One Meat Plant. One Thousand Infections.

<p>One of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the United States has been inside the Smithfield pork factory in Sioux Falls, S.D. Today, we speak with a worker at the plant, a refugee who survived civil war and malaria only to find her life and livelihood threatened anew. Guests: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/caitlin-dickerson?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Caitlin Dickerson</a>, who covers immigration for The New York Times, spoke with Achut Deng, a Sudanese refugee who works at Smithfield. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Refugees from around the world worked at the Smithfield pork factory.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/us/coronavirus-south-dakota-meat-plant-refugees.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> Now they face mounting illness</a> and the sudden loss of their jobs.</li></ul>