Costco, Kroger, Target, Walmart and Apple change mask policies, as CDC warns about rise in delta var

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Market Watch

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course on its masking guidance last week — and the move has important implications for retailers and other businesses. Some restaurants, for example, are already telling customers, as the delta variant spreads, “No vax, no service.”

The CDC now recommends that people, regardless of vaccination status, wear a mask indoors in areas where there’s “substantial and high transmission” of COVID-19, as well as in K-12 schools. In May, the agency relaxed face mask guidance, saying it was no longer necessary for fully vaccinated individuals to wear one indoors.

Ultimately, state and local governments don’t have to adopt the CDC’s recommendations.

On Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recommended that the city’s 8 million residents wear a mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status.



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[SoCalNative]

1. So they "strongly suggest"

people wear masks. Why not require or no entry?

[underpants]

2. They don't want employees having to face outrage and possible violence.

“Associates” they call their employees.

[SoCalNative]

3. This is why we need

a federal vaccine passport with QR code. Stores install QR scanners at the door, and if you don't have one then you don't get in.

[spinbaby]

4. Exactly

The people who won’t get vaccinated will also ignore “suggestions.” If they want to not get vaccinated, they have to accept that we don’t want their germy bare faces near us.

[Marthe48]

8. questions

My questions: Could I use a paper passport? Or would I have to have something on my phone?

Comment: I hope I don't have to add any more apps to my phone!

[Ms. Toad]

24. A QR code is just an image. No need for an app. n/t

[Marthe48]

32. Thanks!

[iluvtennis]

11. Agree - South Korea has it...why not the US. n/t

[AngryOldDem]

14. True.

My son took a shit-ton of verbal abuse last year for requesting that customers at his store follow policy on masks. This was just after things reopened with reduced hours and COVID was still bad.

Management, predictably, did nothing to back him up.

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. It should be required for entry

A mask mandate that isn't enforced is useless. I'm tired of this country being held hostage to the crazy and stupid.

[Marthe48]

10. Exactly!

I feel like a prisoner in my own life.

[CottonBear]

22. We are prisoners in our own lives being held hostage by COVIDIOTS. NT

[blueinredohio]

5. Our Wal-Mart has a sign on the door

If you're vaccinated you don't have to wear a mask. Non vaccinated must wear a mask. How the hell do they know who's vaccinated? My county is only 35% vaccinated and its mostly older people. I still wear my mask even though I had my shots.

[bluestarone]

9. Only ONE answer i can think of

They took the EASY WAY OUT! They know the no maskers will LIE their ass off and cause all sorts of trouble!

[wnylib]

15. That sign is on the front doors

of all the stores in my area. Consequently, it is very rare to see anyone in a store wearing a mask.

But our vaccination rate here is only 46%. It just moved up from 43%.

[Skittles]

30. exactly, which is why the CDC really dropped the ball on masking

there IS no honor among people who still think Trump was a swell president

[Escurumbele]

7. Sorry to post this question here, but sometimes when I click on a link here at DU I am sent

to some commercial page. I just want to know if I have a problem on my browser or if DU has started randomly setting commercial links on those subscribed to DU.

Please respond if you have had this problem, or not.

Thank you

[tanyev]

13. Yep, happens to me too.

Seems pretty random. I can’t say whether it only happens when I’m not logged in—I spend about equal amounts of time logged in/not logged in.

[Escurumbele]

16. Thank you, I guess it is a way for the new owner to make some revenue.

I click out of the pages immediately, I don't stop to read their offerings so, with me they are wasting their time, but I just wanted to know if I had a trojan, or not. I guess I have a different kind of trojan.

[Sapient Donkey]

34. You should put that in the ask the admin section

Tell them which ad/site redirected you. They might be able to blacklist those annoying ads. I am assuming they would rather not have those pop up.

Also, becoming a star member will get rid of the ads.

[AngryOldDem]

12. Fully vaxxed, but back to wearing a mask at Kroger

The aisles at one store where I shop are so narrow that it’s hard to pass comfortably. Gets crowded fast, especially if people stand around mentally debating the advantages of Skippy over Jif.

[Grammy23]

17. My husband stopped by Fresh Market today to buy meat.

He noticed that every employee was masked as well as the majority of the shoppers. We always wear masks to shop — regardless of what anyone else does. We will continue to wear masks although we’re fully vaccinated. We live in an under vaccinated area of NW FL so even if the vaccine gives us a very good chance of avoiding severe Covid and hospitalization and/or death, we want to keep our risk as low as we can. It is a minor inconvenience to wear a mask.

[Ligyron]

21. Fresh market attracts the more affluent, better educated type customer

That’s my take on it anyway as I’ve noticed the same thing down here in South Florida.

[GulfCoast66]

26. Fresh Market still requires their employees to wear them.

At least in central Florida.

Publix just went back to making their employees wear them. Fresh Market never stopped.

[marble falls]

18. AFT, And it needs to be a tougher stance than that. It just floors me knowing that a third ...

... of this country just don't give a poop if I live or die and aren't bothered by their possible direct contribution to killing others. I had a lot of trouble hearing that there were people begging for vaxxing as they were being intubated. I wondered how many they killed. If they weren't vaxxed, there's no way they were wearing masks, or keeping safe distances.

[Ligyron]

23. What is?

[Iggo]

25. I know. I can't wait.

[LeftInTX]

27. HEB has a sign, "Masks are now optional"

WTF??

Of course no one is gonna wear them...


They all need to at least have signs that says, "The CDC recommends that everyone wear masks"....

None of the stores that I visited in the past week have any new signage about the CDC recommendations. Not a single one.

If patrons get strong signals about masks, there is a good chance that many will wear them, even if they aren't mandatory.
As it is, only a few people are.

I don't think retailers are paying attention to stats.

Since WalMart is HEB's largest competitor, I expect them to copy WalMart....
Strongly encouraging masks is much better than "You really don't need a mask"

[xxqqqzme]

28. I'm wearing a mask, when I

venture out, until the CDC decides whether or not I need a booster against the latest variant

[Ms. Toad]

31. That makes you part of the problem, then.

The vaccine is only about 80% effective at preventing symptomatic disease transmission (per Fauci). People who have been vaccinated can contract the disease even if they are asymptomatic. You can pass it on to the children you claim to care about. You can pass it on to other vaccinated individuals. You could be the site for the next new, dangerous variant.

We each need to do our part to prevent the spread of this disease - and that means layers of mitigation - vaccinaton + masking.

[obamanut2012]

33. You should be ashamed of yourself

Wow. I am shocked you think this is something to be proud of. As Ms. Toad said, you are part of the problem. You are literally as bad as the anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers.

Educate yourself, and be a good citizen.

I have also had Covid, and have been vaxxed for months, and I wear the mask because I'm not a sociopath.

[DemocraticPatriot]

35. Glad to hear Kroger will be requiring masks again.

Here in Michigan, I was practically the only person wearing one inside Krogers over the past month or so. While Michigan is in pretty good shape compared to the rest of the country, cases are rising again, and Delta has shown up in the state.


EDIT: Ah, CRAP! Upon reading the article, I see that it is only a "strong recommendation" by Kroger, not a requirement...
Little that will help among the covidiots...

[Luciferous]

36. We've gone back to requiring masks at work