The meat packing industry was already notorious for poor working conditions even before the coronavirus pandemic. Meat and poultry employees have among the highest illness rates of all manufacturing employees and are less likely to report injuries and illness than any other type of worker, federal watchdog reports have found.

There's nothing suspicious about this. These places are hellholes and a lot of the workers (including many illegals) also live in crowded, dirty housing, with lots of sketchy people coming and going all the time.