Costco to require all shoppers to wear face masks

[PoliticAverse]

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Costco will soon begin requiring all shoppers to wear a face mask inside their warehouses, the company announced this week.

The policy, which goes into effect on May 4, will mandate that all guests "must wear a mask or face covering that covers the mouth and nose at all times while at Costco," according to a post updated Wednesday morning on the company's web page. Exceptions will be made to those under 2 and who are unable to wear a mask due to a medical condition.

On Tuesday, the company said that some stores would require the mask in areas were face masks were required but updated the policy on their site Wednesday to make it effective at all stores.

Read the rest at: https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/costco-announces-new-policy-requiring-all-guests-to-wear-face-masks

[FarPoint]

1. Excellent!

I may return to Costco to shop now.

[Iwasthere]

2. That's great!

So tired of seeing 1/2 to 3/4 of Costco customers Not wearing them here is Salem, Oregon.

[captain queeg]

3. I hope they stick to their guns and really keep people out.

[PoliticAverse]

5. The question is what happens if a customer shows up without one. Will Costco provide

a disposable one for the customer to use or refuse entry to the customer? A lot easier for them if they don't have to turn someone away.

[BuddhaGirl]

8. I think the onus

Should be on the customer to bring their own face covering. They should be turned away if they don't have one.

[SeattleVet]

16. According to what they announced to us yesterday when we went, you will be turned away.

They are not providing masks.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

18. Or they'll sell you a box of 1000 masks. After all, it's CostCo.

[Mersky]

4. Good.

Sets a good example for other retailers. I was aggravated by the sight of gaggles of people without masks going into a grocery store recently...

[msongs]

6. already been that way a few weeks here in honolulu nt

[OrlandoDem2]

7. Publix needs to follow suit!!

I went in today and most did not have a mask! I’ll change to Costco if that’s the case.

[PoliticAverse]

13. Tell them that...

https://corporate.publix.com/contact

[OrlandoDem2]

19. Thank you!

[rurallib]

9. I shopped Tuesday at a Costco in Iowa

senior hours ad there were only a half a dozen or so unasked. One jerk in particular, though.

[abqtommy]

10. I was shopping at WalMart yesterday and there's still a lot of flexibility there. Plenty of people

without masks (employees too) and lots of people ignoring shopper routing clearly visible on aisle
entrances/exits. The rest of us are still doing the best we can.

[world wide wally]

11. Unless, of course, Mike pence comes in

[lostnfound]

12. I LOVE COSTCO!!!

Their stock has been a good performer, too, in spite of once being chided by the WSJ for treating their workers too nicely.

[Ohiya]

14. There was a sign at the entrance to the COSTCO that I went to yesterday

stating that all members were required to wear masks, but there were still a few shoppers not wearing masks.

[SharonClark]

20. Maybe they should have sold masks at the doors to the non-compliant.

[Cha]

26. It says May 4th is the offical day.

[Ilsa]

15. No problem. And they should remind shoppers

to come alone, or only with SO, if possible (I know many don't have a choice, though). Costco watches how many enter their store to prevent over-crowding.

[SeattleVet]

17. At out Costco they were strictly limiting it to 2 people per card.

[StarryNite]

21. Yes!

[question everything]

22. Both Trader Joe's and Home Depot set X's in front of the store for shoppers to wait

six feet apart until an employee signaled to move ahead.

Surprisingly, the Trader Joe's crowd did not bother to wear a mask, while the majority of the Home Depot did.

We cover our mouth and nose whenever we are outside.

We stopped at COSTCO the other week and I could swear all the shopping carts were new. Instead of rusting metal, it looked like anodized one.

[ffr]

23. Already do.

[Hekate]

24. Good for them

[Cha]

25. That's the way we do it on Kauai Costco.. Feels Safe.

they wipe down all the carts and everything, too.. they take it seriously.

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/

[hamsterjill]

27. A beloved cashier at a local Costco here died from the virus.

She fought long and hard. Twenty days on a vent. It would be a slap in the face to her, the employees and all affected for some fool not to be willing to wear a mask.

I see comments on Facebook from just such idiots saying they will cancel their membership if required to wear a mask. Good! We don’t need to have to deal with stupid right now.

As has been my motto for many years: if I can buy it at Costco, I buy it at Costco. I salute this decision to require masks!

[dalton99a]

28. Great company with good common sense.