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Meat inspectors are terrified their job is a coronavirus ‘death sentence’ and they don’t even have face masks

Across the country, federal meat inspectors are terrified about the pandemic and fear that the agency is failing to take even basic steps to protect them.

Kulule Amosa steps out of the apartment she shares with her husband who works at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. He tested positive for the coronavirus after an outbreak at the plant.
Kulule Amosa steps out of the apartment she shares with her husband who works at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. He tested positive for the coronavirus after an outbreak at the plant.Read moreStephen Groves / AP
    by Bob Fernandez
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