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Trump's executive order may keep plants open, but it can't force sick and scared workers back to the line.
特朗普發布的行政命令可能會讓工廠繼續營業，但不能強迫生病和受驚的工人返回生產線。
The shortfall in output could continue to run as high as 15% even after plants reopen, Perdue, the agriculture secretary, said on April 30.
農業部長珀杜4月30日表示，即使工廠重新開放，產出缺口仍可能高達15%。
Slaughterhouses, after years of lobbying to run their lines faster
屠宰場多年來一直在游說加快生產線，
—resisted by labor advocates as too dangerous and by some food safety experts as likely to allow more unhealthy animals to be processed
但遭到抵制。勞工倡導者說這樣做過于危險，而一些食品安全專家認為，屠宰廠這樣做可能加工更多不健康的動物，
—may be forced to slow down for months and possibly years to adjust to fewer workers with more space between them.
這也許會迫使屠宰場減速數月甚至數年，以適應工人數量減少、工作空間更大的局面。
Livestock farmers may have to keep culling their herds, prolonging higher meat prices.
牲畜養殖戶可能不得不繼續宰殺牲畜，延長肉價上漲的時間。
For now, hewing to enhanced safety standards makes sense for meat companies to keep plants open.
目前，對肉品公司來說，遵守更高的安全標準是有道理的。
But if you're a worker, you have to wonder if the precautions will outlast the pandemic,
但是，如果你是一名工人，勢必想知道，當你的健康不再對更廣泛的社區構成威脅時，
when your health is no longer a threat to the broader community. Then what?
預防措施是否能持續到疫情大流行之后。情況會怎樣呢？
Maybe robots. Industry experts say meat companies are likely to emerge from this crisis determined to solve their labor problem once and for all with automation.
也許使用機器人。業內專家表示，肉品企業很可能從這場危機中脫穎而出，決心采用自動化徹底解決他們的勞動力問題。
"The old adage was that the machine doesn't take a coffee break," says economist Steve Meyer of Kerns & Associates in Ames, Iowa.
愛荷華州艾姆斯市咨詢公司Kerns & Associates的經濟學家史蒂夫·邁耶說：“有句老話說，機器不需要茶歇。
"I guess the new adage is that the machine doesn't get coronavirus."
我想新的格言會是，機器不會感染新冠病毒。”
