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Big retailers are establishing the Covid-19 policies the US government won’t

Big retailers are establishing the Covid-19 policies the US government won’t

Advocates of “small government” likely had something else in mind when they suggested the US should work more like a business, but this is where the nation is at right now: Big businesses are de facto establishing the country’s Covid-19 policy when it comes imposing face coverings. The federal government has been reluctant to set guidelines requiring Americans wear masks or face coverings when stepping out in public, or that businesses stay closed. Instead, the US is relying on a patchwork of state policies: Types of businesses open in one state are closed in another, and wearing mask ranges from mandatory, to encouraged, to all but frowned-upon.