The 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, on the day of his inauguration.

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The giant Amazon at the bedside of the United States.

Hard hit by the epidemic, the country could experience a new strategy for managing the coronavirus with the arrival at the White House of new President Joe Biden.

The Democrat will also be able to benefit from the support of the e-commerce site.

In a letter circulated on social networks, Dave Clark, the head of the consumption branch of Amazon offers to help Joe Biden's teams in the vaccine campaign against Covid-19.

The opportunity for the online commerce giant, often criticized by politicians, to show that its gigantic size can be useful.

"Amazon stands ready to help you reach your goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration," reads this letter to the new head of state.

Priority to "essential workers"

He explains that the e-commerce and technology giant wants to quickly vaccinate its 800,000 employees in the United States, most of them "essential workers who cannot telework".

The Seattle-based company has reached an agreement with a health organization to vaccinate, as soon as possible, staff in warehouses, data centers (which house servers for the cloud, or cloud computing) or even Whole Foods stores.

Screenshot of letter sent by Amazon to Joe Biden on the Covid-19 vaccination.

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“In addition, we are ready to assist your administration in their immunization efforts, with our skills and expertise in operations, information and communications technology,” adds Dave Clark.

He recalls that the group is the second largest employer in the country - after the supermarket chain Walmart - and that its "large size" would allow it to have a "significant and immediate impact" in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus.

Like other big tech companies, Amazon is in the sights of the US authorities, who accuse them of abusing a dominant position.

An actor made essential by the crisis

The e-commerce site and world leader in the cloud has always defended itself against harming small businesses that sell their products through its platform.

Its leaders highlight their global market share in retail - 1% - and the services rendered to its customers, companies and individuals, during the pandemic.

Health restrictions have indeed made Amazon even more essential in the daily lives of millions of people.

Other companies are trying to get their employees vaccinated as quickly as possible.

In early December, the boss of Uber had asked the American states to grant drivers priority access to vaccines, so that they can then help distribute it.

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