[Old Retired Army Guy]

The Truth on the ineffectiveness of the Masks may be out, but the politicians and the media are ignoring it. Therefore, with mandatory masking in many cities and states, people are forced to wear them if they want to enter any kind of retail establishment to include grocery stores. I personally would never wear one, but if I want to go to the store to buy anything where I live, I can’t enter the store without one. It is beginning to feel like a third world country where you have to obey the Government edicts or go to jail or die.

[Bulwyf]

Then the vaccine will come and unless you can prove inoculation, you won’t be allowed to shop either. This is just another step to that.

[mountainfolk]

Walmart, hqs in Arkansas, has ordered all of their stores to require masks from their customers, starting Monday, July 20. They will have a person at the entrance to enforce the wearing of a mask by all who enter. Not coincidentally, the governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, decided on an even stronger measure of enforcement by issuing an order for all Arkansas state citizens, as of July 20, to wear a mask in public, inside stores and outside if too close to others. Also includes the 8ft distancing. Those who do not comply will be given a warning ticket the first time, then a hundred to five hundered dollar fine if they will not bend their knee and obey. The gov mandate reinforces the Walmart edict by using the force of govt reprisal if any citizen is recalcitrant. No mention of the probable length of time this situation will prevail. The gov has helped all businesses by assuming the role of enforcer so that they do not have to issue their own masking requirements. No way to object, just stay home as much as possible and watch the economy swirl the drain.

[FormerFRLurker]

It is beginning to feel like a third world country where you have to obey the Government edicts or go to jail or die.

Er, haven't there always been consequences for breaking the law in the US? Like palmer I'd rather wear a mask than see a second wave of shutdowns, more deaths, and a Biden presidency.