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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by JMTQp8lwXL on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:11AM (#22543172)
TSA agents likely are having direct contact with a much more diverse crowd than the average person, with maybe exceptions for folks in super urban areas, regularly using NYC's subway, etc.
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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by staticautomatic on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:12AM (#22543175)
Also they infrequently change their gloves, as if the gloves' only purpose is protecting the TSA agents from the things they're touching.
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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by zx2c4 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:28AM (#22543242)
Going through SFO on Sunday, the TSA agent working the controls behind the X-ray screen sneezed into his hands. A colleague looked up at him, and then he sheepishly ceded his seat to the other agent and put on new gloves. As I was packing up my things on the other side of the metal detector, I saw him chatting with a more managerial looking TSA agent. Not sure what conclusion to draw from the brief observations, but it did leave an impression.
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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by garmaine on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:31AM (#22543260)
Super nitpick: SFO doesn't employ TSA agents. Those were CAS contractors.
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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by zx2c4 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:37AM (#22543285)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_Aviation_Security

Thanks! Never knew that this role was sometimes contracted out.

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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by throw03172019 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:57AM (#22543405)
Wow, I never knew such thing existed. Do you have any idea what makes an airport use CAS over TSA?
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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by brendangregg on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:21AM (#22543524)
I'm sure someone can answer better than I, but SFO picked CAS before TSA was mandatory.
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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by a3n on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:37AM (#22543598)
I dimly remember that it's up to each individual airport.
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