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The Governor of Georgia specifically disallowed mask requirements.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...

I don't get this in general? Is it not policy that you need to wear a shirt and shoes while in a commercial building? Do you not have signs on your stores that say 'No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service'?

How are we as a society unable to reconcile the need to wear a shirt in store with the need to wear a mask? I realize that as a society we are dumb panicky animals that are afraid of any change, but this is ridiculous!

If masks are perceived as political (which IMO, they shouldn't be, but fortunately I don't rule the world), then the Court may protect the right not to wear a mask:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independe...

Surely threat to safety - real or perhaps even only perceived - would affect this?

It's as if you expect logic to matter in American politics.