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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.

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1 posted on 07/30/2021 2:25:31 PM PDT by conservative98
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On Friday, Walmart said it will require that all home office workers as well as management-level staff members who travel within the U.S. be vaccinated against COVID-19 by October 4 as part of a series of sweeping measures it announced to help curb the spread of the virus and drive more of its workers to get the shot in the arm.

The vaccine mandate excludes frontline workers, who the company says have a lower vaccination rate than management. But it’s hoping that management will serve as an inspiration for its workers.


2 posted on 07/30/2021 2:25:51 PM PDT by conservative98
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Strongly encourage? That’ll work.


3 posted on 07/30/2021 2:27:39 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I do not recognize Biden’s authority.)
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To: conservative98; Right Brother

Delta Variant should be called the Mid-Term Variant.

Hat tip to Right Brother.


4 posted on 07/30/2021 2:28:26 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: conservative98

less-vaccinated regions less-vaccinated regions less-vaccinated regions BLAH BLAH BLAH


5 posted on 07/30/2021 2:28:53 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: conservative98

Safer would be deny entrance to the vaxed.


6 posted on 07/30/2021 2:30:42 PM PDT by NoLibZone (precedent now set: everyone must get an annual flu shot and divulge HIV status & its treatment)
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To: conservative98

This shit is getting to be “Mark of the Beast” level madness.

“...so that no one may buy or sell, except he who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.”

Before anyone gets too literal, please remember the images of the Angels in Revelations...


7 posted on 07/30/2021 2:31:24 PM PDT by Outlaw76 (The * in front of *Biden denotes the fraudulent election.)
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To: conservative98

Shouldn’t be hard to quit a Walmart job, rather than receive a lethal injection.


8 posted on 07/30/2021 2:32:01 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: conservative98
The vaccine mandate excludes frontline workers, who the company says have a lower vaccination rate than management. But it’s hoping that management will serve as an inspiration for its workers.

B.S. Wally doesn't dare mandate it for the rank and file given the fact that a sizeable proportion of those employees are likely people if color.

9 posted on 07/30/2021 2:32:03 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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Walmart will also bring back its "health ambassadors" who will be positioned at the entrances and hand out masks to customers.

Would you care for a dehumanizing, bacteria trap?


10 posted on 07/30/2021 2:33:49 PM PDT by conservative98
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As people like me said at the very beginning, all the retail food and other CEOs care about is to avoid lawsuits. “Liability” is the new fear and they really don’t give a (censored) about our health or safety. Same with “defensive medicine” doctors and clinics.

I really hated those stupid floor vinyl One Way signs at Kroger. I’m sure I’m not the only one.


11 posted on 07/30/2021 2:34:24 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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management will serve as an inspiration for its workers.

You mean, the management that "led" by submitting to the insane orders of their deranged bosses?

Oh yeah--now that is what I call "inspiration"! ;-)
12 posted on 07/30/2021 2:35:44 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: conservative98

I was just in two Reno Walmart and a lot of customers were not wearing masks, including me. No one bugged me at all.


13 posted on 07/30/2021 2:37:44 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: Not A Snowbird

I can’t wait for some moron in one of those stores to ‘strongly encourage’ me to wear a mask so i can tell them to go piss up a rope... Then walk out leaving my cart behind.


14 posted on 07/30/2021 2:40:44 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: conservative98

Can anyone point to one state in the US in which fatalities due to COVID are increasing?


15 posted on 07/30/2021 2:41:59 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (A world in which dogs write poetry is more believable than the world as seen through the Media)
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To: frank ballenger
I really hated those stupid floor vinyl One Way signs at Kroger. I’m sure I’m not the only one.

The arrows didn't last long at the local walmart here because no one paid attention to them. Same with mask required signs and roped of entrance paths. All ended late last Spring due to our non conformance. Workers taking smoke breaks out front, masks pulled down and talking with maskless locals they know and well within 6 feet. I can only imagine a district manager showing up and just shaking their head. LOL

16 posted on 07/30/2021 2:43:21 PM PDT by Pollard
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To: Outlaw76

Revelation.


17 posted on 07/30/2021 2:44:11 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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To: Not A Snowbird

Both the Walmarts closest to my home (the big one selling everything and a Neighborhood WalMart that is mainly groceries) have both gone to 100% self checkout which I can’t stand and now they want me to wear a mask again too? Piss on them!


18 posted on 07/30/2021 2:45:04 PM PDT by Hurst Mama
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To: conservative98
Amazon's stock price plummeted. That's the hidden hand behind ALL of this.

Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) fell on Friday following the release of the e-commerce giant's second-quarter results. As of 3:15 p.m. EDT, Amazon's stock price was down more than 7%

Prove me wrong.

19 posted on 07/30/2021 2:47:22 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: conservative98

Not here. People don’t play that here. Only the liquor store can rule our lives like that.


20 posted on 07/30/2021 2:49:45 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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