Iowa

47of74

(18,470 posts) Wed Jul 22, 2020, 01:41 PM Jul 2020

And the Iowa Department of Public Health way underreported the Tyson Foods outbreak

Jesus Christ this state can't do anything right anymore.

The department announced at a May 5 news conference that 221 employees at the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Columbus Junction had tested positive for COVID-19.

But records show that days earlier, Tyson officials told workplace safety regulators that 522 plant employees had tested positive to their knowledge.

We need to clean house in the Iowa government. Even if I'm not around anymore because I've had enough of #BubonicKimmy and moved to another state.

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And the Iowa Department of Public Health way underreported the Tyson Foods outbreak (Original Post) 47of74 Jul 2020 OP

And I hope that the states surrounding Iowa chastise the state for grossly under-reporting the... SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #1

Yes Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota probably will 47of74 Jul 2020 #4

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds took a pro-industry approach to managing those outbreaks in Iowa suegeo Jul 2020 #2

Glad to see that you already posted this article. TexasTowelie Jul 2020 #3

SWBTATTReg

(22,112 posts)

1. And I hope that the states surrounding Iowa chastise the state for grossly under-reporting the...

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 02:21 PM

Jul 2020

number of CV cases being that they are bordering Iowa. I'm in MO, and we have a flood of CV cases from a Tyson plant in Arkansas, and now we got this Tyson plant in Iowa too! Good god, isn't Tyson doing anything? Obviously not since the case load is so large...didn't the plant owners see what's going on in their own plant? Blind to all but profits obviously.

47of74

(18,470 posts)

4. Yes Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota probably will

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 23, 2020, 12:21 PM

Jul 2020

Missouri, South Dakota, and Nebraska have Branch Trumpvidian governments so you won't hear much out of them no matter how much disease we export to them.

suegeo

(2,573 posts)

2. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds took a pro-industry approach to managing those outbreaks in Iowa

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Wed Jul 22, 2020, 05:42 PM

Jul 2020

Republicans suck real bad

[link:https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2020/07/22/coronavirus-outbreak-columbus-junction-iowa-pork-plant-larger-than-state-reported/5486961002/|]

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds took a pro-industry approach to managing those outbreaks in Iowa, the top pork-producing state. She worked with executives to continue production even as thousands of workers became infected and some died, and she applauded President Donald Trump's order to keep such plants open throughout the country.

even as thousands of workers became infected and some died

JFC

TexasTowelie

(112,132 posts)

3. Glad to see that you already posted this article.

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2020, 12:38 AM

Jul 2020

It's sad that your governor didn't attempt to get better control over the situation.

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