Analysis: Prisons and meat processors are hotbeds of coronavirus. One can’t close. The other won’t be allowed to.
When we consider the areas of the country hardest-hit by the emergence of the novelover the past two months, we immediately think of New York City, where more than 17,000 people have died and where more than 160,000 cases have been confirmed. But New York is also the largest city in the country. As a function of population, the spread of the virus in New York doesn’t place it among the top 15 most-affected places in the country.
Why? Because it’s home to Cummins Prison, where there’s been an outbreak of the virus. Four of the five counties with the highest per capita confirmed spread of the virus are home to correctional facilities. The other three are Bledsoe County Correctional Complex in Bledsoe County, Tenn., Marion Correctional Institution in Marion County, Ohio, and Pickaway Correctional Institution in Pickaway County, Ohio. For weeks, activists have been pointing out the risk posed by correctional facilities.
Dakota County, Neb. is also home to a Tyson plant. Its infection rate is 226 cases per 10,000. Cass County, Ind. has the sixth-highest per capita infection rate at 269 cases per 10,000 residents. It’s home to a Tyson Fresh Meats plant.
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