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Apple delaying return to office until October or beyond: Tim Cook Most Apple stores will reportedly again require masks again
Fox Business ^ | Published 30 mins ago 7/28/21 | Breck Dumas

Posted on 07/28/2021 1:29:09 PM PDT by conservative98

Apple CEO Tim Cook told FOX Business this week that employees of the firm will not be expected to return to the office until October or beyond, after telling workers earlier this summer to prepare to come back to the office in September for at least three days a week.

The iPhone maker's move is part of a growing trend of tech companies that are issuing such delays as coronavirus persists in the U.S.

"As the last 18 months have demonstrated many times before, progress made is not progress guaranteed," Cook said in a conference call Tuesday. "An uneven recovery to the pandemic and the delta variant surging in many countries around the world have shown us once again that the road to recovery will be a winding one."

Meanwhile, Apple will again require masks for customers and staff in most of its U.S. retail locations, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing a company memo. The requirement will go into effect Thursday at more than half of Apple's 270 U.S. stores, even for people who are vaccinated against COVID-19.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apple; delta; fakenews; lockdowns; masks; notthisagain

1 posted on 07/28/2021 1:29:09 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

There must be bodies everywhere.


2 posted on 07/28/2021 1:30:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: conservative98

again again?


3 posted on 07/28/2021 1:36:04 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Critical Race Theory: black behavior is so bad it must be whitey's fault.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Mask rules for customers have been a contentious issue throughout the pandemic and workers in stores and restaurants have often been thrust into the role of carrying out their employers’ mask rules, sometimes with violent consequences. Last month, a grocery clerk in Georgia was killed after a dispute with a customer over face masks.

A Walmart spokesperson said Wednesday that the company has followed CDC guidance throughout the pandemic. “This one is a little more complicated due to county-by-county discretion, but expect to hear more from us soon.”

Maria Brous, a spokesperson for Publix, said the company was “reviewing the updated CDC guidance” and would provide updates regarding our policies as appropriate.”


4 posted on 07/28/2021 1:41:13 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: BenLurkin

if the official count is to be believed the death toll yesterday was 367


5 posted on 07/28/2021 1:43:22 PM PDT by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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To: BenLurkin

The DNC machine has got their marching orders.
“We need to lockdown the USA again so we can win 2022 elections”


6 posted on 07/28/2021 1:46:27 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: conservative98

All the big establishment players are setting the table.


7 posted on 07/28/2021 1:51:52 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: conservative98

I don’t but Apple it’s full of worms


8 posted on 07/28/2021 1:53:52 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: conservative98
The "new" lock-down is 100% political.

The midterms are ESSENTIAL and all that matters.

9 posted on 07/28/2021 2:18:06 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: conservative98

Wish I could boycott the Borg...er I mean apple.


10 posted on 07/28/2021 2:42:16 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: BenLurkin

If you didn’t watch the news you would have no idea Covid was even going on now in the US.


11 posted on 07/28/2021 2:44:54 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: conservative98

Apple has close CCP connections; Have a friend of mine son working in China in one of their plants


12 posted on 07/28/2021 3:07:41 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (AKA Lee J Keslin posting in the hopes comments get passed around )
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To: conservative98

Message to pro-Pandemic fools.

https://www.brighteon.com/c112e746-7db9-434f-a227-20f0d8fdc6de


13 posted on 07/28/2021 3:23:29 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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