I've posted a few articles about the emerging public safety issue stemming from the SWFL media non-stop,day after day, over hyping the "safety" features of people wearing face masks in public---when in reality the message and the policies have resulted in just the opposite---four store customers and employees robbed by emboldened face mask-wearing thugs.
What would be the next rubicon crossed in the mask-wearing age of coronavirus? At the time I opined it might be the cultural phenomenon of public shaming--when I was a teenager we called it "peer pressure".
And I called it.
Over in the City of Miami Beach the Mayor actually hopes businesses refuse to service --under the pretext of "public health"---customers not wearing a facemask.
Courtesy of the Miami Herald (emphasis mine):
"...The city agrees, and on Friday Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber — with a tropical-themed mask in hand — announced an emergency measure ordering customers and employees to wear face masks at grocery stores, restaurants and pharmacies at the risk of being turned away from the businesses.
The city’s new emergency measure, signed into law Friday evening (April 3) by City Manager Jimmy Morales, orders people to wear cloth masks, scarves, bandanas or other similar items to cover their faces. The order encourages residents not to purchase medical-grade masks.
Like the city’s other emergency orders, violating the mask rule is a criminal offense. But, like smoking indoors, the cops aren’t going to arrest someone for baring their face at Publix, Gelber said. The idea is for the businesses to enforce the rule and turn away customers who do not have masks.And it's a criminal offense that won't result in an arrest---noooooooo! We're waaaaayyy beyond the Rule of Law now. The Miami Beach mayor wants the business to refuse entry, hoping to shame, essentially guilt people into obeyance.
Keep in mind none of this went through the standard city council, public health department, open meeting, public comment process.
Still think some of this mask-wearing, media overhype, virtue signaling is for "public health and safety"? Or to make people feelz good?
