Walmart is finally going to require masks in all their stores

[Brent S]

Walmart is requiring mask in all its stores. I think it is an intelligent decision but imagine it will go over like a lead balloon on this site.

 

[Dani]

I was told This morning that our local Wal-Mart took down all their American flags on July 4th because someone walked up to the manager and said that they offended him. . . Just another reason I do not shop at Wal-Mart and find other alternatives. I hate Walmart.

 

[SheilaT.]

From the 24th July face coverings must be worn in all shops and supermarkets in England. I myself have no problem with it and I have made a few from a design I found. I tried the surgical masks and didn't get on with them and I've been unable to buy FFP2 or FFP3 masks that would protect me, so I've gone for comfort.
Not that I've been been to a supermarket since March

 

[DrHenley]

I was told This morning that our local Wal-Mart took down all their American flags on July 4th because someone walked up to the manager and said that they offended him. . . Just another reason I do not shop at Wal-Mart and find other alternatives. I hate Walmart.

If I had been the manager I would have told that person that he needed to be more tolerant, LOL.

 

[Mountain trapper]

BFD. I'll never step foot in that anti American racist store again.

 

[elliott92]

Anti maskers are the new anti vaxxers . People seem to forget we're in a pandemic.the motion of mandatory face coverings in shops here in the UK doesn't sit particularly well with me but its what is needed so let's all do our bit

 

[Joe SA]

Anti maskers are the new anti vaxxers . People seem to forget we're in a pandemic.the motion of mandatory face coverings in shops here in the UK doesn't sit particularly well with me but its what is needed so let's all do our bit

Pls go tel your vax jokes to these moms and dads.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFcPSXzpLkJECO5dxj6z9w

 

[elliott92]

There was no joke in what I said. Vaccines kill a few but save many. Anti vaxxers create more harm than good

 

[jontte]

those who have been around here long enough know how I feel about vaccines and anti-vaxxers.

 

[DrHenley]

In theory, vaccines are good...

In practice? It's like the fable of the Arab and the Camel. Give the government an inch and it will take a mile.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Walmart is requiring mask in all its stores. I think it is an intelligent decision but imagine it will go over like a lead balloon on this site.

I've always believed store owners have the right to create rules for their own businesses. If you will think back you will realize that conservatives have been doing that with their businesses since the beginning. No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service ring a bell? The libs however have made a mess of it. Homosexuals have sued many a fine person and their businesses for not wanting to participate in their “wedding”.

As far as Walmart and this mask requirement? I don’t see myself going there. After wearing masks for a long time, I’ve noticed if I wear one too long I have adverse affects.

 

[Dani]

Saw where Best Buy is another that is going to require mask.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Saw where Best Buy is another that is going to require mask.

I can easily do without patronizing these businesses.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I don't give a crap if someone wants to strap on a silly mask in the false sense of security. I won't wear one, and don't understand all the whinning from the sheep about those of us who choose not to wear a mask. I grew up during a time when people minded their own damn business.

 

[user 4617]

Best Buy, Walmart.... meh!

But I got's to have my COSTCO! Mask on!

 

[tmttactical]

I wear the mask, my choice. If a company / store require a mask, then it is still my choice, go in or stay out. I just do not want the government getting into the act. Then is is no longer my choice but having to comply due to force of arms. Think about it. Choice or force.

 

[KateMTx]

Here masks are required anyway because of the governor's orders. All businesses open to the public must require them and can be fined if they allow customers inside without them.

 

[user 4617]

Here masks are required anyway because of the governor's orders. All businesses open to the public must require them and can be fined if they allow customers inside without them.

Same here, but there is always a medical exemption. I'm sure your state has one too.


Looked it up, Texas is actually more leanant than Oregon:

Every person in Texas shall wear a face covering over the nose and mouth when inside a commercial entity or other building or space open to the public, or when in an outdoor public space, wherever it is not feasible to maintain six feet of social distancing from another person not in the same household; provided, however, that this face-covering requirement does not apply to the Miowing: 1. any person younger than 10 years of age; 2. any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a face covering; 3. any person while the person is consuming food or drink, or is seated at a restaurant to eat or drink; 4. any person while the person is (a) exercising outdoors or engaging in physical activity outdoors, and (b) maintaining a safe distance from other people not in the same household; 5. any person while the person is driving alone or with passengers who are part of the same household as the driver; 6. any person obtaining a service that requires temporary removal of the face covering for security surveillance, screening, or a need for specific access to the face, such as while visiting a bank or while obtaining a personalcare service involving the face, but only to the extent necessary for the temporary removal; 7. any person while the person is in a swimming pool, lake, or similar body of water; 8. any person who is voting, assisting a voter, serving as a poli watcher, or actively administering an election, but wearing a face covering is strongly encouraged; 9. any person who is actively providing or obtaining access to religious worship, but wearing a face covering is strongly encouraged; 10. any person while the person is giving a speech for a broadcast or to an audience; or 11. any person in a county (a) that meets the requisite criteria proilajcI OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE 2: f0’CLOCK JUL 0 2 2020 Governor Greg Abbott Executive Order GA-29 July 2, 2020 Page 3 the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) regarding minimal cases of COVID-19, and (b) whose county judge has affirmatively opted-out of this face-covering requirement by filing with TDEM the required face-covering attestation form—provided, however, that wearing a face covering is highly recommended, and every county is strongly encouraged to follow these face-covering standards.

 

[LindaSue]

Go back and start reading through the scientific studies they are using to cite mask efficacy. I’m not talking about N95, but the surgical masks and cloth face coverings. There is no proven science to show they offer a significant amount of help. All of them end with the same sentiment of “more studies need to be done” and “masking may prove effective in a pandemic” and “masks could help” but none of it is definitive. If doctors and nurses aren’t allowed a fabric mask or even a surgical mask when working in the hospital, I find it hard to believe that they are offering the general population a significant amount of help either.
Furthermore, what is the new goalpost that has been set? Our Governor Polis said that we can beat Covid if we wear a mask for 4 weeks. Beat Covid! Here I thought the only way to beat it, at least as they had said previously, was through vaccination. Now a mask can do it. But why? Is it because the virus has weakened? If that’s true, then it doesn’t matter exactly what we do, the virus will just putter out. If it hasn’t weakened, then what science are they using to show that homemade masks used by people who have little idea how to use them properly (and who touch their face constantly) is going to beat this virus?

It all seems fishy to me.

 

[DrHenley]

Surgical procedure masks are for stopping droplets that are expelled when talking, coughing or sneezing. They are for protecting others from the wearer, not the the wearer from others. The droplets go pretty much straight out so it doesn't matter that the mask is not sealed around the edges. It is NOT designed to stop aerosolized water particles from coming in around the edges..
You can, if you are careful, make a mask out of a bandana that is "sealed" all the way around. Not an airtight seal like on a N95 mask, but tight enough that there is no airflow around the edges.
When I get time I will post pictures of how to do it.

The following video shows the droplets someone emits while speaking. This is what the masks are for.

 

[user 6493]

here in Arkansas at least in one city you must wear a mask to get out of your car,,,,,I go there 2 times a month there will be no extra trips to that place,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,what I am worried about is it may become the new normal

 

[user 6493]

if that happens I will not go out unless I have no choice

 

[Brent S]

If I had been the manager I would have told that person that he needed to be more tolerant, LOL.

Go back and start reading through the scientific studies they are using to cite mask efficacy. I’m not talking about N95, but the surgical masks and cloth face coverings. There is no proven science to show they offer a significant amount of help. All of them end with the same sentiment of “more studies need to be done” and “masking may prove effective in a pandemic” and “masks could help” but none of it is definitive. If doctors and nurses aren’t allowed a fabric mask or even a surgical mask when working in the hospital, I find it hard to believe that they are offering the general population a significant amount of help either.
Furthermore, what is the new goalpost that has been set? Our Governor Polis said that we can beat Covid if we wear a mask for 4 weeks. Beat Covid! Here I thought the only way to beat it, at least as they had said previously, was through vaccination. Now a mask can do it. But why? Is it because the virus has weakened? If that’s true, then it doesn’t matter exactly what we do, the virus will just putter out. If it hasn’t weakened, then what science are they using to show that homemade masks used by people who have little idea how to use them properly (and who touch their face constantly) is going to beat this virus?

It all seems fishy to me.

shutting down businesses is asking a lot. Too much in my opinion. Wearing masks in public isn’t asking very much. While I will agree that wearing a bandanna isn’t the best at least it does help slow transmission. I just don't understand the childish resistance to masks. It’s common sense that they do help with slowing infections. I don’t care about total numbers of infections but hospitalizations and deaths are going up in close to 40 states right now. Many hospitals are full up right now. I just wish everyone would grow up and do what they can to help out right now.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Go back and start reading through the scientific studies they are using to cite mask efficacy. I’m not talking about N95, but the surgical masks and cloth face coverings. There is no proven science to show they offer a significant amount of help. All of them end with the same sentiment of “more studies need to be done” and “masking may prove effective in a pandemic” and “masks could help” but none of it is definitive. If doctors and nurses aren’t allowed a fabric mask or even a surgical mask when working in the hospital, I find it hard to believe that they are offering the general population a significant amount of help either.
Furthermore, what is the new goalpost that has been set? Our Governor Polis said that we can beat Covid if we wear a mask for 4 weeks. Beat Covid! Here I thought the only way to beat it, at least as they had said previously, was through vaccination. Now a mask can do it. But why? Is it because the virus has weakened? If that’s true, then it doesn’t matter exactly what we do, the virus will just putter out. If it hasn’t weakened, then what science are they using to show that homemade masks used by people who have little idea how to use them properly (and who touch their face constantly) is going to beat this virus?

It all seems fishy to me.

Don't you know by now that we're not supposed to use common sense and reasoning? We're expected to be sheep and do whatever the so-called experts and facist governors tell us to do, or else.
At the beginning of this whole thing the experts told us that masks were only for trained medical professionals. The general public was told not to use masks. They said we were too stupid to properly wear them. And from the fools that I do see running around wearing masks the experts were correct. Most sheep have no idea how to wear a mask.

 

[Dani]

I do wear a mask while out in public and now that it is mandatory, so does my hunny. He is one that resist this mandatory mask using. I have to wear one at work because it is mandatory now, but I started before the mandatory enforcement. While the store was open I wore, but 2 hours later I would take it off. I was the only person in the department fot 2 hrs then the next emp;oyees were in and out from the area I work in. I really dont worry. I do not want to be the one responsible for getting my loved ones sick. Mainly because if my mom's husband got sick it would be a death sentence. I tried telling mom this but she didnt believe me and they continuously went out for shopping and to eat. Thankfully he didnt get sick but she finally believed it when his doctor told her. . .

 

[Frozen Tundra]

The evidence that masks helps prevent the spread of Covid is irrefutable... wearing a mask in public shows courtesy and respect for people around you. It's no different than covering your mouth when you sneeze, or wash you hands after using the crapper... don't mistake an inconvenience as a rights issue.

 

[Oddcaliber]

Most businesses here require a mask. I personally don't have a problem with that. However Wally world can go pound sand!

 

[JackDW]

So far, I appreciate Lowe's mask policy the best (at least locally). If you enter the store and don't have a mask, they give you a mask and request you wear it while in the store. At least they are providing what they require. Is WalMart going to provide a mask for those who do not have one? If not, then Oddcaliber is right, the can go pound sand.

 

[Oddcaliber]

Lowes at least will give you a mask, Wal mart will try to sell you one.

 

[Brent S]

I was doing some electrical work at an auto parts chain store today. They had signs at the door saying masks were mandatory. One couple came in and the staff told them they needed a mask. The customers got belligerent and argued loudly. The employees went ahead and helped them with whatever parts they needed. People get way too agitated and aggressive at the drop of a hat. I agree that if they are requiring them then having some available to give out makes sense.