"South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home/// Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots/// Smithfield shutters South Dakota pork processing plant...Per wapo.st/3em4Ra7 By Griff Witte via Reuters///... (1/9)
"... ‘indefinitely’ The world's biggest pork processor/// Smithfield Foods/// will shut a South Dakota plant indefinitely after employees tested positive for the coronavirus/// Per wapo.st/3em4Ra7 By Griff Witte via Reuters///... (2/9)
"... As governors across the country fell intoline in recent weeks/// South Dakota’s top elected leader... Per wapo.st/3em4Ra7 By Griff Witte via Reuters///... (3/9)
"...stood firm: There would be no statewide order to stay home///Such edicts to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus/// Gov/// Kristi L/// Noem said disparagingly/// reflected a “herd mentality///” Per wapo.st/3em4Ra7 By Griff Witte via Reuters... (4/9)
"... ///It was upto individuals — not government — to decide whether “to exercise their right to work/// to worship and to play/// Or to even stay at home///”And besides/// Per wapo.st/3em4Ra7 By Griff Witte via Reuters (5/9)
"...///the first-term Republican told reportersat a briefing this month/// “South Dakota is not New YorkPer wapo.st/3em4Ra7 By Griff Witte via Reuters///... (6/9)
".../// the first-term Republican told reporters at a briefing this month/// “South Dakota is not New YorkCityPer wapo.st/3em4Ra7 By Griff Witte via Reuters... (7/9)
"...///”But now South Dakota is home to one of the largest single coronavirusclusters anywhere in the United States/// with more than 300 workers at a giant pork-processing plant falling ill/// Per wapo.st/3em4Ra7 By Griff Witte via Reuters///... (8/9)
"...With the case numberscontinuing to spike/// the company was forced to announce the indefinite closure of the facility Sunday/// threatening the U.S. foodsupply Per wapo.st/3em4Ra7 By Griff Witte via Reuters. (9/9)
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