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Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

COVID-19 and Meatpacking

COVID-19 cases, deaths in meatpacking industry were much higher than previously known, congressional investigation shows

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest | October 28, 2021

A House of Representatives subcommittee reviewing the coronavirus pandemic found plants owned by five major meatpacking companies accounted for at least 59,000 COVID-19 cases and 269 deaths — much higher than any previous tally.