This 19,000 figure only includes Amazon and Whole Foods frontline employees. It does not include the thousands of third-party delivery contractors who get the packages to your door.https://t.co/lThwppJZMM

— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) October 1, 2020

Amazon finally discloses how many of its workers tested positive for COVID-19 - over 19,000 - and says "We have been conservative in this analysis." https://t.co/OYlrrvYCBq

— Ben Popken (@bpopken) October 1, 2020

The only reason @Amazon released data about #COVID19 infection numbers is because Attorneys General, activists and their employees demanded it. But this isn't enough. We need to see data about the specific effects on Black and brown workers.https://t.co/cvm8QiAHcd

— Rashad Robinson (@rashadrobinson) October 1, 2020

If i'm reading this correctly @carlquintanilla: 19k of 1,372,000 workers = < 2%

7m US cases / 330m Americans = ~2%@Amazon tested everyone, America HAS NOT tested everyone

smart #COVID19 folks, please let us know how to think about this (@friedberg @Bob_Wachter @gbetromd ) https://t.co/mcvjHgFnNu

— jason@calacanis.com (@Jason) October 1, 2020

Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its front-line employees at Amazon and Whole Foods have tested positive or been presumed positive for the coronavirus, shedding light for the first time on how its workforce has been impacted by Covid-19 https://t.co/FfJOVFpBNw

— CNN (@CNN) October 1, 2020

20,000 Amazon workers got COVID-19 (so far) because Jeff Bezos refused to let them stay home, refused to adopt basic safety precautions, busted their union — and because the Trump Administration let Bezos, and every other billionaire, do it. https://t.co/aVVuA0CIOk

— Sejal Singh (@Sej_Singh) October 2, 2020

I'm sorry but Jeff Bezos can't say "Black Lives Matter" and then allow this to happen.https://t.co/DC4u6owQgG

— Jamaal Bowman (@JamaalBowmanNY) October 2, 2020

All is well! #Amazon's "math" says they expected 33,000 infected workers - and it's 42% below the US infection rate! Of course, no mention Amazon's rate of infection is well above Canadian rate and every major European country but Spain.https://t.co/sn5DvauZy1#canlab #cdnpoli

— Rankandfile.ca (@rankandfileca) October 2, 2020

.@amazon CEO @JeffBezos makes the *entire* annual salary of his lowest paid employees every ~10 seconds.

Maybe if he invested more $$$ into his workers, instead of lining his own pockets, this number would be lower ⬇️https://t.co/MJSv4MByR2

— Jobs With Justice (@jwjnational) October 2, 2020

Amazon was grinding warehouse workers to the bone long before the #COVID19 pandemic and, since its onset, its warehouses have been ample breeding grounds for the virus—nearly 20,000 cases so far!https://t.co/945TuiURAL

— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) October 2, 2020

Amazon has doubled its profits during this pandemic at the expense of the health and safety of warehouse workers and their families. I continue to stand with Amazon workers and their fight for hazard pay and paid leave. https://t.co/jJs2FNvClb

— Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) October 2, 2020

New: Amazon says almost 20,000 U.S. employees have contracted Covid-19 https://t.co/BdxmDExvYD w/ @spencersoper & @mattmday

— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) October 2, 2020

Amazon従業員だけでコロナ感染者数2万人を突破(6ヶ月間累計)。 https://t.co/QcaArjd3TB

— 全力米国株 (@komcdspxl) October 2, 2020

“This is a huge number for a company that has been downplaying how many of their employees have gotten sick,” says former OSHA chief of staff @DebbieBerkowitz https://t.co/BdxmDExvYD https://t.co/flbjT5Y6aM

— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) October 2, 2020

Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its workers, or 1.44% of frontline staff who worked at Amazon in the U.S. since March, caught Covid-19: https://t.co/uqHPRR2DKS The disclosure comes after lawmakers and employees called for more transparency from the second largest U.S. employer.

— Matt Day (@mattmday) October 1, 2020

Want to keep some other news on top of the feed, in case we forgot we need to abolish billionaireshttps://t.co/bzhdWA1kKs

— Malaika Jabali (@MalaikaJabali) October 2, 2020

I've managed to live my life without ever ordering a single thing from this company. I wonder if the world's richest human being is taking care of his people. I wonder....https://t.co/71DtYXh7Td

— randel saunders (@saundu22) October 2, 2020

c. 20k Amazon staff tested positive for COVID @guardian
But was working at Amazon in 2020 bad for your corona chances?
The data (from the corporation) dont seem to suggest so. Rate is 43% lower than age adjusted state rates. Anyone gone deeper on data?https://t.co/YhhnV2VMzO pic.twitter.com/B3vVanYuE9

— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) October 2, 2020

Almost 20,000 Amazon workers in US test positive for Covid-19 https://t.co/TOj6vm8Nnv

— Tactical Tech (@Info_Activism) October 2, 2020

Yes, Trump has COVID, but don’t let that distract from the fact that Amazon just disclosed that nearly 20,000 workers have tested positive since the pandemic began. This is after workers repeatedly called out Amazon for endangering their health and safety.https://t.co/5R4cwSPU3o

— Mark Ocegueda (@ProfOcegueda) October 2, 2020

Jeff Bezos is a piece of garbage. #COVID19 #Amazon https://t.co/UGFaOiVq5k

— Jonathan Tasini (@jonathantasini) October 2, 2020

Almost 20,000 Amazon workers in US test positive for Covid-19 https://t.co/4AKacv3vfx

— James Bloodworth (@J_Bloodworth) October 2, 2020

Amazon reveals several grafs down that 19,816 employees have "tested positive or been presumed positive" for COVID-19 https://t.co/tUMktyJUqM

— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) October 2, 2020

last week i reported that amazon was quietly scaling up its in-house covid testing & was already testing workers in 23+ states using its own labs

today, amazon confirmed my reporting—by Nov it will be testing workers at 650 siteshttps://t.co/2EKepFhnWNhttps://t.co/tZvk0bdfW4 pic.twitter.com/BE7WKwNBbA

— paris martineau (@parismartineau) October 1, 2020

Back in May I wrote about how Amazon refused to disclose data on coronavirus infections, so workers tried to tally the numbers on their own.

Today, Amazon released numbers: nearly 20,000 employees have been infected with coronavirus https://t.co/kvPttO9jFC https://t.co/vT2hZQH1A7

— suhauna hussain (@suhaunah) October 1, 2020

Amazon 임직원 중 19000명 이상이 COVID-19 감염 확인 https://t.co/JQ9a2dGVQ8

— Kihang (@Kihang) October 2, 2020

“In reality, 19,816 employees have tested positive or been presumed positive for COVID-19—42% lower than the expected number.” -Amazonhttps://t.co/y9hPKYeVF1

— Jollene ?? (@jollenelevid) October 2, 2020

Amazon says nearly 20,000 U.S. employees have contracted Covid-19. Bezos has made a killing during the pandemic and is worth nearly 200 billion dollars. He’d better do something for these people. https://t.co/Gn5NrbPCIR

— John FitzGerald (@TheTweetOfJohn) October 2, 2020

Amazon says nearly 20,000 U.S. employees have contracted Covid-19 (by @cfarivar)https://t.co/6HRk9C1iCx

— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) October 2, 2020

Amazon says nearly 20,000 U.S. employees have contracted Covid-19 https://t.co/s8yEmu5eJb by @cfarivar

— David Ingram (@David_Ingram) October 1, 2020

One day after we published our investigation into Amazon’s lack of transparency regarding Covid in their warehouse, the company disclosed this data for the first time. This is a win for all those workers who worry every time they go to work at Amazon. https://t.co/949eGy25R4

— Ezra Kaplan (@EzraNBC) October 2, 2020