“If you’re working in the plants you’re supposed to be here legally. So to get the vaccination you gotta be working here legally to be a part of the food-processing program, so there’s not going to be a conflict here.” Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts made it clear that only documented workers will get the COVID vaccine inside these meatpacking plants. (Bad for the health of the community. Good for the virus. And light-shedding when it comes to lip service we pay to the idea of essential workers.)