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On April 26, Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat processor, which has had its share of infections and deaths and closed at least six major plants,
4月26日，美國最大的肉類加工企業(yè)泰森食品公司，在全國性報紙上刊登廣告，
ran national newspaper ads that declared, "The food supply chain is breaking."
宣稱“食品供應(yīng)鏈正在斷裂”。
Two days later, Trump formally classified U.S. meat plants as critical infrastructure,
兩天后，特朗普正式將美國肉品廠列為關(guān)鍵性基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施，
preventing state and local health agencies from closing them down regardless of illness and death.
防止州和地方衛(wèi)生機構(gòu)將工廠關(guān)閉，而不管其是否有人患病、死亡。
The government pledged to provide additional protective gear for employees.
政府承諾，要為雇員提供額外的防護裝備。
The edict was followed by a statement from the U.S. Department of Labor that it would consider supporting employers sued by workers for coronavirus exposure,
該法令發(fā)布后，美國勞工部發(fā)表聲明稱，如果雇主遵守聯(lián)邦流行病標準，
if the companies abide by federal pandemic standards.
他們將考慮支持被工人起訴，去接觸新冠病毒的雇主。
Processors, through their trade association, the North American Meat Institute, thanked the president for intervening.
加工者通過其貿(mào)易協(xié)會——北美肉類協(xié)會，感謝總統(tǒng)所做的干預(yù)。
Labor advocates say the situation for meat workers could get worse under Trump's executive order.
勞工擁護者表示，在特朗普的行政命令下，加工肉類的工人的情況可能會變得更糟糕。
Now it's up to the meatpacking companies, with even less accountability than before,
現(xiàn)在輪到肉類包裝公司了，他們比以前更不負責(zé)任，
to adapt to the coronavirus while sustaining production and worker health.
在保持生產(chǎn)和工人健康的同時適應(yīng)新冠病毒。
"It remains to be seen how we're going to manage that dynamic between the health and emotional safety,
嘉吉董事長兼首席執(zhí)行官大衛(wèi)·麥克倫南，4月28日接受彭博電視臺采訪時表示，
and physical safety, of the workers in the plants and the executive order,"
“我們將如何處理好工廠工人的健康和情感安全、
David MacLennan, Cargill's chairman and chief executive officer, told Bloomberg TV on April 28.
人身安全與行政命令之間的動態(tài)關(guān)系，還有待觀察。”
Trust among meatpacking workers and their communities, never high, has been shattered.
肉類加工工人和他們所在社區(qū)之間的信任，從來就很低，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)徹底破裂。
"Until we got to the hospital, we had no idea how bad things were," says Benjamin's son, Larry, a soldier stationed at the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
本杰明的兒子拉里說：“在到達醫(yī)院之前，我們根本不知道事情有多糟糕。”拉里是佐治亞州戈登堡美軍卓越網(wǎng)絡(luò)中心的一名士兵，
"If we would have known, for $400 a week after taxes, I can assure you he would have never been there."
“如果我們知道的話，一周400美元的稅后收入，我可以向你保證，他永遠不會去那里。”
