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Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgical masks at warehouses

(www.reuters.com)
265 points ajaviaad | 4 comments | 02 Apr 20 14:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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oski ◴[02 Apr 20 16:42 UTC] No.22760865[source]▶
TL;DR: starting next week, Amazon will start:

1) taking temperatures of employees, fever >100.4°F to be sent home for min 3 days

2) giving surgical masks to employees once it receives shipments of orders of “millions”

3) using machine learning-powered video software to monitor social distancing

(Shameless plug for a little site I made to help spread the word that we need #masks4all: https://shouldiwearafacemask.com)

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1. exergy ◴[02 Apr 20 17:07 UTC] No.22761146[source]▶
Is there any reason you couldn't just write "Amazon"? I see people do this thing often on HN, for instance "At $DayJob, we do...". Is it like a sign of belonging to a tribe?
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2. oski ◴[02 Apr 20 17:12 UTC] No.22761205[source]▶
Edited. Thanks for the feedback. I used $AMZN to abbreviate it, but I can see how it is distracting.
3. artificial ◴[02 Apr 20 17:13 UTC] No.22761216[source]▶
Reminiscent of the Micro$oft days of yore at Slashdot.
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4. oski ◴[02 Apr 20 17:22 UTC] No.22761305[source]▶
Yes!!! :) I miss that Bill Gates borg image: https://lurkertech.com/bill-the-borg/