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The cold, damp conditions and crowded workstations in meatpacking plants make infectious diseases particularly hard to control. But not impossible.
肉類加工廠寒冷、潮濕的環(huán)境和擁擠的工作場所，使傳染病特別難以控制。
In Europe, where labor protections are stronger and most plants are smaller and more automated than in the U.S.,
但并非不可能進(jìn)行控制。在歐洲，與美國相比，歐洲的勞動保護(hù)更為嚴(yán)格，大多數(shù)工廠規(guī)模更小，自動化程度也更高，
the industry has avoided disabling outbreaks.
這些使得該行業(yè)避免了出現(xiàn)疫情爆發(fā)。
Danish Crown A/S, a huge pork producer, has had employees contract Covid-19 but has prevented plantwide spikes by employing strict hygiene practices,
丹麥皇冠公司是一家大型豬肉生產(chǎn)商，該公司的員工患上了新冠肺炎，但通過采取嚴(yán)格的衛(wèi)生措施，防止了在全廠范圍內(nèi)的爆發(fā)。
a spokesman says. Goikoa, of Spain, the nation with the most coronavirus cases after the U.S., says its plants have operated at full capacity throughout the pandemic.
西班牙是繼美國之后新冠病毒病例最多的國家，西班牙人戈伊克說，國內(nèi)的工廠在疾病大流行期間已滿負(fù)荷運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。
Britain, with the world's fourth-most infections and second-most deaths, has minimized plant shutdowns through rigid social distancing,
英國肉類加工者協(xié)會首席執(zhí)行官尼克·艾倫表示，英國是世界上感染人數(shù)排名第四、死亡人數(shù)排列第二的國家，
says Nick Allen, CEO of the British Meat Processors Association.
通過采用嚴(yán)格的社交距離將工廠停產(chǎn)降低到最低水平。
Police showed up outside plants to lecture workers on keeping their distance, he says.
他說，警察出現(xiàn)在工廠外，向工人們講述要保持距離。
There are exceptions in the U.S., too. Sanderson Farms Inc., America's third-largest poultry producer,
美國也存在例外，美國第三大家禽生產(chǎn)商桑德森農(nóng)場公司，
has had about 100 workers test positive for Covid-19 out of 17,000 employees in its 13 plants across the South.
在其南部13家工廠的1.7萬名員工中，約有100名員工檢測出新冠病毒呈陽性。
In late March, Sanderson became aware of a coronavirus outbreak in Dougherty County, Ga.,
3月下旬，桑德森得知佐治亞州多爾蒂縣爆發(fā)新冠疫情，
near its 1,400-worker plant in the city of Moultrie.
離其位于莫爾特里市的1400名工人的工廠很近。
It sent more than 400 workers home, with pay, to quarantine for two weeks whether or not they were showing symptoms.
工廠讓400多名工人帶薪回家隔離兩周，不管他們是否出現(xiàn)癥狀。
The plant had to slow its line speed by 15%, but it averted a spike in infection, a closure, and possibly worse.
該廠不得不將其生產(chǎn)線的速度減緩15%，但這樣做避免了感染的激增、工廠關(guān)閉，甚至可能出現(xiàn)的更糟糕的情況。
None of the Dougherty County workers tested positive, and there have been no reports of deaths among Sanderson workers.
多爾蒂縣的工人都未檢測出病毒呈陽性，而且桑德森的工人也未報告有人死亡。
Mike Cockrell, the company's chief financial officer, says Sanderson expects its chicken production will be 4% less this fiscal year than it estimated before the pandemic.
該公司首席財務(wù)官邁克·艾科克雷爾表示，桑德森公司預(yù)計，該公司本財年的雞肉產(chǎn)量將比疫情爆發(fā)前估計的人數(shù)減少4%。
But "no one even asks how much it costs to protect workers," he says. "We'll add it up when this is all over."
但“沒人問及保護(hù)工人要花費(fèi)多少錢款，”他說，“一切都結(jié)束后，我們再加總。”
