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• @dylanbyers Dylan Byers on x

  NEW @NBCNews: Amazon has extended offer to President Joe Biden to assist with national Covid vaccine distribution. In letter to @POTUS, Amazon Consumer CEO Dave Clark says “Amazon stands ready to assist you...” https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @itshilarybuff Hilary Buff on x

  This is good news. This could speed up vaccine distribution nationally. I know there are logistics here that I'm curious about. Specifically how is the U.S. government assuring this demand on Amazon employees is treated ethically. But I'm hopeful. This makes me hopeful. https://t…

• @jennifer__brett Jennifer Brett on x

  Alexa, where's my vaccine? https://www.cnbc.com/...

• @annierpalmer Annie Palmer on x

  Amazon on Wednesday sent a letter to Joe Biden offering to help with national Covid-19 vaccine efforts, saying it's prepared to leverage its operations, IT and communications capabilities to help move along the process. Read the full letter here: https://www.cnbc.com/...

• @davidharsanyi David Harsanyi on x

  Did we not need assistance two weeks ago? https://twitter.com/...

• @jordanzakarin Jordan Zakarin on x

  At least 25,000 Amazon warehouse employees have contracted COVID-19 https://twitter.com/...

• @sspencer_smb Steven Spencer on x

  maybe because trump was on twitter threatening Bezos and/or Amazon on a regular basis? $AMZN https://twitter.com/...

• @redsteeze Stephen L. Miller on x

  Would love to hear why this wasn't offered and or accepted sooner. https://twitter.com/...

• @hassankhan @hassankhan on x

  I don't know if anything will come of this offer, I hope it does. But an underrated part of state capacity is being able to call up reserve capacity from the private sector efficiently. Having a presidency that isn't driven by naked cronyism is an improvement. https://twitter.com…

• @gillianhturner Gillian Turner on x

  Hi, wondering why this generous offer of assistance, helping fellow Americans avoid traumatic illness & death during a global pandemic, was withheld until today, inauguration day https://twitter.com/...

• @ryanqdavis Ryan Davis on x

  Joe has 4 hours and 45 minutes to decide on this if we want everyone vaccinated on by Friday. After that, no earlier than Saturday. https://twitter.com/...

• @ryanqualtrics Ryan Smith on x

  Amazon has proven its ability to deliver at scale better than almost all private/public organizations. Let's do this @POTUS https://www.geekwire.com/...

• @dylanbyers Dylan Byers on x

  @NBCNews @POTUS + For those asking if similar offer was extended to President Trump... I asked. Amazon rep said company was in touch with CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Dept. of Health and Human Services last month. But no mention of a direct letter to Pre…

• @andrewhclark Andrew Clark on x

  This letter to Biden seems like an inauguration day PR stunt, as Amazon admits in the story that they had already been in touch with the Trump Administration CDC and HHS last year. I hope that's the case. If Amazon didn't offer this assistance earlier, that's troubling. https://t…

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  Having studied Amazon's logistics operation in depth, I'd say Biden admin should give this offer serious consideration https://twitter.com/...