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by dominotw 1885 days ago
> than I did in a US supermarket at the peak.

Where was this though? I am in chicago and even now I've never seen anyone in a grocery store without a mask. All the store require people to wear masks and have mask policies.

which supermarket was this ?

> . In America they just send you home.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/news/what-happens-...

> If your symptoms are manageable without medical supervision, your doctor will instruct you to look after yourself at home in isolation.

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/what-do-if-you-have-coron...

> I have received a positive test result for coronavirus (COVID-19). What should I do?

> If you test positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) you must immediately go home and isolate

Why were you put up in an apartment if you only had 'very mild symptoms' when they advice everyone else to isolate at home?

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Also in Chicago here.

I, too, have seen 100% mask compliance in grocery stores.

And when I was downstate for a non-COVID family medical emergency during the December peak, I saw 100% compliance…in the grocery store. The gym? Ha. Nary a mask in sight. They actually scoffed at me when I asked when I went in for a day pass. And this is a franchise of a national gym.

And from friends’ experiences, you had to go all as far as Indiana to experience maskless in Meijer.

I would guess that he was not in a city.
which supermarket doesn't have mask policy. Some store in middle of nowhere represents "US supermarket" ? .
"Supermarket" doesn't mean large chain store, it just means large store containing both food and household items. Plenty of locales have local supermarkets, either as singular stores or small regional chains. Whole Foods started this way. It was six years after the first store that they first expanded outside Austin, and their growth was fueled by buying lots of these small chains.[1]

I would say it's not only possible, but likely that some of these chains used a pro/con mask stance to distinguish themselves in certain regions of the U.S.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Foods_Market#History

Everywhere I go had a mask policy posted but that doesn't mean it's actually enforced. If I had a dollar for every person I saw "wearing" a mask that wasn't actually covering their mouth and nose, I'd have retired last year