Ford at one point estimated that it was going to lose $US5 (A$ 7) billion due to the pandemic, and even though it later on stated the number turned out to be $US1.9 ($ 3) billion, the factory shutdowns really did look for a time like an existential risk. Which ways, going forward, Ford will do practically anything to avoid that again.
Ford has actually bought 12 of them, according to Reuters The freezers won’t set Ford back that much money– Reuters states they normally cost up to $US15,000($20,405) each, or up to $United States180,000($244,854) for a lots of them, which is pocket modification for a business like Ford– but as a sign for how strange everything’s gotten they are hard to beat.
” We’re doing this so that we can make the vaccine offered to our staff members on a voluntary basis,” Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker said.
Information of how Ford will utilize the freezers, which are expected to be provided by year end, are still being exercised, she said.
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Felker did not understand which company is supplying Ford with the freezers. Some specialized freezer makers have alerted of months-long waits for systems.
Autoworkers will not be the first to get the vaccine, obviously– that would be health care employees– however Ford wants to be able to strike the ground running when the vaccine is more extensively readily available and, thinking more long-lasting, prevent COVID-19 shutdowns for good. That the vaccines will be “voluntary” is somewhat interesting, though I have to think of most if not all of Ford’s employees will go running towards getting the vaccine the moment it is offered to them. Or at least I would.
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