More Than 19,000 Amazon Employees Tested Positive for COVID-19 | Eater
"A company report covering front-line employees from March through September recorded 19,816 “confirmed or presumed” COVID-19 cases out of 1.37 million workers (a 1.44% positivity rate). Using the general-population infection rate for comparison, the company estimated the workforce would have seen 33,952 cases and characterized the observed total as 42% lower than expected. The report did not break out infection rates for the supermarket arm versus other employees, excluded third-party delivery drivers, and omitted states where the employer has fewer than 1,000 staff — omissions that have drawn criticism from workers and labor organizers protesting the company’s pandemic response." - Jaya Saxena
