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The push to vaccinate meat-packing plants workers

Clip: 4/9/2021 | 5m 56sVideo has Closed Captions

Meat-packing plants were the earliest COVID hotspots, but vaccinating workers isn't easy

Workers in meatpacking factories and livestock farms that supply them are among the hardest hit by COVID-19. Nationwide, at least 50,000 meatpackers have been infected and some 250 lost their lives. But things may finally be looking better for them. Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports on efforts to get them vaccinated for his series, Agents for Change.

04/09/2021

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