{"id":21888,"date":"2020-07-25T14:55:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T18:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=21888"},"modified":"2020-07-25T14:55:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T18:55:31","slug":"huge-victory-several-major-retailers-no-longer-require-masks-even-after-mandatory-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=21888","title":{"rendered":"HUGE VICTORY! Several Major Retailers No Longer Require Masks Even After Mandatory Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Face mask U-turn: Walmart, Home Depot, Walgreens and CVS are among stores saying they WILL serve customers who don&#8217;t wear masks despite announcing face coverings were mandatory<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Major U.S. retailers brought in rules requiring masks to be worn by customers\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>However, the rules appear to be little more than a suggestion with stores powerless to deal with those who refuse\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>The requirement for customers to wear facial coverings have sometimes brought violent reactions from some patrons who have refused to comply\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Companies that had previously announced a &#8216;mask-on&#8217; policy now say they won&#8217;t challenge customers who refuse to wear them and police will also not be called\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Retailers are trying to walk a fine line between enforcement and friendly service<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Some stores have stated that if a customer refuses to comply they will be served quickly and encouraged\u00a0to order online to avoid future encounters\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Days after announcing customers are required to wear face masks while shopping in their stores, major U.S. retailers appear to be showing leniency in how the rules are enforced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a id=\"mol-f391c410-cde6-11ea-9862-e311eafa46ae\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/walmart\/index.html\">Walmart<\/a>, Home Depot, Lowe&#8217;s, Walgreens and CVS had initially required shoppers to wear masks but now in the hope of avoiding confrontations between angry customers and employees it appears to be little more than a suggestion, rather than a legally enforceable instruction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Having retailers take on the role of the &#8216;mask police&#8217; puts them in an uncomfortable position at a time when many shops are in no position financially to refuse business.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8557749\/Walmart-Home-Depot-Walgreens-CVS-serve-customers-dont-wear-masks.html\">https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8557749\/Walmart-Home-Depot-Walgreens-CVS-serve-customers-dont-wear-masks.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}