'I could have just been spreading it for the last two weeks. I didn’t sign up to kill people, and that’s what it feels like I’m doing.'
Photo: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images Warehouse workers and delivery drivers are carrying the American economy on their backs. Not only has the outbreak of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, increased their workload, it creates dangerous working conditions that corporations have done little to mitigate.
This interview has been condensed for length and edited for clarity. John’s name has been changed to protect his identity.Illness-wise, not that bad at all. In terms of stress and anxiety and stuff over the past two weeks, it’s been just unbearable. I haven’t been sleeping at all. I came home from work yesterday and I was symptomatic. Shortly after that, I started getting chest pain and a sore throat and coughing. And I just keep thinking, like, I’m killing all these people.
Last night when I was at work there were new hires. There are literally just people there from the service industry and stuff, and they don’t have jobs and they need incomes. And UPS, while they’re infecting their workforce, is just throwing these people into that situation. Those people are desperate for income, but they’re gonna get no benefits. They don’t get any paid sick leave.
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