Poultry Worker's Death Highlights Spread of Coronavirus in Meat Plants

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/coronavirus-chicken-meat-processing-plants-immigrants.html


Annie Grant, front row center, during a family reunion, in a photo provided by her family. Ms. Grant, a Tyson Foods worker, died on Thursday after spending more than a week on a ventilator.

Some employees are coming in sick, and one woman died after being ordered back to work. “Our work conditions are out of control,” a longtime Tyson employee said.

By Miriam Jordan and Caitlin Dickerson

April 9, 2020
Updated 5:29 p.m. ET

Annie Grant, 55, had been feverish for two nights. Worried about the coronavirus outbreak, her adult children had begged her to stay home rather than return to the frigid poultry plant in Georgia where she had been on the packing line for nearly 15 years.

But on the third day she was ill, they got a text from their mother. “They told me I had to come back to work,” it said.

Ms. Grant ended up returning home, and died in a hospital on Thursday morning after fighting for her life on a ventilator for more than a week. Two other workers at the Tyson Foods poultry plant where she worked in Camilla, Ga., have also died in recent days.

“My mom said the guy at the plant said they had to work to feed America. But my mom was sick,” said one of Ms. Grant’s sons, Willie Martin, 34, a teacher in South Carolina. He said he watched on his phone as his mother took her last breath.

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[DonaldsRump]

1. RIP, Ms. Grant

Deepest condolences to the family.

I hope that, when appropriate, they sue the hell out of Tyson and go VERY public as to why.

[tulipsandroses]

2. Another light snuffed out way too soon.

Along with underlying health conditions, it is situations like this that is driving the disparity in deaths for blacks.

[MFGsunny]

3. Tyson Foods :: Camilla, Georgia

We all know what to do next.

Maybe we don't like Tyson chicken so much.

https://www.cbs46.com/news/union-2-employees-of-tyson-foods-plant-in-south-georgia-die-from-coronavirus-many-sickened/article_cb6d6d92-7a56-11ea-aac1-e7628345ab3a.html

[Wellstone ruled]

4. There are more of these stories yet to be reported.

The Red State Governors are trying to keep these stories from the press. Watch for anything like this coming from South Dakota and Iowa and most likely Nebraska.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[Hekate]

6. Kick

[lostnfound]

7. How many workers did she infect that day? And is Tyson guilty of negligent homicide?

She might have survived if she hadn’t pushed herself so hard. The nerve of these assholes making a decision to disregard her life.

[NickB79]

8. My mom is 61, smokes, and works at a Jenni-O turkey processing factory

She's a Trump lover and doesn't think this pandemic is anything important.

This article is my nightmare.