It's Wednesday, April 29th. I'm Achila Hughes.

And I'm Gideon Resneck and this is what the day reminding Vice President Mike Pence

that wearing a face mask doesn't make you a beatnik.

Yeah, you'd actually just be following the rules, which is the coolest thing you can do if you're Mike Pence.

Join the movement, Mr. Pence. Rules have. Rise up.

On today's show, an interview with Ed Young of The Atlantic about what to predict from an

unpredictable pandemic, then some headlines. But first, the latest.

The US now has more than one million confirmed cases of coronavirus,

according to Data Compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Some researchers estimate that the true number could be about 10 times that.

And while some heart-hit cities have managed to get a hold on infections,

other places like in and around the country's meat plants are seeing cases grow.

Yesterday, President Trump said he was planning to address the country's meat production.

So Gideon, what's he doing now?

Yeah, so Trump signed this executive order, essentially using the Defense Production Act to try to keep

meat processing plants open by designated them as so-called critical infrastructure. This is the

production act that would have been used for protective personal equipment.

These plants have been hotbeds for the virus. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union says

that 20 plant workers have died and at least 5,000 have been infected.

And the communities that are surrounding some meat-packing plants have been impacted as well.

And have some of the highest daily growth rates in cases in the country.

So clearly still an issue. In some instances where there have been clusters of identified cases,

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