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Trump will order U.S. meat processing plants to stay open amid coronavirus fears
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| APRIL 28, 2020
| Jeff Mason
Posted on 04/28/2020 11:46:00 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
President Donald Trump plans to order U.S. meat processing plants facing concerns about coronavirus outbreaks to stay open to protect the countrys food supply, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
Trump is likely to sign an executive order later in the day using the Defense Production Act to mandate that the plants continue to function, the official said.
The order is designed to give companies such as Tyson Foods Inc and others more liability protection in case employees catch the virus as a result of having to go to work.
The order will also include guidance to minimize risk to workers who are especially vulnerable to the virus, the official said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foodsupply; meatplants; meatshortage; oodaloop; shtf; trumpfoodsupply; virus
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To: livius
Of course there will be special protections, etc,.. Or not. There are recommended guidelines but nothing required.
...and people dont have to work there if they dont want to.
No they don't. No work, no pay though.
To: Buckeye McFrog
Black Angus heifer loses.
To: Bommer
Starvation? Not as long as there is a profit motive for the food industry.
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:26:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Robert DeLong
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:27:16 PM PDT
by
Unassuaged
(I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
To: 9YearLurker
Karens. ;-)
I knew a Karen once. Went to the Catholic girls high-school where I grew up. She was.....ummm
.wild! Thanks for the memory break!
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:30:04 PM PDT
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Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: Cboldt
I wonder if Tyson's actually wants the DPRA designation for its operations ... to provide protection against lawsuits by workers for keeping its operations open.
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:31:46 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("And somewhere in the darkness ... the gambler, he broke even.")
To: Cboldt
Why is it a political mistake to prevent food supply disruption?
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:35:10 PM PDT
by
nwrep
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:35:34 PM PDT
by
nwrep
To: Robert DeLong
“DPA” Defense Production Act. Liability protection better be total, not just “more”...the ambulance chasing lawyers will be all over Tyson when someone gets sick/dies while working.
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:36:44 PM PDT
by
Drago
To: Buckeye McFrog
"It's to neutralize the Tyson bloke who tried to kneecap him with a paid ad.Same guy (Tyson) also has direct ties to the Arkansas crime family.
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:38:25 PM PDT
by
Pajamajan
( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
To: cnsmom
"Calling all Hunters."My back yard is occasional host to deer and wild turkey.
I'm thinking of thinning the flock of turkeys but I'll take beef over venison for as long as possible.
To: BenLurkin
So we should just create a food shortage on top of everything else? That’s just outrageous.
To: Buckeye McFrog
Karens in school girl uniforms.
Was she a redhead too?
To: Robert DeLong
Food shortage?
Not as long as there is a profit motive in the food industry.
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:47:45 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: RomanSoldier19
Note to POTUS: The problem is more likely the crowded living conditions of some/most of the employees, and any mass transportation the company leases/runs.
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04/28/2020 12:50:39 PM PDT
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mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: BenLurkin
To: Buckeye McFrog
Of course he has the power to do this.
And I cannot understand the Karens that want food production shut down. Do they literally have a death wish or something? I bet they have never been truly hungry in their whole life. Shut down half the food plants in the US, and some of them will find out.
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:52:48 PM PDT
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backwoods-engineer
(Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
To: mewzilla
The problem is more likely the crowded living conditions of some/most of the employees, and any mass transportation the company leases/runs. How do you tell if it's a case of catching it at home and taking it to work or catching it at work and taking it home?
To: Robert DeLong
They can figure out a way to.make money if they want to.
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posted on
04/28/2020 12:56:01 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
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04/28/2020 12:56:19 PM PDT
by
backwoods-engineer
(Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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