MONMOUTH, Illinois – Meatpacking plants are starting to reopen after President Trump signed an executive order intended to prevent shortages. Now, some county health officials are weighing in and say they are concerned plants in their areas did not close long enough. The Smithfield meatpacking plant in Monmouth, Illinois, for example, reported its first positive COVID-19 case in mid-April and shut down completely a couple of weeks later. The plant reopened after being closed for less than a week. “It would have been ideal to have 14 days from that last day to kind of see who may have been exposed and who might develop symptoms,” Jenna Link said. Link is an administrator for the Warren County Health Department. Warren County is where the Smithfield plant is based. Due to the president’s executive order, they were not given that option, Link said. Without the option, she said she is worried that reopening the plant could lead to even more infections, especially stemming from those…