Localize! More small businesses working directly with consumers. Less corporate control of processing that injects chemicals from the feed seed to the final product. Diversity of food supply guarantees more nutritious and not more marketable food stuffs.
Midnight Writer
(21,795 posts)butcher and small grocers seem to have plenty of meat,eggs and cheese.
randr
(12,414 posts)lark
(23,155 posts)I bet th Tangerine Terrorist is also getting paid by his meat packing buddies to make sure they can still produce at a very profitable level and that is his main concern. He doesn't care if all the workers die, that's a benefit to drumpf, easier to steal their social security funds if they aren't alive to complain. They can't vote against him if he's dead, another huge feature for him.
LuvLoogie
(7,027 posts)safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)But, that's just me.
global1
(25,270 posts)'White Meat'.