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Here's a good example of trying to get good accurate complete information. This primarily stems from two Tyson and Butterball processing plants in SW Missouri.
MSM version:
In the past week, the daily growth rate for the coronavirus in Joplin, Missouri, was 11.9%. Health officials say the southwest Missouri city was the nation’s top spot for COVID-19 growth over the past week. Joplin is in Jasper County, where Missouri health officials say cases have increased more than 89% over the past seven days.
Another southwest Missouri county has also seen a huge increase in cases.
McDonald County, a rural county in the southwestern corner of the state, saw cases more than quadruple over the past week and nearly double over the past weekend to 434 positive cases. The health department there is recommending people avoid all gatherings with anyone outside of their household and wear a mask in public.
Local news version:
New COVID-19 cases in several southwest Missouri counties have spiked after outbreaks at a Tyson Foods plant in McDonald County and a Butterball plant in Jasper County.
A lead investigator with the CDC arrived today in Joplin, according to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Dr. Randall Williams.
Williams said Missouri is “piggybacking on Arkansas,” which had a CDC team in northwest Arkansas recently to investigate a similar outbreak.
Tyson Foods has released the results of recent COVID testing at it’s Noel plant. According to the release, 1,142 team members were tested for COVID-19 between June 17th and June 19th. Of those, 291 tested positive, with 249 of those not showing any symptoms at all and without testing, would not have otherwise been identified.
On Friday, Tyson announced results of testing for COVID-19 at its locations throughout Benton and Washington counties in Northwest Arkansas.
Of the 3,748 team members who were tested onsite, the company said that 481, or 13%, tested positive, and of those, 455 or nearly 95%, were asymptomatic.
There are currently no plans for mass testing of Butterball employees at this time, in part because free testing is readily available and also covered under Butterball insurance.
MSM version:
In the past week, the daily growth rate for the coronavirus in Joplin, Missouri, was 11.9%. Health officials say the southwest Missouri city was the nation’s top spot for COVID-19 growth over the past week. Joplin is in Jasper County, where Missouri health officials say cases have increased more than 89% over the past seven days.
Another southwest Missouri county has also seen a huge increase in cases.
McDonald County, a rural county in the southwestern corner of the state, saw cases more than quadruple over the past week and nearly double over the past weekend to 434 positive cases. The health department there is recommending people avoid all gatherings with anyone outside of their household and wear a mask in public.
Local news version:
New COVID-19 cases in several southwest Missouri counties have spiked after outbreaks at a Tyson Foods plant in McDonald County and a Butterball plant in Jasper County.
A lead investigator with the CDC arrived today in Joplin, according to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Dr. Randall Williams.
Williams said Missouri is “piggybacking on Arkansas,” which had a CDC team in northwest Arkansas recently to investigate a similar outbreak.
Tyson Foods has released the results of recent COVID testing at it’s Noel plant. According to the release, 1,142 team members were tested for COVID-19 between June 17th and June 19th. Of those, 291 tested positive, with 249 of those not showing any symptoms at all and without testing, would not have otherwise been identified.
On Friday, Tyson announced results of testing for COVID-19 at its locations throughout Benton and Washington counties in Northwest Arkansas.
Of the 3,748 team members who were tested onsite, the company said that 481, or 13%, tested positive, and of those, 455 or nearly 95%, were asymptomatic.
There are currently no plans for mass testing of Butterball employees at this time, in part because free testing is readily available and also covered under Butterball insurance.
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