Plexiglass did nothing to stop the spread of covid and if anything gave it more surface area in customer faces to fester.

Meanwhile like the rest of Texas, HEB was wide open for vast majority of the scare and you didnt need a mask to go in and shop.

I’m not following. The barrier separated the cashiers who were mandated to wear masks from the customers who were asked to wear masks (asked vs absolutely forced after violent protests by angry “freedom loving” customers). It was essentially like a giant plastic face mask that medical staff were wearing at the time in addition to masks. I’d sure like it to be present in the same way I wouldn’t eat at a buffet without a sneeze guard. You’d fault the company for spending time and money building those out for their cashiers? Keeping the store open - while asking everyone to social distance and wear masks - kept people employed and allowed mothers that needed to stop by a store to pickup something when they may not have another option to do so.

What “scare”? You mean the novel coronavirus pandemic which killed millions?

The Texas state government overrode city ordinances and attempts by private businesses to enforce masking for in-store shopping. Simply saying it was wide open like the rest of Texas is extremely inaccurate. Here’s the EO which refutes, like, every single weird point you’re trying to make:

https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-38_continued...

How are respiratory infections transmitted?

they also gave (temp) raises to their workers.

Viruses do not "fester" on flat surfaces, if they fester in anything it is cells

I think you replied to the wrong comment.

H-E-B stared preparing for the pandemic some time before it started. Texas Monthly wrote about it and I thought it was pretty interesting:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/heb-prepared-coronavirus-p...

> The grocer started communicating with Chinese counterparts in January and was running tabletop simulations a few weeks later. (But nothing prepared it for the rush on toilet paper.)

Before they put up plexiglass they announced that they would fire any staff members who wore a mask to work. Later they mandated masks.

Tbf, I recall the official guidance being a complete mess for a period. I recall feeling satisfied at not wearing a mask to comply with official guidance for a (short) period. Then the guidance changed.

True, the CDC royally fucked that up.