These Retailers Are Now Requiring Face Masks for Consumers

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to increase due to the delta variant, stores across the US are analyzing their mask mandates in order to help contain infections and spreading. Many stores and brands are now retracting their previous statements of relaxing mask mandates and are now requiring them for in-store entry. States such as New York and California are under mask mandates that require the companies and stores to require masks for entry into indoor spaces. While states such as Georgia, Texas and Pennsylvania only recommend wearing a mask in public settings. According to the Center for Disease Control, cloth face coverings in public settings are recommended as they are most likely to reduce the spread of the coronavirus by providing a barrier to prevent respiratory droplets from traveling into the air and onto other people. Emerging studies have found evidence supporting that cloth face coverings are effective in slowing the spread of COVID-19. Store policies state that anyone entering the business will be denied service without a face covering. The only exception to these rules are small children under the age of 2 and those who are unable to wear a mask due to a medical condition. According to Target, its company-wide mask mandate

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