Posted on 10/28/2021 5:07:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin
At the height of the outbreaks in the spring of 2020, U.S. meatpacking production fell to about 60% of normal as several major plants were forced to temporarily close for deep cleaning and safety upgrades or operated at slower speeds because of worker shortages. The report said companies were slow to take protective steps such as distributing protective equipment and installing barriers between work stations.
The report is based on documents from JBS, Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, Cargill and National Beef. Together they control over 80% of the beef market and over 60% of the pork market nationwide.
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Less than 1/2 of a percent. Correct.
SO: 99.5% Survival. The horrors. Better lock down the world and destroy economies and lives!
“Meatpacker Per Capita Death Rate” of 0.0044 roughly double the COVID-19 national average of 0.00230:
Top USA Flu Pandemics:
1. 1918 USA Influenza Pandemic:
USA Population: 103,208,000
675,000 Spanish flu fatalities (est.) = 0.00654 fatalities per capita
2. 2020 USA COVID-19 Pandemic as of 10-28-2021:
USA Population: 332,770,000
763,784 COVID-19 fatalities = 0.00230 fatalities per capita
3. 1957-1958 USA Influenza Pandemic:
USA Population: 171,984,130
116,000 flu fatalities (est.) = 0.000675 fatalities per capita
4. 1968-1969 USA Influenza Pandemic:
USA Population: 200,706,052
100,000 flu fatalities (est.) = 0.000498 fatalities per capita
Sources:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/basics/past-pandemics.html
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
1918 flu pandemic 2.8 times worse than COVID-19, but COVID-19 3.4 times worse than any other USA flu outbreak.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4007790/posts?page=35#35
#35 posted on 10/28/2021, 7:03:47 PM by Drago
Anyone who died was a result of the democrats blocking the use of medicine that could have saved them.
HCQ hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin
The same medicines that hundreds of congressman took to save them.
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