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Walmart, Sam's Club make coronavirus masks mandatory
Fox Business. ^ | 7/15/20 | Evie Fordham

Posted on 07/15/2020 8:47:31 AM PDT by Meatspace

Walmart and Sam's Club shoppers will be required to wear face masks to prevent coronavirus spread in all stores starting July 20, the company announced Wednesday.

"Currently about 65 percent of our more than 5,000 stores and clubs are located in areas where there is some form of government mandate on face coverings. To help bring consistency across stores and clubs, we will require all shoppers to wear a face covering," the retail giant said in a blog post.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: facemasks; mandatory; mandatoryfacemasks; samsclub; walmart
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To: Meatspace

Try this next time a STUPID store clerk tells you to wear a mask:

Store Sentry: “You have to wear a mask to enter our store.”
Me: “I can’t wear a mask.”
Store Sentry: “Why is that?”
Me: “I have a mental health condition. Very rare in Washington DC.”
Store Sentry: “Oh, yeah? And what is that?”
Me: “Sanity.”


21 posted on 07/15/2020 9:03:48 AM PDT by afchief
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To: Leep

Oxygen deprived mask wearers.
Haven’t noticed?
Watch them, look into their eyes.
Watch their manerism’s.
Or, use common sense people!
If you are visiting sick or the elderly... Wear a mask.
In the beer aisle? Pick up and leave.


22 posted on 07/15/2020 9:04:32 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (Just the facts, ma'am......)
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To: Meatspace
To help bring consistency across stores and clubs

So even in low risk/no risk areas where no local edicts have been established? Stupid beyond words.

23 posted on 07/15/2020 9:04:35 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: FewsOrange

Censored: A Review Of Science Relevant To COVID-19 Social Policy And Why Face Masks Don’t Work

https://www.technocracy.news/censored-a-review-of-science-relevant-to-covid-19-social-policy-and-why-face-masks-dont-work/


24 posted on 07/15/2020 9:05:26 AM PDT by afchief
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To: gathersnomoss

OSHA SAYS MASKS DON’T WORK — AND VIOLATE OSHA OXYGEN LEVELS

https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/osha-says-masks-dont-work-and-violate-osha-oxygen-levels2?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%3A%20OSHA%20SAYS%20MASKS%20DON%27T%20WORK%20—%20AND%20Violate%20OSHA%20Oxygen%20Levels%20%28RuZ25q%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJrYXRiYW1idUBob3RtYWlsLmNvbSIsICJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIksydlhBeSJ9


25 posted on 07/15/2020 9:06:30 AM PDT by afchief
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To: Meatspace

Masks don’t work:

No RCT study with verified outcome shows a benefit for HCW or community members in households to wearing a mask or respirator. There is no such study. There are no exceptions. Likewise, no study exists that shows a benefit from a broad policy to wear masks in public

https://principia-scientific.org/why-masks-dont-work-against-covid-19/


26 posted on 07/15/2020 9:07:51 AM PDT by UncleDenny77
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To: Buttons12

“So if you have COPD or asthma, you’ll be asked to leave the store? Or what?”

You can do curb side delivery. I was doing that before this virus started.


27 posted on 07/15/2020 9:07:59 AM PDT by DEPcom
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To: Meatspace
I live in rural SW PA.

There have been about 440 positives with 6 deaths in my county.

I believe all associated with 1 nursing home.

Half that in the county where I work.

PA, like NY and NJ forced nursing homes and rehab facilities to admit infected patients when there was no way they had proper training or equipment to deal with it.

68% of all covid deaths in PA were in extended care facilities.

28 posted on 07/15/2020 9:09:48 AM PDT by Eagles6
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To: nonliberal

Wal Mart pays suppliers in 180 days.
Except for agriculture products in some states...


29 posted on 07/15/2020 9:10:30 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Meatspace
If the mask is so friggin' important, why isn't the rule enforced IMMEDIATELY? Everyone will be fine if I go unmasked in Wal Mart today, but if I go there next week we all die?

And to top it off, at least half the people aren't wearing them correctly, anyway.

30 posted on 07/15/2020 9:11:39 AM PDT by Living Free in NH
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To: Meatspace
Are they not discriminating against a huge swath of the population?

For example...think of the millions who are too stupid or otherwise unable to obtain an ID for voting purposes.

How in hell are they supposed to figure out where to get a mask, and then learn how to wear it?

31 posted on 07/15/2020 9:14:45 AM PDT by daler
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To: FewsOrange

There are reasons for that, smart ass.

First off, one of the main reasons surgeons mask is to protect themselves against being splattered by blood (and sometimes guts).

Second, operating rooms are ventilated in such a way that the entire air turns over about 10 times per hour, so there’s constantly a “current” or breeze if you will.

I know. I work in an OR. It feels very different to have a mask on in the operating room versus having the mask on when I step out into the hall. So check yourself.


32 posted on 07/15/2020 9:15:03 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel & a deplorable.)
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To: Meatspace

I was in my local Wal-Mart this morning, probably a good 25% of the people who wore masked into the store pulled them down below their nose and moth by the time they hit the first aisle. I guess technically you are wearing a mask even if it’s down on your chin. I doubt Wal-Mart has the man power to chase every customer around the store and make sure they are wearing their mask correctly.


33 posted on 07/15/2020 9:15:16 AM PDT by apillar
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To: circlecity

I’m in IL and it’s been mandatory here since perhaps May 1? Not by Gov. Prickster mandate but store policy, maybe it goes by regions? Anyhow that’s what Wally people announced, and they have someone at the door who prevents anyone from going in without face covering and only when the person ahead has got their pre-sanitized cart and moved into the store.

Other big box stores and all grocery stores have the same policy, so for me it’s a matter of convenience to comply rather than incur the time and expense of driving an hour or more to a store that doesn’t. Have to say I like your southside Indy attitude and wish it was more common ;-) But here the Karens are plentiful - they’re the ones you see driving their own car, one occupant, wearing a mask...


34 posted on 07/15/2020 9:16:04 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: Meatspace
Just get a gaiter. Wear it like a dickie. Pull it up when you need to. Problem solved. It's not inconvenient for you, it's breathable and it makes other people feel comfortable around you.


35 posted on 07/15/2020 9:16:09 AM PDT by FXRP (Cogito, ergo Spam!)
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To: FewsOrange

They change them periodically when the masks get soiled.


36 posted on 07/15/2020 9:16:29 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Meatspace

Well, no more Walmart for me.

Freakin’ Nazis.


37 posted on 07/15/2020 9:18:54 AM PDT by meyer (WWG1WGA, MAGA! Derps vs. Patriots, choose your side.)
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To: DEPcom

I’ve heard of curb delivery. I’m just wondering what WM and SC intend to do about people who have been going in with the excuse of respiratory issues, and up to now have been allowed to remain in the store. Will they be asked to leave the premises? Refused entry at the door?


38 posted on 07/15/2020 9:20:07 AM PDT by Buttons12
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To: Meatspace


Walmartin'

(youtube song link)

39 posted on 07/15/2020 9:20:11 AM PDT by Songcraft
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To: Meatspace

If my not wearing a mask upsets you...YOU need to buy a better mask.

This is what I tell people.


40 posted on 07/15/2020 9:23:02 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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