Went to the grocery store today and there are still a few people walking around...

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without masks. And I'm not talking about just young, twenty-somethings who think they're invincible, there are some 50 and 60-year-old fools foolishly walking around all Alfred E. Newman-like—"what, me worry".

Either they're just zip damn, low-info fools or they've bought the trump hype whole hog. Hard to believe adults came be this stupid.

I'm in Vegas, btw.

[nini]

1. they won't let you in a store by me unless you have a mask on

I don't get why it's not like that everywhere.

[Ohiogal]

4. Today, Mike De Wine said

That requiring masks is a “step too far” and “government overreach”

Instead we were told it is “strongly suggested”. Although any store can require them or else no entry.

But you know this just gives permission to the yahoos to be yahoos....

[Buckeye_Democrat]

28. Very disappointed.

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Masks are not a big inconvenience, and we clearly have too many dummies who won’t wear them without being compelled by law.

I’ve been pushing masks long before the CDC made it an official recommendation. Mask-wearing countries have fared much better through this pandemic.

[Cha]

30. No.. it's Safety First, DeWine.. how damn hard is it to

wear a mask while you're in a store practicing Safe Distancing?

It shows you're conscientious, you care about not infecting others.. and a reminder there's a deadly silent, invisible CV out there.

[Baked Potato]

6. We went in a major sporting goods store the other day. Not one other customer was masked up.

A couple employees were half assed covered.

Edit: ooops that was supposed to be reply to main post, but same point.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Same here. And the employees are wearing masks too.

The only ones without masks that I've seen were teenagers - traveling in groups. But I'm in New York and masks are required. There are signs on the doors of most stores and some stores only allow so many customers inside at a time. And anyone without a mask sticks out since everyone else is wearing them.

[nini]

29. Same here in Los Angeles

The cashiers have plexi- glass in front of them too in most spots. That's still a work in progress I think. Also, they only let so many in a store at once. At least the stores I have gone to.

Stay safe there in NY.

[Rhiannon12866]

35. Of the few stores I've gone to, there's plastic separating you from the check out clerk

And I used the self-check-out at the grocery store, they said that if you bring your reusable bag (elimination of plastic bags became policy in March), you need to pack it yourself. And everyone is wearing masks, it's required in the stores I've visited. It's a bit confusing, since each store has its own protocol (which started with the elimination of single use plastic bags), so I just go to the one store for groceries and one other to get food for my dog and cat. And the pet supply store is the stricter of the two, they close much earlier now and only let 10 shoppers in the store at once - initially, it was only 6!

And stay safe in California! At least our respective governors are leading the nation in safety precautions!

[Totally Tunsie]

31. Same here in RI.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. Starting Tomorrow in Illinois...

...the stores must insist on masks.
I'm seeing what the OP says too. Especially at the indy grocer nearest our house. Less than 50% wearing masks. Less than 20% with gloves.
Our handyman went to Lowe's to buy mulch. They gave him BIG heat over not having a mask.They finally let him go to the garden area, but a manager went and got a 10 pack of wallboarder masks. Told him he had to buy these to get the mulch, and then was told, don't come back without a mask.
At least one store trying be strict.

[Ohiogal]

2. It has been my observation

That the majority of unmasked folks in stores are males in the senior age group.

(I’m a senior myself). ... I always wear one if I have to go out.

[DURHAM D]

16. I have noticed the same.

I always figure they are the owners of the pickups in the parking lot with Trump/Pence bumper stickers.

[Ohiogal]

20. Yup.

And Pence and Trump refuse to wear masks, so they must think masks are only for sissies.

[FloridaBlues]

3. Did weekly shopping today and saw same thing approx 40% not wearing mask

[luvs2sing]

5. Scariest thing I saw..

Last week at Kroger during geezer hour, there was a woman who clearly looked like she was either in the middle of or had just finished chemotherapy. She had little hair, looked frail and thin, and was leaning on her cart in the middle of the aisle by the checkout lanes, not wearing a mask. I asked her if she was okay, and she assured me she was. I asked if she was in line, and she said no, that I should go ahead. Then I noticed another woman, also without a mask, putting items in this woman’s cart, clearly helping her shop.

After a few minutes, I’m still in line, and I notice this woman and her friend are in line behind me. I asked her if she would like to go ahead since she had really been in line ahead of me, she had nowhere as much in her cart as I did, and, dammit, I wanted her out of that store and safe. She refused. Oh, no, I’m fine, thanks!

Freaked me out for the whole day.

[secondwind]

7. I've seen these folks also, sometimes I wonder if they really want to have one and cannot afford one

[Rhiannon12866]

10. They are hard to come by, a lot of people resort to making their own.

I found a gas station with some good ones for a reasonable price ($6.99) last week and got one for myself and two people I know who had makeshift ones. And I told the owner that I'd spread the word that he had masks. I haven't seen them any other place though they're required here in New York, not that I went looking, I go to one store, get what I need and get out.

[Golden Raisin]

9. Can't get into a store without a mask and most stores

(not just supermarkets) strictly limit how many customers can enter and be inside the store at a time. I'm in Manhattan, so as the U.S.A. epicenter this makes eminent sense.

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12. Be safe, pls. I left there 12 years ago but still miss NYC.

[Kilgore]

11. See very few here

I'm in rural SW WA, and see very few. But in fairness we have had almost zero cases in our county too.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. I'm in Central Florida.

I went to the post office the other day and there was a couple walking out as I was walking in. They looked at me as if I was being foolish taking so much precautions.

And I'll tell you what I hate about those six foot taped marks on the floor in the post office. The guy in front of me did not have a mask on. So each time the line stepped forward, I ended up stepping in his air bubble. Fuck. They need to make these masks mandatory.

[EarthFirst]

17. My folks live in The Villages

Both work in the hospice field as RNs.

The amount of disregard by the general public is appalling according to both of them.

One of the highest density of 55+ citizens in the nation; continuing on as if the entire thing is simply a conspiracy to inconvenience their daily lives.

I worry about my parents daily.

[Baitball Blogger]

19. I predict the Villages will turn into Florida's first hot spot.

I am sure your parents know what they have to do to protect themselves. There will be events organized in the next few months. They just need to avoid them.

[Totally Tunsie]

33. The Villages heavily lean Republican.

https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/florida/the_villages

Politics & Voting in The Villages, Florida
The Political Climate in The Villages, FL is Somewhat conservative.

Sumter County, FL is Somewhat conservative. In Sumter County, FL 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted Republican, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.

Their Lord and Master refuses to wear a mask.

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18. Yep, the virus can remain suspended for several minutes from people just breathing.

What I'm puzzled about is how the health experts say the mask is to protect others, by way of the mask layers, from one's exhalations or coughing, etc. But if the mask protects others from one's own exhalations because of the blocking action of the cloth layers, why wouldn't the layers protect the wearer from others exhalations as well?

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Because masks that are imperfectly sealed to your face will result in drawing air in from the edges

of the mask.

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24. Also leaking it out at the same rate though, right?

[Baitball Blogger]

26. Possibly. But it will hit the mask before it leaks out.

[Igel]

36. And it's worth pointing out that droplet size matters.

The droplets that come out of your mouth from speaking and coughing loss mass as they fly and fall, and become smaller.

If they escape your mask because they're small, they're not going to be stopped by the other person's.

[GoCubsGo]

23. That's how it is here in South Carolina, too.

A good 60-70% of the people in most stores are unmasked. Needless to say, I am limiting my shopping trips, and using curbside pick-up when I can. The people here are so stupid, I can't stand it.

[JDC]

14. Same in Denver.

[Grasswire2]

15. I noticed today that the guys without masks were mostly there for cases of beer!

FWIW.

And I saw a city bus pull up, passengers get off wearing masks, and another male passenger got off noticeably with a hacking cough. No mask. The driver was masked, with a plexiglass shield as well.

[Baitball Blogger]

22. At the grocery store, it was mostly men that did not wear masks.

And, yes, I saw one sneeze hard and another have a coughing fit.

[Igel]

37. Fear not.

In most places the number of positives are 10% or less of the people tested.

Even with 1/3 negative, that means in most places it's still less than 13% of the people who show symptoms.

[Meowmee]

25. I have not been out since I went to the field hospital where I had to wear a mask obviously

, before that I had not been out since March 20 to go to the doctor. I know it is mandated now to wear a mask in a public place in New York. But I see people out walking with no masks, maybe it is not required while you’re walking your dog etc. I don’t know.

I just got an email from Costco saying that they are reopening to their normal hours soon but it is required that everyone working and shopping wears a mask. I will not be going out since I am contagious with covid right now but I guess if I go out eventually I will see if people are following it or not.

I just wonder what is going to happen when they start reopening everything and if people will actually go out. Is it really worth risking your life to get a haircut, a tattoo, or to go to the mall? I think most people with half a brain are going to say no.

[customerserviceguy]

27. I went to two supermarkets today

and while the employees all were wearing masks at both places, only about a third of the customers were.

[Cha]

32. We're all Masked, Gloved, Sanitized, SafeDistancing on Kauai.. this is how we're Doing..

Kauai hasn’t seen a new COVID-19 diagnosis in 15 days. Now, they’re reporting no active cases

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - For 15 days, Kauai hasn’t seen a single new case of coronavirus. And on Tuesday, a new milestone: the island’s last COVID-19 patient in isolation was allowed to leave the hospital.

That means there are no known active cases on Kauai.

The decline in the threat has many wondering: What now?

Gov. David Ige has extended his stay-at-home order for the state through May 31 — and mandated that county mayors go through him for approval before instituting any changes to the restrictions.

Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami hasn’t yet indicated how he’d like the island to reopen. But he instituted strict emergency orders early on, including a nighttime curfew, and bristled at the suggestion that Kauai act as a test case for the reboot of the tourism industry.

“As always, we must proceed with cautious optimism,” Kawakami said, in a Facebook update Tuesday.

“There is no doubt that we will see more cases of COVID-19 on Kauai at some point.”

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/04/28/kauai-hasnt-seen-new-covid-diagnosis-days-now-theyre-reporting-no-active-cases/

[Totally Tunsie]

34. That's excellent!

Now don't let anyone in for a while. Keep yourselves safe.

[Cha]

38. It's amazing me, Totally Tunsie!

The protocol for Visitors now is a 2 week quarantine in their hotel rooms. Breaking the rules for any of us is a $5,000 fine.

StaySafe!

[Totally Tunsie]

40. That'll do it.

[Igel]

39. If so, Kauai's open for business.

To residents.

The borders need to be sealed--anybody that arrives gets quarantined for 2 weeks. Yeah, that's a kill for tourism.

It means Kauai is in a bubble, residents living in fear of contamination and infection from the outside.

[GulfCoast66]

41. Last week in Publix in Clermont Florida I saw something that encapsulates the Fox nation.

Wearing my class 3 surgical mask with my fishing Buff over it to pull it tighter and insure I’m breathing thru it and not around it.

Headed for the meat rack in the back of the store and not halfway down a one way only isle and I hear someone raging. At like 100 decibels. I’m 50 feet away and can hear him. Talking about Americans being soft and this virus a big hoax and Iran, China and so on. Wondering WTF. Got to the meat counter and see this big guy in his 60s or so raging away at a Publix associate stocking the meat looking like he is biting his tongue. Which I’m sure he was. Went to look for meat and made eye contact with the asshole. But of course he said nothing to me. Just scowled. Probably knew had he addressed me I would have told him to fuck off. Which I would have. My mask would have told him. Plus, I’m a big enough guy in my early 50s.

Just reinforced to me. These people are fucking cowards. And cowards always need to look tough. Dad taught me that when I was 9.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

42. Maybe they don't have masks availabel to them

and can't figure out how to get them.

It's not as though you can just purchase them at Target.

The only reason I have masks is that My Sister Who Sews has been making them and graciously mailed me six. Alas, they were all too big to fit. Lucky me, I have a friend with a sewing machine who was able to re-sew them so they fit. I of course gave her and her daughter masks.

But they are not they easy to come by these days.

[obamanut2012]

43. You really are neing needleddly judgmental

You do know that many folks with certain conditions CANNOT wear a mask without risk, right? It can actually put them in the hospital or literally even kill them, if they wear it too long. My BIL is one of those. Wearing one can kill him. He has my sister to buy their food and run to the pharmacy, etc., but many people don't have anyone to help them, especially older people.

This is literally no different then seeing someone with an invisible disability park in the handicap space and being snarky to them. Which happens to the same BIL constantly. He has had a COP threaten to arrest him, and he has disabled veteran plates on his car, but because he looks able bodied, people judge him.

So, stop judging these people. You have no idea why they aren't wearing masks. Many, many, MANY, especially older folks, probably have a legitimate reason. Instead, be judgmental of the folks in masks and gloves who touch every damned thing and put it back on the shelves, and who stand six inches from you because they have on a mask.

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45. Please. Ever heard of ordering online delivery, or for curbside pick-up? Or a thing called scarves..

one can pull out of a drawer and wrap around nose and mouth?

But that's just me and most others on this thread. With 1 million plus infected and 60,000 deaths, why take chances with the virus if you don't have to.