My Kroger has a 5 foot sign in front demanding a mask on the orders of the king - oops I mean the governor.
However, the governor’s “degree” includes medical exemptions without defining what a medical reason is - and medical privacy laws prohibit them from demanding I tell the medical reason. So when I went to Kroger the I wore no mask. I was not approached by employees or customers on that. But when I am I will say that I have a medical exemption. If I am told do leave I will ask them if they are familiar with the ADA. It will be instructive to see that response that elicits.
The irony which is wasted on the Kool Aid drinkers is that the masks are unhealthy so logically everyone has a “medical reason” for not wearing one.
I was the only person in the entire store not wearing one. A number of the poor employees wear them off the nose etc because it is unhealthy to wear one all day. The whole mask thing is an effin joke. A very, very, sick one.
” ... medical privacy laws prohibit them from demanding I tell the medical reason.”
If you are referring to HIPAA, it applies only to entities (e.g., hospitals, clinics, doctor’s offices, etc.) that keep medical records.
“But when I am I will say that I have a medical exemption. If I am told do leave I will ask them if they are familiar with the ADA.”
The ADA requires only that companies subject to that law make a “reasonable modification” or “accommodation” for disabled persons. In the case of a grocery store, asking you to do curbside pickup rather than in-store shopping would likely satisfy this requirement.