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Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgical masks at warehouses

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265 points ajaviaad | 1 comments | 02 Apr 20 14:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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envy2 ◴[02 Apr 20 15:41 UTC] No.22760209[source]▶
How is this just starting? Here in Singapore, employers have been required to do twice-daily temperature checks for months.

This is the lowest of low-hanging fruit.

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1. pjc50 ◴[02 Apr 20 15:56 UTC] No.22760380[source]▶
The US in general is very conservative about allowing people sick leave, and Amazon in particular is notorious for making people work while sick. They were already running their operation right on the edge of the health of their employees, e.g. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/11/18260472/amazon-ware...

The hard part isn't testing the workers. It's giving them sick pay for not coming in to work while sick.