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Walmart to require face coverings in stores across the country
Washington Examiner ^ | JUly 15,2020 | Mica Soellner

Posted on 07/15/2020 10:53:05 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Walmart will require face coverings in all of its stores across the country starting on July 20.

Mandatory masks for customers will be enforced by employees upon entrances at more than 5,000 Walmart and Sam's Club stores, the company announced on Wednesday.

"As the number of confirmed cases has spiked in communities across the country recently, so too have the number and types of face covering mandates being implemented," wrote the retailer's Chief Operating Officer Dacona Smith in a blog post. "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 starting Monday, July 20. This will give us time to inform customers and members of the changes, post signage and train associates on the new protocols."

The blog post also mentioned that stores will now have a single entrance, and Sam's Club associates will "politely" remind members "of our requirement to wear a face covering when shopping with us. Complimentary masks will be provided if the member doesn’t have one. Or members can purchase masks in the club."

The company has already taken other measures to help protect public health, including using markers to indicate 6 feet of social distancing for customers and increasing sanitizing and cleaning efforts.

Cases of the coronavirus have increased across the country, with more than 3 million people in the United States infected by the virus, and nearly 140,000 people have died.

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


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To: Mr Rogers
I sometimes use Walmart home delivery - you have to buy enough to get free delivery. They keep fooling around with it, but IIRC it was $35. On the other hand, their front page is now featuring the Queer Eye Collection. They won't let me link their photo, but you get the idea:


21 posted on 07/15/2020 11:12:24 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Hojczyk

Guess I just did my last shopping there...


22 posted on 07/15/2020 11:12:39 AM PDT by livius
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To: IrishBrigade
"(I defy anyone on this forum to tell me that normal respiration through the nostrils constitutes a lethal threat to anyone) and these nazis take it upon themselves to bitch at me about it..."

As long as you only breath "in" through your nose and "out" through your mouth, correct. Of course, you forego any protective effect for yourself in so doing. Other people, of course, have no way to know you are doing so, and just think you're an ignorant dumbass who doesn't know how to properly use a mask.

Now, WHY exactly, is it so hard for you to wear and use a mask properly?

23 posted on 07/15/2020 11:13:11 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (No Longer Tolerating Trolls!)
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To: Hojczyk

Yet more stores to avoid...

We live in fascist Bizarro world.


24 posted on 07/15/2020 11:13:25 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Hojczyk

Draconian Smith?


25 posted on 07/15/2020 11:13:30 AM PDT by HIDEK6 ( God bless Donald Trump.)
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To: dragnet2

What happens if you don't wear a mask?


26 posted on 07/15/2020 11:13:36 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Hojczyk

We are in the middle of ths biggest Post Hoc ergo Propter Hoc fallacy ever seen.


27 posted on 07/15/2020 11:14:40 AM PDT by HIDEK6 ( God bless Donald Trump.)
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To: butlerweave

We must feed the sheep their fare: yet more paranoia and fear. We must identify the non-sheep.


28 posted on 07/15/2020 11:15:20 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Hojczyk

This has very little to do with public health and a lot to do with liability. Some virtue signalling, but mostly liability. Walmart probably employs about a million people in it’s stores and is one of the biggest employers in america. More than that, it’s also been open through this entire pandemic and making cash and has deep pockets. It’s going to be one of the biggest targets for ambulance chasers trying to make a quick buck off of perceived negligence or lax rules causing infections.

If there’s another pandemic stimulus bill, liability waivers has to be a part of it. Trump was right to call for liability protection months ago, and this is one example of what happens without it.


29 posted on 07/15/2020 11:15:45 AM PDT by jz638
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To: Hojczyk
My WalMart has been requiring masks for a while now. People don't seem to care. Some keep 'em on, some pull them down and then up again when headed for the checkout lanes.

Looks like much ado about nothing much at this store.

Leni

30 posted on 07/15/2020 11:15:45 AM PDT by MinuteGal (MAGA !!! MAGA !!! MAGA !!!)
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To: Tommy Revolts

What happens if you don’t wear a mask?


Some people, right here on FR, want you named, shamed, fined and your location posted on social media.

I kid you, not.


31 posted on 07/15/2020 11:16:03 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Hojczyk

That’s fine. I do not need to shop at Walmart.
Local meat shop has specials and the garden in doing great. Coffee comes by USPS.


32 posted on 07/15/2020 11:16:19 AM PDT by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: Wonder Warthog

there is no protective effect for you or others in wearing a politically correct snot rag


33 posted on 07/15/2020 11:17:52 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Tommy Revolts

I would imagine the Walmart “Enforcers” will physically stop you from entering. Maybe the employees will descend on you and gang beat you like an Antifa mob at the entrance. I’d love to see how they train their, “Enforcers”.


34 posted on 07/15/2020 11:18:32 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Hojczyk

Amazon is next. They’re going to use the built in camera on your device, and won’t process your order unless you’re wearing a mask.


35 posted on 07/15/2020 11:18:55 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Hojczyk

Stupidity beyond stupidity.


36 posted on 07/15/2020 11:19:22 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Tommy Revolts

Then you don’t shop there. Their store, their rules. I don’t agree with what they’re doing, but they’re certainly entitled to make the rule.


37 posted on 07/15/2020 11:20:17 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Hojczyk
This can open up a whole new People of Walmart category....


38 posted on 07/15/2020 11:23:11 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Hojczyk

Thank God the Meijer just opened up... Good bye wally world


39 posted on 07/15/2020 11:23:41 AM PDT by joe fonebone (Communists Need To Be Eliminated)
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To: Hojczyk

I’ll make one more Walmart run before the 20th and then I won’t go there until this is over.


40 posted on 07/15/2020 11:24:50 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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