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Winn-Dixie, Publix, Walmart: All the U.S. Chains Requiring Masks
New York Times ^ | 7/21/20 | Gillian Friedman

Posted on 07/21/2020 2:20:08 PM PDT by Meatspace

Large retail chains have started requiring customers to wear masks inside all of their stores, as coronavirus cases surge across the country and politicians and public health experts clamor for widespread use of face coverings to stem the spread of the disease.

After Walmart, America’s largest retailer, announced on July 15 that it would mandate in-store mask-wearing, a flurry of other companies, including Kroger, Target and Walgreens, followed suit. This means that customers will be required to wear face masks in stores even in places without local mask ordinances. The National Retail Federation has encouraged companies to set nationwide mask policies to protect employees and shoppers.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: karenavirus; maskophiles; maskophobes; typhoidmary
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41 posted on 07/21/2020 2:55:42 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: DLfromthedesert

“If you tell them you have a medical condition that precludes wearing a mask, they have to let you in.”

https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/can-you-be-medically-exempt-from-wearing-a-face-mask


42 posted on 07/21/2020 2:56:04 PM PDT by riverdawg
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To: Meatspace

I would think the large retail chains would be a source for interesting information on spread of Covid. Wal-Mart, Publix, Kroger, CVS, Circle-K, etc. Yet somehow we have nothing from any of them that I’ve seen.


43 posted on 07/21/2020 2:58:20 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Monty22002

I don’t think you understand the opposition to masks then. It really has nothing to do with what Trump says or doesn’t say about it.


44 posted on 07/21/2020 2:59:19 PM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength.)
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To: Monty22002

Just throw away the mask. There is no evidence it will save you or anyone else.


45 posted on 07/21/2020 3:00:03 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: DLfromthedesert

Nope


46 posted on 07/21/2020 3:00:23 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: lodi90

After Nike’s support for Kaepernick they should have been on your permanent Do Not Buy list long ago.


47 posted on 07/21/2020 3:01:56 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Not what Trump is saying. I’ll stick with it for when I’m around people, sorry.


48 posted on 07/21/2020 3:02:38 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: Meatspace

Has the Pig made a stand on this?


49 posted on 07/21/2020 3:04:04 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Meatspace

We’re still on mandatory masks here in New York State.


50 posted on 07/21/2020 3:04:51 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Meatspace
This is coming from the corporate lawyers. May these stores be beholden to the mask requirement FOREVER because there will always be deadly viruses, bacteria, allergens, and prions.

How could they ever possibly lift the mask order?

It's one thing for a government hack to spread fiction to shut down an economy, it's another for a company to play along.

May their stores be forever infiltrated with Carens looking for every safety violation imaginable.

51 posted on 07/21/2020 3:08:43 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: SaxxonWoods
The economy will start to sink again due to this.

Yep. Other than carrots (which do not grow well in my soil), there is nothing I need from town before November.

52 posted on 07/21/2020 3:09:04 PM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: Meatspace

All the stores where I live require them so I special ordered a “Make America Great Again” mask and affixed very long ties so they flop around and look like I have extra long braids. The long ties attract quite a bit of attention. I wear it in the store when required.

To date I have been verbally accosted in 5 different stores, by 5 different people. They can’t see my facial expression too well, but my eyes and the “FOAD” that comes from my mouth (and if they have hearing aids I say it VERY loud), tell them to get the hell away from me before bad things happen.

Also, being legal and all I open carry in every store that doesn’t have a sign while wearing my MAGA mask.

If these stores require the mask might as well have some fun with it.


53 posted on 07/21/2020 3:14:01 PM PDT by msrngtp2002 (Just my opinion.)
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To: SisterK

I’m planning to go to the little IGA that’s a 30 minute drive from my house for my next round of groceries. I’m hoping they won’t be following suit by requiring masks. They have the best meats there, too. I don’t care if I have to pay more for my food. Now it will be worth it. It s a scenic drive, too. Why didn’t I think of this before?


54 posted on 07/21/2020 3:15:15 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Nothingburger

‘We have become a nation of cowards.’

well, when women are dictating most of the cultural, educational, and legislative initiatives, this is what you get...


55 posted on 07/21/2020 3:18:37 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: Nothingburger

Wish I could like this. I have been saying it for over 3 months now.


56 posted on 07/21/2020 3:20:42 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Monty22002

A lot of people on this site are Karens.


57 posted on 07/21/2020 3:22:03 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Rebelbase

No word on the Pig.


58 posted on 07/21/2020 3:23:58 PM PDT by Meatspace
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To: FamiliarFace

I was wondering about IGAs. The only one in my county is 3 hours away.
I pray everyday that the dangers of masks will be exposed.


59 posted on 07/21/2020 3:24:30 PM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: no-to-illegals
Had a first encounter with a store mask requirer today

I haven't had the pleasure, yet. I say yet, because I just bought a Guy Fawkes mask, which I plan on wearing in to every local store that is requiring a mask.

60 posted on 07/21/2020 3:26:34 PM PDT by Turbo Pig (To close with and destroy....)
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