'Is pork essential?' In a Smithfield town, a coronavirus-plagued meat factory comes back to life
Friday, May 29, 2020 - 05:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Smithfield, one of the nation's largest pork plants in Sioux Falls, S.D., shut down after nearly a quarter of its workers were infected with the coronavirus. As it reopens, refugees who work the factory floor and hog farmers wonder if the risks are worth it.