COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

travelingsaintsfan said

We went to Walmart today and it has been a week or two since the last time. About 75% of the people plus all of the employees had masks as well as us. The ones that did not were mostly families (with screaming kids) and there were a few older people in the motorized carts. One family (3 adults & 3 preteen kids) who did not wear masks blocked the entrance to spray down the carts.

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I continue to go to Wal-Mart and Harris Teeter down the road, about twice a week. I'm in eastern NC.

At Harris Teeter, the mask participation rate for customers is about 40%, staff about 80%. At Wal-Mart the mask participation rate for staff is very high and the store is taking a lot of precautions including aisle flow indicators to minimize people passing each other.

But as far as the customers go, the mask participation at Wal-Mart is definitely no more than 1 in 5 (20%) and probably half of that. And very people follow the aisle flow indicators.