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by jankydoodle 2249 days ago
Lol. Grow up. If enough food production facilities shut down, the federal government will begin conscripting people to work in them. There's a 0% chance that the federal government will go for civil unrest for an issue which has an obvious solution.
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Perhaps there's some middle ground between constantly making people sick and closing the plants forever. One obvious one: operating the plants in a safe manner where workers are provided with sufficient space and protective equipment, as well as better virus testing than an infrared thermometer.
The USDA's Food Pyramid is the governments plan to cheaply feed a starving nation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_pyramid_(nutrition)#/medi...

tldr: hope you like corn and wheat!