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269 meat packing workers would die of covid and nearly 60,000 would contract the virus. joining me now is congressman, member of the select committee that issued today's report. i'm glad you're here. i know there's a lot of focus on the committees involving january 6th. this is a big story. it's one you have to think about what was at take and the calculated risks taken on behalf of employees but could it really be that we were duped into thinking there were going to be shortages as a way to keep the plants open? >> it seems that way. basically what happened was the meat industry claimed there...

Meat packing workers. the report said infections and deaths were three times higher than estimated yet trump made a political decision to protect their workers. trump's chaos and lies have left an awful hand print on how the pandemic is experienced today. it's like how we live in two countries, one who cares about surviving covid and one that is simply over it. according to a poll 96% of democrats received the vaccine compared to 54% of republicans. 30% will never get vaccinated. even as omicron burns through america it's that old familiar sinking feeling, the surge like wildfire and average c...

Meatpacking plants have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, yet thousands of workers at southwestern Kansas meat plants are still waiting to hear when they’ll be vaccinated.

See an economic crisis. >> reporter: across the country, more than 6,500 meat packing workers infected with covid-19. the virus killing at least 20 of them, including at least six from this beef plant in colorado. at least 22 meat processing plants shut down nationwide just over the past two months. concerned the shutdowns would trigger food shortages in america, the trump administration on tuesday giving meat packing plants wide latitude to reopen, as long as they follow federal guidelines. >> i think we're having these plants prepare to open in days, not weeks. some maybe by the end of this ...

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