The Coronavirus and the Meat Industry

A massive outbreak in an industrial slaughterhouse in Germany

Yesterday, the news of a massive coronavirus outbreak in an industrial slaughterhouse in Germany broke. Just in this one factory, over 1000 new cases have already been confirmed. The factory has been closed and all employees and their family members have been quarantined. In the region, all lockdown procedures have been reinstated and the restrictions will likely expand to the neighboring counties as well. During the first wave, these slaughterhouses have been a…