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Kroger, Walmart reverse their mask policies as Delta variant spreads
CBS ^ | JULY 30, 2021 / 4:59 PM / CBS/AP

Posted on 07/30/2021 2:25:31 PM PDT by conservative98

Kroger and Walmart, two of the nation's biggest retailing chains, are changing their mask policies as the nation contends with less-vaccinated regions getting hit by high infection rates due to the Delta variant.

Kroger is now "strongly" encouraging all individuals, including those who are vaccinated, to wear a mask when in its stores and facilities, the Cincinnati, Ohio-based supermarket operator said Friday, citing updated recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Previously, Kroger had required unvaccinated employees wear masks and requested that unvaccinated shoppers do the same.

"We will continue to abide by all state and local mandates and encourage all Americans to get vaccinated, including our associates," the company said in an emailed statement. Kroger, the nation's largest grocer, operates nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states.

Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart said it will require all its workers — including vaccinated ones — to wear masks in areas with high infection rates of COVID-19. The country's largest retailer also is encouraging its customers to wear masks in stores in areas with high infection rates from the Delta variant of the coronavirus, and will be adding back signs at entrances announcing its latest policies, according to a memo supplied by Walmart that was sent to its employees Friday.

Walmart will also bring back its "health ambassadors" who will be positioned at the entrances and hand out masks to customers.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: kroger; masks; vaccinemandate; walmart
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To: conservative98

Masks are strongly encouraged. Kroger also encourages homosexual marriages. Funny how non-Catholic Christians continue to dig their holes deeper and deeper.


41 posted on 07/30/2021 3:40:16 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: conservative98

I’ve heard almost Walmart sells comes from China?
I also heard how their US Flag were made in China ..until people complained.


42 posted on 07/30/2021 3:42:27 PM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: Samurai_Jack

Put lots of ice cream in it first...


43 posted on 07/30/2021 3:43:18 PM PDT by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian
Sorry wrong. The EU just announced a nearly $900 million dollar privacy violation fine against Amazon

You clearly miss my point. I'm saying *Amazon* needs us all in lockdown to bring their revenues back up, Wall Street's explanation of the putative cause of the plunge notwithstanding.

THEY THEMSELVES SAY they were hurt by people getting back out there and engaging in commerce:

"Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky said during a conference call with analysts that Amazon's e-commerce growth is slowing as the economy reopens. "I think the impact of people getting vaccinated and getting out in the world, not only shopping offline, but also living life and getting out, it takes away from shopping time," Olsavsky said."

Hence, lockdowns are coming back. The hidden hand behind it all: our new overlords.

44 posted on 07/30/2021 3:44:41 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: conservative98

I just returned from Walmart. A young male employee was handing out masks. I politely took it than tossed it.

I refuse to take part in this charade. In addition, it is simply too hot and humid to wear a muzzle. The boys in the parking lot collecting shopping carts had wet towels on their heads to get cool. They were wearing the smothering muzzles.


45 posted on 07/30/2021 3:49:55 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Christopher Sign did not kill himself.)
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To: conservative98

Hahaha hahaha hahaha! ROFL! Wal-Mart separates management of any kind, from frontline workers in an overt way. I seriously doubt that they will be “inspired” by management.


46 posted on 07/30/2021 3:58:56 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: M. Thatcher

Maybe so, but their stock drop was due to the fine. And no its not going to happen.
First issue is CDC’s reason for the mask reversal was on a flawed India peer review, and people are getting wise to the flip flops.
Second is Biden allowing mass illegal immigration with no COVID testing. Third is over 80% of vaccinated people are contracting COVID and have to wear masks, so zero incentive to get vaccinated right there since masks don’t work.
Fourth, Too many red states not playing a long anymore.
Fifth, the world is in an uprising against this.
Sixth, Bidens poll numbers are tanking overall. No one buys what he is selling, and eventually he wont be able to convince the public the sky is blue on a cloudless day.


47 posted on 07/30/2021 4:22:29 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
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To: frank ballenger

“I really hated those stupid floor vinyl One Way signs at Kroger.”

Most people who saw them made a point to walk the wrong way down the aisle. I know we did.


48 posted on 07/30/2021 4:26:54 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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To: conservative98

I was in W-M today and did notice the emploees were masked and so were many customers.

I didn’t as usual.

And I will continue to give my business to those who do not require masks.


49 posted on 07/30/2021 4:44:38 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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To: frank ballenger

I always liked to go in the opposite direction.


50 posted on 07/30/2021 4:46:10 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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To: M. Thatcher

We don’t use Amazon any more. Quite Amazon prime as it was just a rip off. We didn’t order enough stuff to justify it and the bennies were not anything we used.


51 posted on 07/30/2021 4:47:53 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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To: AFB-XYZ
So will Wal-Mart deny entrance to people who don’t wish to wear a mask? If so, I’d better hurry and buy what I need. Had planned to wait until my regular every-other-week excursion, but it looks like time is of the essence.

I think time is of the essence anyways.

People need to be seriously considering their prep supplies if they haven't already.

I see a lot of warning signs that things are going to get nasty and repressive again.

52 posted on 07/30/2021 4:49:27 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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To: metmom

I think you’re right. How does the old saying go? “Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it”.


53 posted on 07/30/2021 4:52:58 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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To: metmom

Shows good spirit.
Bravo.


54 posted on 07/30/2021 4:59:20 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: conservative98

A sign at our Walmart read

We RECOMMEND that masks be worn if not vaccinated.

I think ten people had masks on.


55 posted on 07/30/2021 4:59:51 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: The_Media_never_lie
point to one state in the US in which fatalities due to COVID are increasing?

I checked with a source at the CDC and asked if it was true "the fatalities were increasing in Uranus?"

;-)
56 posted on 07/30/2021 5:02:31 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: frank ballenger

Thank you but it’s just the way I am.

Try to force me to do something, and I’ll do the opposite, just because.

In retrospect, it kept me out of trouble as a teen.

I wasn’t a crowd follower. Since they had no use for me, I didn’t care if they liked me or not because I knew they already didn’t, so the peer pressure was not an issue.

Then I’d do stuff just to be different.

So when someone tells me, *Everyone is doing it*, my first reaction is *Not everyone*.


57 posted on 07/30/2021 5:06:53 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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To: metmom

“ Try to force me to do something, and I’ll do the opposite, just because.”
——————————————————————————————-

Oh well that’s mature.

What are you a teenager?


58 posted on 07/30/2021 5:09:47 PM PDT by David Chase
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To: David Chase

No, I’m a free and independent person who can think for herself and not succumb to peer pressure.

I’m not weak willed like the rest of the sheeple who comply to totalitarian tactics. Like you, I guess.


59 posted on 07/30/2021 5:12:11 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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To: conservative98

...and Amazon/Bezos get richer....


60 posted on 07/30/2021 5:16:41 PM PDT by AbnSarge
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