Trump plans to let more poultry plants speed up processing lines, despite evidence that has helped spread coronavirus - Entrepreneur Generations

"The Trump administration allowed 15 poultry plants to increase slaughter line speeds during the pandemic, an action that boosts production and makes it more difficult for workers to maintain space between one another. It also appears to have hastened the spread of the coronavirus," The Washington Post reports. "Now the outgoing administration is rushing to finalize a rule that would make the faster line speeds permanent and expand them to dozens of other poultry plants."

The 15 plants are "10 times as likely to have coronavirus cases than poultry plants without the line-speed waivers, according a Washington Post analysis of data collected by the nonprofit Food and Environment Reporting Network," Kimberly Kindy, Ted Mellnik and Arelis R. Hernández report. "The Post analysis mirrors academic research that shows more coronavirus cases in counties with plants that have waivers to raise line speeds." President-elect Joe Biden has opposed the waivers.

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