Florida Supermarket Sparks Outrage Over Customers and Employees Openly Rejecting Mask-Wearing Rules
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Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a Florida supermarket is sparking outrage online after video surfaced of customers and employees going about their business without masks. The 15-second clip was shared Wednesday by NBC s Sam Brock, who was astonished when he walked into the popular Naples, Florida grocery store only to see people both young and old flouting the rules for mask-wearing. Brock in his tweet wrote that a sign outside the store cited medical exemptions, preventing Brock from asking any questions.
The video has since been viewed more than 2 million times, raking in over 9,000 retweets and sparking even more comments from those outraged over the clip, which comes as the death toll in America continues to grow. Responding, one person wrote that having a medical exemption for wearing a mask should not mean c mon in and infect everybody, adding that it instead
During Thursday’s session with press secretary
Jen Psaki, NBC News correspondent
Peter Alexander brought up the footage shot at a supermarket in Naples, FL which has racked up more than three million views on one reporter’s Twitter feed alone showing the county’s mask ordinance being completely ignored by shoppers.
As #Flordia fights community spread of COVID on a massive scale, this is a 15-second snapshot of a supermarket in Naples. Many employees and customers- even older ones- with no masks on inside. Store sign outside cites “medical exemptions,” we can’t ask questions. @NBCNewspic.twitter.com/rNUSOPLjeB
A video of workers and customers at a Naples, Florida Oakes Farms supermarket has gone viral on Twitter amid the COVID pandemic. One or two out of dozens are wearing masks. The clip was shot by NBC News correspondent Sam Brock, who tweeted: “As #Flordia (sic) fights community spread of COVID on a massive scale, this is a 15-second snapshot of a supermarket in Naples. Many employees and customers- even older ones- with no masks on inside. Store sign outside cites ‘medical exemptions,’ we can’t ask questions.”
One user replied to Brock: “This is Oakes Farms, the owner is notoriously anti mask and he also rented buses to take many people to the Capitol on 1/6. Some of his employees have died of Covid at his farm. I would suggest pursuing this story. The owner’s name is Alfie Oakes.”
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