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Considering that hospitals are barely able to get PPE, I think they should be given first priority over delivery people who don't necessarily have to interact w
by derision 7y ago
Considering that hospitals are barely able to get PPE, I think they should be given first priority over delivery people who don't necessarily have to interact with anyone on the receiving end
- elicash 7y agoInstacart could pay someone to make hand sanitizer if they wanted. They can purchase soap.
- gruez 7y agoSanitizers are made with alcohol, which are presumably in low supply. It doesn't take that much labor to actually make the sanitizer. All you need to to is mix two ingredients together and bottle it.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoMany places have facilities to make the alcohol, in UK at least the barrier seems to be legislative -- companies need licenses for stills to make the requisite alcohol (they're licensed for other alcohol production), and those licenses aren't available.
- omegaworks 7y ago> Sanitizers are made with alcohol, which are presumably in low supply. Amazon has the global logistical supply chain to make it happen. Bezos can send an email and have a grain-to-alcohol pipeline in the works by the end of the week.
- chrischen 7y agoYes and given they are doing “contactless delivery” now how much risk is there really in contracting this virus from just being outside (especially since most people are inside)?
- kaikai 7y agoThey still have to go to the store, walk around with everyone else shopping, interact with the checkout employees, and travel to their dropoff location. Just because the person receiving the delivery doesn't contact them doesn't make an entire delivery contactless.
- chrischen 7y agoI understand there is still some elevated risk, but shelter-in-place orders aren’t issued because it is dangerous to go outside—it’s to keep sick people from going outside.