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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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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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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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tathougies ◴[02 Apr 20 18:45 UTC] No.22762205{3}[source]▶
I mean, sure, but most Asians in the US are citizens.
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umanwizard ◴[02 Apr 20 18:56 UTC] No.22762306{4}[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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1. cameldrv ◴[02 Apr 20 20:40 UTC] No.22763503{5}[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.