Sherman, Texas - Yet ANOTHER Tyson Foods - 270+ Employees Test Positive for Covid

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5/20/2020

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Around 270 Tyson Foods workers test positive for COVID-19, employees say

"Several Tyson Foods employees say there are around 270 confirmed COVID-19 cases at the Sherman plant.

Last week, the Texas Department of Emergency Management tested every worker, but employees say as results come in, the outbreak keeps growing.

One employee we spoke with wanted to remain anonymous for fear he could lose his job, so we disguised his voice.

"I mean today they were just coming basically as they were getting results in, they were coming and getting people and escorting them out of the building and telling them to go on a two-week quarantine," he said.

Employees tell us around 300 to 400 test results are still pending, and around 1,000 have come back negative.

They're checking temperatures before employees go inside.

"Which nobody had a temperature. Everybody was making it into the building and working," the employee said.

He says workers whose results are pending are still coming to work, and that as results come in, those who test positive are notified during their job.

"So basically all they're doing is walking up to you and saying hey I need you to come with me and they walk you to the door, almost like you're being fired, which to me would be like humiliation," he said. "