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Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgical masks at warehouses

(www.reuters.com)
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. throwawaysea ◴[02 Apr 20 16:42 UTC] No.22760863[source]▶
The article notes: "Employees will also be provided with surgical masks starting next week, the company says, once it receives shipments of orders of “millions” placed a few weeks ago."

Companies have been trying to do whatever they can. But there are limits to what they can do. A warehouse only has so much room to keep distance while still satisfying the needs of customers. And PPE is in short supply. It makes sense that it would take weeks to source equipment at this time.

Everyone is complaining and protesting but the reality is the companies have already been doing what they can, by and large.