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Masks and physical distancing could reduce SARS-CoV-2 spread to 1% among essential food plant workers, says study – News-Medical.Net
The food supply is an essential service. Yet, workers in this industry are at high risk of acquiring infection with the novel coronavirus in their workplace unless…

The food supply is an essential service. Yet, workers in this industry are at high risk of acquiring infection with the novel coronavirus in their workplace unless proper mitigation measures are put in place. A new study, released as a preprint on the medRxiv* server, shows that the risk of infection may be reduced to less than 1% with proper precautions.
The study was spurred by mathematical models showing that workers in enclosed plants were more likely to be infected with the severe acute respiratory…
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