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Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgical masks at warehouses

(www.reuters.com)
265 points ajaviaad | 2 comments | 02 Apr 20 14:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.439s | source
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rnernento ◴[02 Apr 20 15:30 UTC] No.22760086[source]▶
How are they so late on this? I thought Bezos was going to be all over figuring out how to keep people working safely, that's going to be a huge factor in the success or failure of businesses going forward.
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1. Eridrus ◴[02 Apr 20 15:37 UTC] No.22760173[source]▶
The temperature checks and reviewing video are new, but they've been saying they will provide masks for a while but have been running into shortages actually procuring them.

If we assume most transmission is asymptomatic, this is largely a PR move that buys Amazon some time, but doesn't change much, except maybe the price they're willing to pay for masks.

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2. catach ◴[02 Apr 20 17:15 UTC] No.22761241[source]▶
Even if we assume most transmission is asymptomatic there's still a ton of value in cutting down symptomatic transmission.