We're up to 491 cases in my county (not including the county across the river that has been growing even faster than us, even though they only have a population of 20,000 people) It's expected to just keep rising as they refuse to close down the packing plants here so they can try to keep the food chain moving. If you like meat, I'd suggest you buy it up - processing has slowed in the plants here and stopped in other parts of the state. There is no question that prices will rise. They are keeping plants open even though the disease is spreading like crazy because if there are no processors then the farmers raising the hogs will have to start euthanizing them. The plants process something like 40,000 head a day, so it's a problem. I guess the decision was made that the people working there don't matter as much as the food chain.
