Amazon's partisan help in vaccine distribution

 Daily Caller:

Amazon offered to help the Biden administration on Wednesday, shortly after President Joe Biden was sworn into office, with efforts to distribute the coronavirus vaccine, a proposal that the tech giant had not submitted to the Trump administration in the month since the vaccine was approved for public use.

“As you begin your work leading the country out of COVID-19 crisis, Amazon stands ready to assist you in reaching your goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration,” Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of world-wide operations, wrote in a letter to Biden, according to Axios.

“We are prepared to leverage our operations, information technology, and communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration’s vaccination efforts. Our scale allows us to make a meaningful impact immediately in the fight against COVID-19, and we stand ready to assist you in this effort,” said Clark.

Clark also requested that Amazon’s 800,000 employees — who he characterized as “essential workers” — should be prioritized for vaccination.

Biden has said that he hopes to have 100 million Americans vaccinated within his first 100 days in office.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 16 million vaccine doses have been administered to date.

Clark contacted the Trump administration on Dec. 16 regarding the coronavirus vaccine. But rather than an offer to help with distribution of vaccine doses, Clark lobbied the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to grant priority to Amazon employees for vaccination.
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When businesses become partisan they risk alienating half their customer base.  Amazon appears to be going down that path with its attack on Parlor and with its handling of Covid.  Covid has been very profitable for Amazon's business model.  The partisan actions could change that dynamic. 

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