I don't know anyone in their right mind that would have thought that a company like this would shut down one plant and send all the workers to another. I guess it could just be me, but Tyson and Smithfield handled this horribly.
These are essential jobs. The companies need to think of ways to mitigate the spread of the virus, yes. We have just finally been able to get our hands on enough masks for employees, but up until a couple days ago we were allowing people to bring their own masks whether cloth or otherwise, because we couldn't get any. Some employees can't be separated because of the layout of the equipment in the facility and slowing down won't help, we have put barriers between employees in these locations. We are going to start taking everyone's temperatures when coming into work within the next week (this is not an easy undertaking and things need shifted and trailers for outside staffed 24hr need to be put in place.
Frankly many companies are trying their best to continue to serve the consumers and trying to make it as safe as possible for their employees and yes Tyson and Smithfield screwed the pooch, but being able to predict that for weeks without knowledge of what is going on within the plants is ridiculous.