Were the largest occupational group to die in a pandemic, Anthony Bourdain

News Claim: A news viral on social media with a claim that “cooks were the largest occupational group to die in a pandemic and restaurant owners are pouting that nobody wants to work in restaurants anymore”.
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I wish Anthony Bourdain were alive today to articulate the insanity of living in a country where cooks were the largest occupational group to die in a pandemic and restaurant owners are pouting that nobody wants to work in restaurants anymore

I wish Anthony Bourdain were alive today to articulate the insanity of living in a country where cooks were the largest occupational group to die in a pandemic and restaurant owners are pouting that nobody wants to work in restaurants anymore

— 13 going on 40 (@GothestSloth) July 1, 2021

Ronald McDonald wants YOU to die for the bottom line

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As per a new UCSF study, food and agricultural workers are at the highest risk of death from COVID-19 among working-age Californians. 

As  per Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Scientist-Physician-Teacher | Professor & Chair

@UCSF_EpiBiostat  | Vice Dean Population Health & Health Equity, “Jobs associated w greatest risk of death during the pandemic in CA? Cooks Packaging machine operators Agricultural workers Bakers Construction workers Production workers Sewing machine operators Shipping clerks”

Jobs associated w greatest risk of death during pandemic in CA?

Cooks
Packaging machine operators
Agricultural workers
Bakers
Construction workers
Production workers
Sewing machine operators
Shipping clerks

Full list in new preprint @UCSF_Epibiostat https://t.co/FGtLWaHFHB pic.twitter.com/PSBwU99hxA

— Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo (@KBibbinsDomingo) January 22, 2021

So cooks have the highest risk ratio for mortality, with 828 deaths between In March and October of 2020, other food-related jobs were also found to be in the top riskiest channels of employment.

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