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Walmart is implementing drastic protocols in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, to help contain the spread of this pathogen.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has become a pandemic with serious havoc on the market.
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Retail has been rethought in the face of the pandemic in the world.
Retail has had to make all kinds of decisions, in order to face the pandemic of COVID-19, a pathogen that has become one of the greatest havoc that has lived in contemporary history.
The health effects of this pathogen have increased, due to the greater number of infections that have been registered.
One of the key elements in this pandemic has been the way in which brands have joined the battle against this pandemic, by taking measures at their points of sale to help health authorities control the pathogen.
Walmart’s Drastic Measure
Despite these measures, physical points of sale are being violated by the irresponsible consumer, who has carried out all kinds of risky acts in stores, which help the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In past weeks we reported how various Tiktok users went to stores in Mexico and violated ice cream in the frozen area, by sticking your fingers in these products and returning them.
The content published by these users generated enormous criticism and, at the time, became highly questioned acts, due to the risk of contagion of COVID-19, which represented putting your finger in an edible product or drink from this to return it to the fridge.
These types of incidents continue to occur, from consumers who refuse to wear face masks at points of sale and now, consumers who claim to have COVID-19 and cough on products.
The events that support the above occurred in South Carolina, where a consumer, who claimed to have COVID-19, coughed on merchandise from the store.
Information released by Univision reveals that Kyle Christopher Arendell He began to cough about store products including clothing, prepaid cards, and other items.
At the time he was carrying out the violation of these products, coughing on them, the man claimed to be a carrier of COVID-19.
Information reported by this means ensures that Walmart Destroyed Products Possibly Conveyed to COVID-19 by Consumers.
“We appreciate our clients who take the health and safety of others seriously. It is unfortunate that a person behaves in this way in our store, “said Walmart in a statement released by the media.
Because it was an event that occurred in the United States, the man was arrested and accused of violating public peace and intentional damage to private property, which makes us think about how vulnerable the points of sale are in Mexico, where the Lack of authority is evident in situations of this type and there are no reaction or punishment protocols against this type of action, despite the fact that there is evidence of consumers who have violated the products, as we have mentioned in previous paragraphs.
Mexican authorities overlap bad consumer behavior
The Undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell, has criticized that the chain stores restrict the entrance to their physical points of sale to people who are part of the community with the highest risk of COVID-19 infection, as part of the measures they have had to take to avoid the spread of COVID-19.
This type of criticism from the federal government is inconsistent, since the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador It does not promote containment measures for the pandemic, such as the use of mouth masks, widely recommended in various studies, as a practice that is supposed to contain COVID-19.
These types of actions that only encourage disorder by the consumer, at a time when the use of mouthguards becomes mandatory due to the intensity of the pandemic we are experiencing, have already had an impact on the points of sale of stores such as Walmart, Home Depot and Walgreens, where it has been announced that they will continue to serve customers who do not come with a face mask, despite the fact that these stores have imposed very strict policies, which limit the entrance to their establishments with the use of this accessory.
The rebellion of certain consumers, who have refused to wear the face mask to enter the stores has generated various violent acts, which seek to be avoided by the brands, due to this the decision to have to serve them.
What is worrying about this news that occurred in the United States is that the measures in countries like Mexico will soon be relaxed and the consumer will be at greater risk of contagion of COVID-19 when having to go to the pantry, because of the legal vacuum on the part of From the authorities, to regulate the wearing of masks and other containment protocols of COVID-19, the employees of the stores have had to assume the function of authority, but now, to avoid being attacked, the policies will be relaxed.
