'The safest place': how one isolated US town is keeping coronavirus at bay

By artappraiser on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 3:03am |

“Point Roberts is a geographical anomaly.” ‘The safest place': how one isolated US town is keeping coronavirus at bay | US news | The Guardian https://t.co/U2qK2DngDp
— Aaron Bishop (@ABishopLCMS) April 17, 2020

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/16/coronavirus-point-roberts-geography

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Keep in mind big a doh! takeaway: they have always been socially isolated! To shut their "border" when it's still pretty cold up there -- not a big loss.

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 3:08am

This is why OSHA is going to have to act like a regulatory agency for just a little bit. Smithfield's negligence is going to bring down the food supply chain. https://t.co/rspBRLttE5
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 16, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 3:43am

Beef too, another major co., Borman, has same problem:

Meat processing plants are closing due to covid-19 outbreaks. Beef shortfalls may follow. https://t.co/UeNvsDp3Of
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 17, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 3:55am

'The safest place': how one isolated US town is keeping coronavirus at bay

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