Crowded Prince George's indoor market defies mask mandate.

[elleng]

County says its warned Dutch Village Farmers Market to follow the re-imposed indoor mask mandate as COVID surges, but signs warn the market is a "Mask Free Zone."

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — "No masks in there. Not one employee," said Marcus Limes as he walked out empty-handed after going in looking for lunch at the packed Dutch Village Farmers Market here in Upper Marlboro.

The indoor Thursday, Friday and Saturday market is well-known for great meats and produce -- and now for explicit defiance of Prince George's re-imposed indoor public mask mandate.

Prince George's reinstated the mask rule on Sunday in the face of sky-rocketing COVID cases in a county already racked by the pandemic.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/features/producers-picks/defying-mask-mandate-workers-at-dutch-village-farmers-market-in-prince-georges-decline-to-wear-covid-masks/65-bdace8b0-efd4-42d8-afc9-3cfc70288ad8?

Amazing, and some terrible comments.

[jimfields33]

1. The shoppers also have some responsibility here too

Nobody is forcing you to shop there. Perhaps if nobody showed up a few days, they’d change their signs.

[elleng]

2. Yes, some commenters said that, but others, . . .

[SoCalDavidS]

3. Did They Say Please And Ask Nicely?

Shut them down. Simple. Done.