COVID & Meat Processing Plants

For this episode of Community Pulse, Dr. Elizabeth Allemann discusses the testing that’s been happening at meat processing plants in Missouri, as well as news of a positive coronavirus case in France in December, indicating that the virus had arrived there months earlier than previously thought.

Show Notes

Links to resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Press Release for Buchanan County food plant
• Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing (The Atlantic)
• Coronavirus: France's first known case 'was in December' (BBC)
• Dr. Amy Acton, Director of Ohio Department of Health

What is Community Pulse?

Community Pulse is a special report on the unfolding coronavirus situation in mid-Missouri featuring local family physician Elizabeth Allemann, M.D. and public health advocate Ginny Chadwick. Catch it live every Monday and Wednesday at 9am on KOPN 89.5 FM or streaming at kopn.org.