I doubt Amazon warehouses represent a significant transmission vector and what little threat there may be is largely outweighed by the good these warehouses are doing to help with the situation.<p>I also doubt Amazon employs many elderly or high-risk individuals as warehouse workers. I also doubt they would refuse to make exceptions for those workers.<p>Right about now, I'd just be happy for the job security because the coming recession is going to be rough.
Knowing how many people rely on Amazon for their purchases, it seems like they're doing the right thing to keep everyone moving during this craziness.
Hopefully they are also putting in strong guards to ensure that these extra shipments truly are life-saving supplies.<p>My worry is that (if local store shelves are any indication) they’re just shipping paranoid people 800 rolls of toilet paper. And it’s terrible that warehouse employees will be basically strained to the breaking point to make up for selfishness and uneducated masses.
> Amazon said it would increase hourly wages by $2 in the US, £2 in the UK, and €2 in Europe. The company said it expects the pay rises expected to cost it more than $350m (£285m).<p>Seems like they could afford to pay them more.
As per this article: <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-amazon-suspends-delivery-shipments-stock-price-a9406951.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronaviru...</a><p>Amazon is suspending shipment of all products except daily staples and medicines.