Around here, you know whether or not you will see masks depending on where you grocery shop.
Walmart - NO (lots of blacks, Hispanics, Indians, rural folks)
Kroger & some of the more ‘upscale’ stores - YES
Upscale = nice suburban neighborhoods with $500K houses, a white picket fence, 2 SUVs in the driveway, 2 kids, a soccer ball, a Golden Retriever & a mom named Karen who still wears her mask to the grocery store & can’t wait ‘til the WuFlu booster shots are available.
Just a local observation ..... your area may differ.
Your observations are dead on.
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My area, not exactly rural but well outside the city, on county land, red country in a blue county... we followed the rules for about a year. Sometime around March/April of 2021 people just quit complying. I am not completely up on the ever changing rules but recall going to a restaurant, sat indoors, nobody but the staff wore masks. I still see the random person with a mask. Not an issue if that’s what they want. Then can wear clown shoes too if that makes them happy. Some of the chain stores though still seem to be requiring it of their employees even though, I think, the state has lifted the mandate.
Our Fry’s (Kroger) is a hard NO. They put up signs encouraging the Un Vaxxed to wear masks but only about 1% are doing it.
Just a local observation ..... your area may differ
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I have been to Florida 5 times since the Covid hoax. Visiting my 89 year old mother, we, yes we never wore a mask, …the County she lived in (Republicans Trump supporting) had no mask policies, the one south ( all Demoncrats) had undercover cops giving tickets out for not wearing a mask….the Home Depot check out lady told me and my son we would get ticketed, I told her I am from Georgia and we have no silly mask policy….two lessons to be observed, 1) Fearful Democrats wear their masks even in the car, and on the beach 2) An 89 year old WW2 survivor knew it was all h@rseshit…..smart woman, she did also warn me to never, ever, ever get one of those experimental jabs, they are sinister. Guess who I listen to? ….a corrupted, Godless Democratic government or a God fearing 89 year old mother? …….if you see a face diaper wearing person, it is most likely a A) Democrat or B) a very very fearful person, usually an atheist or non believer.