It's Wednesday, June 24th. I'm Keela Hughes.

And I'm Gideon Ressneck and this is what the day where we are updating our whiteboard to say it's been zero day since we had a no drama primary.

Yeah, it's honestly just like the CW shows. Like primaries are just like Riverdale.

They are. I have no other references for that, but I'll just say it seems like Jughead.

On today's show, we hear from a meat plant worker in South Dakota about going back to work after a COVID-19 outbreak there.

Then some headlines.

But first the latest plan A don't go in a crowd plan B. If you do, make sure you wear a mask.

Dr. Fauci, remember our old friend, you know, the nation's top infectious disease expert. Right.

So yesterday he testified to Congress along with other top health officials. He said the US is experiencing a quote disturbing surge of infections after states reopen too quickly and without legit plans for testing and contact tracing.

And called the situation in the US a quote mixed bag with areas like New York doing well while infections spike in other states.

He also reiterated that the next two weeks are going to be critical in stopping the spread and places like Florida, Texas and Arizona where Trump had that rally yesterday.

And in Texas last night, Governor Abbott told people in his state that the safest place to be is at home that comes after another record setting day of new cases and hospitalizations there.

But he didn't impose any new lockdown or statewide mask mandates so murky stuff. Anything else from Fauci though.

Yeah, just two quick things. So he and other public health officials said that despite what the White House says, Trump has not told them to slow down testing and that they will not do so.

On vaccines, Fauci remained cautiously optimistic as he's been all along. He said it's a question of when not if thank goodness.

But for the time being, things are so bleak here that reporting suggests the EU might continue restricting travel from the US even as they open up their borders to travelers from other parts of the world in July.

So we're number one in contagious disease and mostly being unwanted.

Also, London with Brazil and Russia in these restrictions, potentially.

So good stuff. And a final decision from the EU on reopening borders is expected next week.

All right. So let's take a moment today to zero in on COVID-19 and meat packing plants.

We heard a lot about outbreaks of the virus at these facilities a couple months ago, but the story has since fallen out of the news cycle.

But Gideon, you've been looking into this. So where do things stand?

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