South Dakota Gov. Noem, who opposed stay-home order, now faces coronavirus hot spot.
Employees and family members protest outside a Smithfield Foods processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Thursday, April 9, 2020.The cluster is now the largest in the country, putting a bigger spotlight on Noem, who's advocated for residents to practice social distancing and avoid large gatherings butSioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken, a Republican, asked the governor to issue at least a countywide shelter-in-place order for the area in and around Sioux Falls, but Noem has refused.
"I don't believe it's appropriate considering the data, the facts and the science that we have," Noem said Tuesday.to require people to shelter in place within the city limits, which is a longer process. Noem said the public has been doing a good job of following the guidelines without a formal order — and an order wouldn't have affected Smithfield because it's an essential business.Noem said Wednesday that she's working with federal officials"on a plan to safely reopen the plant."
She also insisted that the state's voluntary mitigation efforts are working. While modeling initially showed that as many as 5,000 hospital beds would be needed in the state of about 900,000 residents, it now shows that about 2,500 beds will be needed.
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