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Walmart, the largest private employer in the U.S., announced that customers are no longer required to wear masks in its more than 5,000 stores nationwide.

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Trader Joe’s too

This is racist and irresponsible!!!

Just add that to my long list of reasons why I do not shop at Walmart.

won't be shopping there for about a year or so

I think I'll keep mine on. Walmart shoppers aren't always the most hygienic.

Walmart never really enforced the mask mandate. I stopped shopping at Walmart. It was too disgusting.

What an excellent segment of the population to cull. Stand in the entrances on your phones and breathe deep! Cough deeply as your cart rolls wherever it wants in the parking lot! Have fun!

Sanity.👍🏻🇺🇸

India, is seeing largest surge, my friends and family members who are fully vaccinated are infected as well. There are people dying even after being vaccinated. The mortality in children 0 to 12 is increasing. we will see the surge again in 2 months in usa. wear mask please.

Good news

Queue another wave of infections in the US....it's the one sure way to weed out the vaccinated from the unvaccinated.

Someone who lives in in a rural area, WalMart saved us during lockdown, order food on app pick up for free no need to enter the store

The employees of Walmart, Lowe’s, CVS, Kroger, etc. have been going to work every god damn day since March 2020. Meanwhile teachers and teacher unions have been bitching and whining about going to work for a year. Teachers are overrated.

I avoid wal mart like the plague already in normal times now I won’t go even once

Will stay out of Walmart

BOO!!👎👎👎👎👎👎

50% will never have received a vaccine ...

Simple! Don’t shop Walmart!

boycottWalmart masks4all

And there you go....

Si!!!!!

Well, I’m wearing one anyway.

I literally have walked into a Walmart ONCE since the pandemic started...and it was to get my vaccine. For future, I will continue to only do curbside pickup or I won’t shop there 🤷🏽‍♀️

There was a mask mandate at Walmart? When did that start? Did it include employees? Weird.

Holy fuck! Your ignorance is astounding! *fully vaccinated. Go stand in the corner and think about what you did.

good thing i haven't shopped there in years.🙄

Great

You mean they're dropping the pretense. They never enforced their mask rule with their own on-duty employees, let alone the customers.

We couldn't even wait until we got to 50% immunity. I hope this doesn't blow up in our faces.

Ok. Target it is.

I will not be visiting Walmart.

So everyone is going to ignore the biggest question, how are they going to tell?

Like they EVER enforced it. What a joke. 🙄

That’s ok. I haven’t given them my money in over a year.

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Does anyone think that un-vaccinated people will shop at Walmart? And..,.not wear masks? They are a danger to the community.

cdc

So everyone shopping Walmart is vaccinated? Are they stupid? Or do they want COVID19 to continue to spread because it helps their online sales? COVIDIOTS

That's funny because I distinctly remember them being behind the control arm of this agenda throwing their support behind totalitarian Vaccine Passports In order to not be shut out of society

Wonder if they provide paid time off for employees who get the vaccine 🤔

Shit.

How about their pay, benefits, and employment rate? amirite

Here comes the next surge, America. superspreader

Really surprised that Walmart is showing a lack of regard for their employees and customer. Not to mention disdain for the broader community. Just really off brand for them.

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Well…go to “the people of Walmart” page and you’ll see why it doesn’t really matter…

Really bad decision. With only 1/3 of Americans vaccinated it only shows how the dollar is still well control, like always.

The Walmart customer infection rate has always been 147% higher than the US infection rate, so this will change little.

Time for delivery

I like to socially distance as far as possible from any Walmart.

I wouldn't step into a Walmart even with a hazmat suit, and that was before the pandemic

Exactly why I will not be doing much in-person shopping. I am fully immunized, but I do not trust that every maskless shopper is truthful about being vaccinated. And I have an unvaccinated 7yr old in my bubble.

I never liked shopping there anyway, so no loss.

When it comes to Wal*Mart [especially around my way] I_am_definitely_wearing a mask for protection.

Cool Walmart 👎🏻

Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH 'The COVID19 pandemic globally is now more severe than ever. Yet she says no need for masks America Can you say oxymoron or just moron?

Hot Take: Get vaccinated.

it's ok for you if you are vaccinated and wear your mask inside close spaces. for sure, i am fully vaccinated, but i will wear my mask BECAUSE I DAMN LIKE IT AND WANT TO DO IT!

Praise Him!😃😃😃💜👍🏼✊🏼 This will be me heading to Walmart tomorrow! Needed some avocado oil anyway 🤣😂! Thank you Walmart !

Walmart much prettier with mask on

Just wait until the Covid numbers climb sky high again, and we have to go back to masks full time again.

Definitely not shopping there anymore.

What could possibly go wrong 😐

Walmart (and Sam's Club) offer free walk-in COVID vaccinations at their stores. Walmart: Save money, live better.

I already don't wear it in walmart or anywhere else.

Can’t wait until the virus mutates into 50 different variations and all the vaccines become obsolete.

just another good reason not to shop there

Misleading headline, per usual for NPR

Me, when the maskless WalMart employee comes to drop off my curbside pickup order:

So, I don't typically shop at Walmart. And now I KNOW I won't....

When did they start?

Thanks for the warning! Plenty of other places to shop safely!

Majority of the masks were under the nose or chin if they had one.

'But we should still wear masks because Walmart, right?'

Watch the numbers go up when they were starting to go down

That’s not going to spark another outbreak! sarcasm

Oh Walmart, I already disliked you for your predatory business practices, poor treatment of employees, and sucking at the teet of slave labour. You didn't need to add reckless and dangerous policies for in-store shopping too.

You realize they only opened the door to masks off only for those who are fully vaccinated right?

So I guess this means NOTHING TO PEOPLE? Florida Adds 3,500 New Covid Cases, Reports 71 More Resident Deaths Friday

Ha ha, as if Walmart gave a rats ass about masking for the last year.

Do you think trumpers who hate masks will continue to wear them if they see half of the other people who are vaccinated not wearing them? Of course not! They will all take them off. Only 10% of people will still wear masks, despite 50% unvaccinated

So..the CDC put up the 'Mission Accomplished' banner? Good luck healthcare workers!

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