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Rantz: Amazon brands vaccinated employees, forces private COVID decisions public<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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BY JASON RANTZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AM 770 KTTH host<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun 2, 2021, 6:53 PM | Updated: Jun 3, 2021, 5:34 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(AP Photo\/Ted S. Warren)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon’s Spheres in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo\/Ted S. Warren)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Amazon, employees are not allowed to keep one particular medical decision private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon is forcing its employees to brand themselves with stickers indicating they\u2019ve received a COVID-19 vaccination, even if they\u2019d prefer to keep that medical decision private. This move also forces employees to disclose if they have not received a vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision, which impacts all U.S. Field Operations employees, suggests Amazon doesn\u2019t trust its own staff to be honest about their vaccination status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rantz: Healthy teen sent to ER after Pfizer vaccine, CDC investigates heart issues<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID stickers are coming to Amazon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Amazon confirms to the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH that starting early this month, fully vaccinated employees will wear a green sticker on their badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sticker indicates the employee can work without a mask because they are fully vaccinated. By the end of the month, associates will be asked to upload their vaccination cards to an internal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do not wish to reveal your vaccination status, or simply do not want to take a vaccine, you will be forced to keep on a mask and go without a sticker. It\u2019s like a reverse Scarlet letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, coworkers may ask them why they\u2019re not vaccinated, prying into a personal medical decision when it\u2019s not their business. Or, much worse, the Amazon employee may feel pressured into the vaccine, even if they do not yet need one or want one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rantz: Seattle Public Health says masks for vaccinated but also heroin needles for anyone<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon refuses to answer important questions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An Amazon spokesperson refused to answer a series of specific questions concerning the enforcement of this policy. They won\u2019t even explain why they need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is management worried about the possibility that workers will be ostracized for not having a vaccine \u2014 even if they, perhaps, have a medical condition that prohibits them from getting the ones currently offered, or if they have religious objections?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon won\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And why is it necessary for individuals to wear a sticker to prove they\u2019re fully vaccinated? Amazon\u2019s current system allows employees to upload their vaccine information into their employee app. When they enter the worksite, they show their green checkmark screen from the app. Then, they can work without a mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sticker policy suggests Amazon doesn\u2019t trust its own workers; that they will enter with a mask on, then take it off in the middle of their shift. Without a badge sticker, employees won\u2019t be able to go maskless when they shouldn\u2019t. What are the consequences for workers who remove masks when they shouldn\u2019t? Amazon won\u2019t respond to that question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rantz: WA doesn\u2019t track outdoor COVID transmission, King County can\u2019t point to one case<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust your employees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some states, like Washington, force employers to check vaccination status. That is shameful government overreach. Governor Jay Inslee, who refuses to relinquish emergency powers, is forcing businesses to come off as distrusting of their employees. But not all states require this. Amazon\u2019s policies are nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Businesses trust employees will show up to work and not steal, destroy property, or sabotage equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why can\u2019t businesses, Amazon or otherwise, trust employees who are not vaccinated will stay in their masks? They\u2019re adults and can make up their own minds on getting the vaccine or putting themselves at risk. Even if they were to lie, what\u2019s the actual risk? The people who don\u2019t want to risk infection will either get vaccinated or wear a mask until they do. Someone who isn\u2019t vaccinated and forgoes a mask is still a low risk if everyone else is following protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you like this opinion piece? Then listen to the Jason Rantz Show weekday afternoons from 3-6 p.m. on KTTH 770 AM (or HD Radio 97.3 FM HD-Channel 3). Subscribe to the podcast here<\/a>. Follow @JasonRantz<\/a>  on  Twitter,<\/a>  Instagram<\/a>, and Parler<\/a> and like me on Facebook<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[154,104,18],"class_list":["post-1838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amazon","tag-maglietta","tag-tshirt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/t-shirt-amazon-0.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1843,"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions\/1843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asproposito.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}