You are an environmental health/occupational health nurse employed at a meat processing plant in the rural Midwest. The facility has recently shut down its daily operations due to an increasing number of its workers having been diagnosed with COVID-19.

You are an environmental health/occupational health nurse employed at a meat processing plant in the rural Midwest. The facility has recently shut down its daily operations due to an increasing number of its workers having been diagnosed with COVID-19. Two employees have died as a result of the infection. The employees at the plant are largely immigrants and refugees with more than 3,800 employees speaking more than 80 different languages. The company is planning to reopen the plant in the coming days despite continued concern for COVID-19. The state is considering a policy that would extend the shutdown of businesses, including the meat processing plant, indefinitely.
Write a letter to your state representative expressing your support of the policy.

The formal letter should be no longer than one page in length. Please refer to Tips for Writing a Legislator and the provided letter template in this module content when completing this assignment.