One Meat Plant. One Thousand Infections.

One Meat Plant. One Thousand Infections.

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One of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the United States has been inside the Smithfield pork factory in Sioux Falls, S.D. Today, we speak with a worker at the plant, a refugee who survived civil war and malaria only to find her life and livelihood threatened anew. Guests: Caitlin Dickerson, who covers immigration for The New York Times, spoke with Achut Deng, a Sudanese refugee who worked at Smithfield. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. 

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