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The Seattle Times <[email protected]> Unsubscribe Apr 24, 2020, 4:18 PM (18 hours ago) to me A weekday roundup of your need-to-know news. Visit here to view in browser <http://view.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=98868d7cd756c4e4aa00ca3befa292cad1aaef9587555d58a48e0d62da9d3ecfa96276dd4a8abab8b6b1a7dc146a0181bbec25790f59fd1278587660e4205a080937f23c654a1dde1058c9a2292c7091> .. [image: The Seattle Times] <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685ba9c6a02ff773e9bef15350aec65886f40c661f85b2df2564e8fddc0ec582366422e1047feb1c2d040612baabd3e0545c> ------------------------------ *MORNING BRIEF* FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2020 [image: Cows at Tyson Fresh Meats plant near Pasco] <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685b4287c0cc67b0780a7b87b019d8ddc429eaf9d69493220c98df29c1eafc5b81520337ff517b84231ca73d6a5d7fa4859d> *Severe coronavirus outbreaks stagger some meat-packing plants in Washington* The Tyson Fresh Meats plant near Pasco has come to a temporary halt amid an outbreak that's spread to some 100 workers and family members. Workers there weren't required to wear masks until this month. An avalanche of outbreaks has hit U.S. beef, pork and poultry plants, prompting an urgent push to protect workers and keep products flowing into grocery stores. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685b1a74eb84d3c53b4a714c6d89f763d1d7c702b271c766c7513939c12e3a60b4c41a262e7fae943662138e1eeafb2ec308> (Photo: Greg Lehman / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) *NEED TO KNOW: CORONAVIRUS* - *Find today's* live updates here. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685bce78683df7630705222500072e9c733e721872aa68d3f37d5f72f2ef593de92e381f6dd622b5293b409ea0ab62c7c6d8> - *Nearly a million Washingtonians could be on unemployment* by next week, rivaling any modern recession here. But many frustrated workers are still hitting trouble <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685b0d34ccb18e65534049defc1b1a629360d4f4450070db523437e16a99bdcd79ef98b2f5f35b97223dfa50e2e41ea6a3b9> trying to get benefits through the state's website. Here's where to find emergency aid <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685bdff9a6a89ed709190cf8f967a48f7f099ee0eeea92ac70fbc81152e9e5f472bd14791244a9aeaf1ac7c27be3895220e8> with food, rent and more. - *The Seattle that existed until March is gone forever.* What comes next is up to us, columnist Jon Talton writes as he explores the great unknowns on the road to economic recovery. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685bf171bb83249de28d1f0eb17b7b8f4856685aacdd975e45aebe454edb9bbc6dd3abaf23ff0bed2240198195b5199d94dc> - *Don't inject disinfectants, Lysol is warning* after President Donald Trump wondered about that idea during a White House briefing. Doctors' response: "People will die." <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685b9d2c48c6a44859f193e2d975ff68a7bf73119b2ef4e2d2f11eb41dab19a75ada420343f6195fcd0dbf0f9e07acce7bbb> - *A congressional panel will investigate the ouster *of U.S. coronavirus vaccine chief Rick Bright, <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685b708a785c6bcba2f260471591e42d58b5fbe560cc098585b8c51ddb426c52d8b547a6f5bde0ccfb94feb475658575601c> who spoke out against widespread use of a drug that Trump has touted. Veterans Affairs head Robert Wilkie, too, has plugged the drug. Here's a fact check on Wilkie's remarks <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685bdc12e31ed827c3501d3f19b2a07e78970726ee615a916b8b372cd5bd8e5a22d46669a30b85ae57a957bc16f3f7a76bdb> and a look at what the research says about hydroxychloroquine. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685bf81756cb1a1862c09b50e237f13ff62fe4be5120b095702dbdd39888ff8dbd0f071420fd3dc7fc0298e1154df74b52e2> - *One of Boeing's biggest challenges is tamping down workers' fear* as the company tallies more than 200 COVID-19 cases at its locations. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685bd7753841981a5823565303c6f87469ae3f7503bb35c84a633a65cec13984030ae8f390768ff6702770a83edeb058d9f2> This week, on the same day thousands of workers returned to the Everett factory, two who fell ill before the shutdown were confirmed as positive cases. - *Stimulus checks will help homeless Seattleites* who can work out the logistics of getting them. But the money won't get most people into housing, <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685bae189035bb173268e86c73da1a0972d24372434714bbffdba249885bdb040dcb99e6546d4b89e961e11ce9fa77129c2e> experts say. - *Gov. Jay Inslee won't be forced to free thousands more prisoners* to protect them from potential exposure to the virus. The ruling came after the state Supreme Court had its first-ever Zoom hearing to consider oral arguments. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685ba039fcb4276f6029b3f6f7fa7d4250cbbc2c4df078d80925f258508bb617fe0e927a59b2df4237f82a65735b5b9687b0> - *Salons and gyms are reopening* in Georgia today amid warnings and anxiety as deaths continue rising. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685bdde98a7b1548875bf0c50fac651df4778cf095095475d1cc0c93db42a67c3c0718754c9a591c8a27cd6037abf8cf5544> - *It was the longest shift of their lives.* For 28 days, dozens of workers lived in a Pennsylvania factory, making millions of pounds of materials for face masks and surgical gowns. No one told them they had to do it. Watch as they finally get to go home. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685bf6751ab65081522be8cd338b9fa8bc51a365e5f7761c7d7683c6b494f05f25e2660444a1ce6cf29ce63c2892120fdd3b> *HERE'S HELP* *Need a COVID-19 test?* Our updated list shows where they're available and who qualifies. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685b34e0a6dff3a625fe3c5841e649145208f65b7eb4229a62b4060d94a0f900e9da78c0f1bbc4f985da43c126ed7fe9042e> *There’s so much coronavirus information — and misinformation — out there.* Media literacy experts recommend steps to make sense of it and share information thoughtfully. <http://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=1ee9e4a8aaa6685b5c282f33bb451e11b7de72bdc1f7c7f0d2330531bdf9382d8d5a5091a9a81548578946454ae63192772ef2f6d8ed93c7>
