Amazon Confirms First Coronavirus Case in US Warehouse and Customers Have Thoughts
Amazon confirmed that a worker at a shipping facility in Queens, New York, tested positive for the [...]
Some people wondered how many others would feel the ripple effect of the Amazon worker who tested positive for COVID-19, including not just customers, but also other shipping company or USPS workers.
Add US Postal Service, UPS, FedEx to that question. Also, many workers at USPS at least have no paid sick leave.
— Rich Stevens (@richsin603) March 19, 2020
prevnextLet’s not forget postal workers. Your mail is not magically appearing in your boxes.
— slvrnblkn8n (@MrMWMassey) March 19, 2020
Others worried if packages needed to be disinfected before being brought inside the home.
Which is why when I get packages from Amazon I leave them on my porch and disinfect the outside, open the box with gloves and wipe down the merchandise packaging inside the box. Someone called me paranoid for doing that. Nope. #disinfecting
— DebResists💙🌊💙🌊💙☮️💟 (@debgfreednurse2) March 19, 2020
Can they leave a trace of Corona on the packages? Seems like that could be an absolute disaster.
— Jim Delaney (@JimDelaneyMPLS) March 19, 2020
According to the National Institutes of Health, COVID-19 was detectable in the air for up to three hours, on copper for up to four hours, on cardboard for up to 24 hours and on plastic and stainless steel for up to two or three days.
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Some complained that Amazon wasn't offering substantial paid leave packages for those affected by the virus.
And is Bezos going to take care of his workers? Boycott Amazon if he doesn’t. Richest man in the world has no excuses not to.
— Lisa Murphy (@LiMurphy) March 19, 2020
On March 11, Amazon announced that all employees diagnosed with COVID-19 or placed in quarantine would receive two weeks of sick pay. In addition, Amazon gave hourly workers unlimited unpaid time off through the end of March.
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Others wondered if Amazon could implement a more widespread usage of drones as delivery tools.
Bring out the delivery robots. Let them take over the roads.
— Stay Home (@OldRussetPotato) March 19, 2020
prevnextI mean..drones, right? The answer is drones
— RC 3ternal (@RC3ard) March 19, 2020
Some worried that people would not want to apply for the 100,000 new jobs Amazon recently announced across the country.
So much for the 100,000 planned new hire amid virus outbreak 😷.
— Pandora (@eyeonthestreet) March 19, 2020
prevnextYikes! We can’t have Amazon closing down. We owe their employees a debt of gratitude too working mandatory OT with few days off same with our grocery clerks and those that stock shelves the truck drivers and of course our healthcare workers. They are all heroes 🙏🏻♥️🇺🇸
— Katie MacKenzie (@FakeNewsHuntres) March 19, 2020
Some completely swore off buying from Amazon amid the pandemic.
prevnextI am not buying from amazon anymore!
— Alfredo (@Alfredo01306090) March 19, 2020
Others called on Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, to "step up" and help with funding amid the crisis.
prevWe need the billionaires and the wealthy to step up and help US!
Our so called government is failing US miserably!!@JeffBezos @BillGates @MikeBloomberg @elonmusk @WarrenBuffett
— Trump & Bernie=Russian Assets (@JokerNov) March 19, 2020