I'm so glad you're with us here on the Clark Howard Show where it's about you learning

ways to save more and spend less and don't let anyone ever rip you off.

Our websites are Clark.com and ClarkDeals.com and we got to talk about a real shift that's

happened in the country in just the last few days.

President Trump for the first time ever was on video wearing a mask and it was part of

a shift in tone from the Trump administration that was encouraging people to wear masks.

And now major retailers have taken that as a cue and the widespread outbreak of coronavirus

that's occurred in the last three weeks across the south and the west.

And now major players are no longer going to allow you in unless you're wearing a mask.

Walmart and Sam's Club both have the mandatory mask requirement starting Monday.

Best Buy has started theirs Starbucks has started theirs and you'll see a lot of other

national chains go to mandatory mask requirements and then you'll start to see regional players

do so as well.

It can be a little sobering.

I went this morning to pick up bagels curbside pickup and I got to the bagel shop and it

was closed up dark and there was a sign on the door that said there had been an outbreak

of coronavirus at that location and that it was closed till they I guess complete the

full wipe down and testing of all their employees.

And so this is something that was really for so many people outside of New York, New Jersey,

Connecticut and Washington state for months.

This was just basically a remote thing, a news story and very rarely occurring and now

we're in a phase that is frightening and there are going to be sadly significant losses

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