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Months after a coronavirus outbreak at Utah meatpacking plant, employees wonder why they didn’t get more help

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Josue Rivera Pabon, who says he is still suffering the consequences in the form of unpaid bills, lost wages and health problems after getting coronavirus twice this year from the JBS Beef Plant in Hyrum, poses on Sept. 25, 2020. Rivera resigned from the company in August. According to the Bear River Health Department, 385 JBS employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, which has also said no deaths have been linked to the outbreak.