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On the topic of hiring 100k workers, how is amazon planning to safely manage such a large increase in a physically-present workforce when all the current sugges

On the topic of hiring 100k workers, how is amazon planning to safely manage such a large increase in a physically-present workforce when all the current suggestions are to prevent large gatherings and isolate?

paulmd 7y ago
Packaging doesn't strike me as a particularly person-to-person type of thing where you need to touch other people. I'd imagine gloves, masks, and safety glasses are probably fine.
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 7y ago
  Touching something someone else just touched after wiping their cough spray off their lips is definitely a risk booster.
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  - sitkack 7y ago
    24 hrs on cardboard, up to 72 hrs on plastic/stainless steel (smooth surfaces).
    - wool_gather 7y ago
      Caveat: that's our best understanding at this time; that study hasn't been reproduced as far as I've seen.
      - sitkack 7y ago
        I would take these as minimums, still wipe down outside material with bleach/windex/soap water.
        wool_gather 7y ago
        Exactly, yes. Although, does the amount of ammonia in window cleaner actually do anything useful?
        sitkack 7y ago
        It is the degreaser that makes the outside of the virus fall apart.
    - lorenzhs 7y ago
      in a lab setting. Being able to infect a cell line in a lab is rather different from being able to infect a person. German public broadcaster NDR has a good podcast with an actual virologist, the transcript (in German, deepl.com should do the trick) is at https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/14-Coronavirus-Update-Vorsicht-vor-Vereinfachungen,podcastcoronavirus132.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/14-Coronavirus-Update-Vo...
  - oiasdjfoiasd 7y ago
    gloves, mask, goggles. done.
zozbot234 7y ago
Who says that these need to be human workers? Robots can help fulfill Amazon orders, and they are not vulnerable to the same viruses as humans.
- ativzzz 7y ago
  The article states amazon is trying to hire 100k new employees right now for its warehouses.

paulmd 7y ago

Packaging doesn't strike me as a particularly person-to-person type of thing where you need to touch other people. I'd imagine gloves, masks, and safety glasses are probably fine.

9wzYQbTYsAIc 7y ago
Touching something someone else just touched after wiping their cough spray off their lips is definitely a risk booster.
- deleted 7y ago
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- sitkack 7y ago
  24 hrs on cardboard, up to 72 hrs on plastic/stainless steel (smooth surfaces).
  - wool_gather 7y ago
    Caveat: that's our best understanding at this time; that study hasn't been reproduced as far as I've seen.
    - sitkack 7y ago
      I would take these as minimums, still wipe down outside material with bleach/windex/soap water.
      - wool_gather 7y ago
        Exactly, yes. Although, does the amount of ammonia in window cleaner actually do anything useful?
        sitkack 7y ago
        It is the degreaser that makes the outside of the virus fall apart.
  - lorenzhs 7y ago
    in a lab setting. Being able to infect a cell line in a lab is rather different from being able to infect a person. German public broadcaster NDR has a good podcast with an actual virologist, the transcript (in German, deepl.com should do the trick) is at https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/14-Coronavirus-Update-Vorsicht-vor-Vereinfachungen,podcastcoronavirus132.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/14-Coronavirus-Update-Vo...
- oiasdjfoiasd 7y ago
  gloves, mask, goggles. done.

zozbot234 7y ago

Who says that these need to be human workers? Robots can help fulfill Amazon orders, and they are not vulnerable to the same viruses as humans.

ativzzz 7y ago
The article states amazon is trying to hire 100k new employees right now for its warehouses.