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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I was in Barnes and Noble today, and they have a sign on the front door that says masks are "required". I think that is the first sign I has seen like that, which I thought was a good idea. But, there were several people in the store not wearing masks and I didn't see any of them being asked to leave. I don't understand the management's thinking on this. It would be very easy to have someone walk around and enforce their rule. Otherwise, why not just have a sign that says masks are "requested" like many other stores? They are just making people who follow the rule feel cheated.
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Considering the reports of physical violence, and even at least one death, to an employee trying to enforce the mask requirement for a store, I think the answer is not so easy as you think.
The politicizing of masks is a part of what is causing us to have more than 25% of the world’s cases and 25% of the world’s deaths, while being only 4.5 % of the world’s population.
But too many people choose to stay dysinformed. Anti-maskers have had their emotions heightened into some kind of bizarre fervor that, ironically, could result in the death knell to the economy they claim to care so much about.
I started a thread this morning with a science based article that says masks
could protect the wearer and gives details on the protection value of various types of masks.
By the way, Meta Minton was interviewed on NPR earlier this week. In addition to being asked about the infamous parade in TV that was viewed by millions, she also was asked to comment on how Villagers are handling the virus. A Google of her name and NPR will take you to the interview.
I was really hoping the canaries who are out there in the coal mine would do fine, but it does not look promising.
What is the big deal about putting on a mask? Can’t hurt. Could help. But I think we are in a big, ugly mess with no end in sight.