Dr David Nabarro, a special envoy from the World Health Organisation, has suggested that the British obsession with cheap food may be partially responsible for some of the local outbreaks of Covid-19 in the country (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/21/uk-cheap-food-could-fuel-covid-19-spread-says-who-envoy). Workers in the factories that produce cheap food often have to operate under the same roof as many other people. Many of these workers also live in crowded (and necessarily cheap) accommodation and travel together to work. All these characteristics will facilitate transmission of the virus (even when attempts are made to socially distance). Rather similar pictures have been found in other countries (notably Germany and the USA). Even a Marks and Spencer sandwich making site Northampton has had an outbreak of positive tests involving almost 300 staff (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/13/nearly-300-workers-test-positive-at-ms-sandwich-factory-in-northampton). Just to clarify the image, sausage rolls are not reared outdoors (the meat in them might be)!
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