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Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgical masks at warehouses

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265 points ajaviaad | 7 comments | 02 Apr 20 14:47 UTC | HN request time: 1.083s | source | bottom
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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. tathougies ◴[02 Apr 20 17:26 UTC] No.22761351[source]▶
It's a cultural thing. In America, Asian Americans were wearing face masks starting around January (many wear them all year round). Non-asian Americans don't like to, for whatever reason.
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2. umanwizard ◴[02 Apr 20 18:35 UTC] No.22762112[source]▶
A lot of actual Asians in the US, not just "Asian-Americans", are wearing masks too.

Sorry, it is my pet peeve when people assume that everyone living in the US is "American".

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3. tathougies ◴[02 Apr 20 18:45 UTC] No.22762205[source]▶
I mean, sure, but most Asians in the US are citizens.
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4. umanwizard ◴[02 Apr 20 18:56 UTC] No.22762306{3}[source]▶
What papers someone has is an administrative matter that does not perfectly correlate with what nation they culturally identify with.

I think there are many people who, despite having US passports, identify more readily as "Chinese" than "Chinese-American".

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5. tathougies ◴[02 Apr 20 19:11 UTC] No.22762460{4}[source]▶
I doubt it. Most Chinese Americans hate the CCP and want nothing to do with China, since most are descended from the original chinese settlers of the west, not recent immigrants.

And plus, as an Asian american myself, I don't think that an American born person of Asian ethnicity is Asian, so please don't racesplain to me.

6. cameldrv ◴[02 Apr 20 20:40 UTC] No.22763503{4}[source]▶
If they weren't born here, and became Citizens, they took an oath to support the Constitution and renounce any fidelity to any other nation. Being a Citizen is more than just a piece of paper.
7. beamatronic ◴[03 Apr 20 05:45 UTC] No.22766591[source]▶
American cars didn’t use to have seat belts. The thinking was, if your car is equipped with seat belts, it’s clearly not safe.