WEARING IT BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE
NEARBY.
WE HEARD IT EVERY DAY FOR MORE
THAN A WEEK.
NORTHCAROLINA'S TOP HEALTH
OFFICIAL URGING ALL OF US TO
REMEMBER THE 3W'S.
WEAR, WAIT, WASH.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT FIRST ONE.
THE WEAR.
IT REFERS TO A FACE COVERING OR
MASK WHEN YOU ARE OUT IN
PUBLIC.
BUT DESPITE HOW MANY TIMES WE
HEARD IT.
SO MANY PEOPLE REFUSE TO DO SO.
IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE
THAT REALLY EFFECTS ALL OF US.
WE ASK TKPWEPB COUNTS TO DID
INTO WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY
REFUSING TO FOLLOW THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
GLEN?
ERICA, WE ARE HERE IN THE
SOUTH END AREA.
A FEW MINUTES AFTER WE GOT HERE
I STARTED COUNTING.
AT ABOUT 10 MINUTES TIME I
FOUND ONLY 4 PEOPLE WHO WERE
WEARING A MASK AND 54 WHO WERE
NOT.
NOW, BASED ON WHAT THE MEDICAL
EXPERTS TELL US, THOSE FOLKS
ARE CHOOSING TO PUT THEIR
NEIGHBORS, FAMILIES, AND
FRIENDS AT RISK.
Reporter: TO WEAR OR NOT TO
WEAR?
ALL OF US MAKE THAT POTENTIALLY
LIFE OR DEATH DECISION EVERY
DAY.
SO HERE I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE
DON'T CARE QUITE AS MUCH.
Reporter: JUSTICE MOVED
HERE FROM OKLAHOMA A MONTH AGO.
SHE SAYS HERE IN THE SOUTH END
IT IS HARD TO FIND A MASK
WEARER.
SOMETHING WE SAW OURSELVES
TONIGHT.
AND SOMETHING PSYCHOLOGIST DOES
NOT CONDONE BUT CAN UNDERSTAND.
PERSONALLY I THINK I AM LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE I AM TIRED OF
THE QUARANTINES.
Reporter: SEEING THE
DECISION TO FOREGO A MASK AS A
REBELLION.
WE DECIDED TO SEE HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE FOLLOWING THE MASK
RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.
WELL, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT
GOING TO BE A SCIENTIFIC
SURVEY.
WE WILL KEEP IT A LITTLE
INFORMAL HERE.
MASK AND NO MASK.
Reporter: HERE IN FREEDOM
PARK WE COUNTED 47 PEOPLE NOT
WEARING AND ONLY 6 WEARING
INCLUDING SKATEBOARDERS.
IT SORT OF SEEMS LIKE EITHER
THEY ARE UNAWARE?
JUST BECAUSE OUTSIDE IS OPEN
BACK UP DOES NOT MEAN THAT
COVID-19 DISAPPEARS.
Reporter: BY NOW YOU HAVE
SEEN THE PROTESTERS CALLING FOR
THE STATE TO REOPEN.
SOME OF THEM PROUDLY WALKING
AROUND WITH NO MASK.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
ANGRY WITH WHAT COVID-19 HAS
DONE.
IT WRECKED THE ECONOMY, MADE
PEOPLE FEARFUL THEY WILL GET
SICK.
Reporter: THAT IS WHAT THE
MASK REPRESENTS TO A LOT OF
FOLKS.
BUT NOT TO JUSTICE.
SHE WORE A MASK RELIGIOUSLY
WHILE IN OKLAHOMA BECAUSE SHE
WAS WORRIED ABOUT BEING FINED.
THERE, IT IS AN ORDER, HERE,
JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
I DID WEAR ONE LIKE THE
FIRST WEEK I WAS HERE AND WHEN
I NOTICED PEOPLE WERE NOT
WEARING ONE, I WAS LIKE, OKAY,
I GUESS I WILL NOT WEAR THIS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HER COMMENT SUGGESTS, GLEN,
THE POWER OF PEER PRESSURE AND
THE INFLUENCE OF A CROWD ARE
FACTORS.
I KNOW YOU WENT TO A LOT OF
PLACES TODAY.
DID YOU FIND MASK WEARERS IN
BIGGER NUMBERS ANYWHERE ELSE?
Reporter: YES, WE DID.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STORES
WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING INSIDE,
PRIMARILY GROCERY STORES IT WAS
ABOUT 50/50.
OF COURSE, THAT STILL LEAVES A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN EFFECT
SAYING NO.
OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT
OF STORES STILL DO NOT MAKE IT
MANDATORY.
ALL RIGHT, GLEN, THANK YOU.
NEW RESEARCH IS SUGGESTING
THAT MEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO
WEAR A MASK BECAUSE SOME OF
THEM THINK IT IS A QUOTE SIGN
OF WEAKNESS.
RESEARCHERS IN LONDON AND
CALIFORNIA STUDIED NEARLY 2500
PEOPLE.
THEY FOUND MEN MORE OFTEN THAN
WOMAN FELT THAT FACE COVERINGS
ARE SHAMEFUL, NOT COOL, AND A
SIGN OF WEAKNESS.
THAT ATTITUDE GAP BETWEEN MEN
AND WOMEN WAS SMALLER IN AREAS
WHERE FACE COVERINGS ARE
MANDATORY.
HERE IS MECKLENBURG COUNTY
LEADERS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO
WEAR A MASK BUT HAVE NOT MADE
IT MANDATORY.
TODAY, THE COUNTY MANAGER
ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS
FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS IF YOU
LEAVE YOUR HOME IT IS
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU WEAR A
FACE COVERING WHEN SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS NOT POSSIBLE.
AND SO THAT IS THE POSITION OF
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
THE TOWN OF DAVIDSON IS
CONSIDERING A FACE COVERING
RULE.
TOWN LEADERS DEBATED THE IDEA.
ONE PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE A
MASK FOR ENTERING A BUSINESS OR
ELSE YOU WOULD BE TURNED AWAY.
IT COULD EXTEND TO PUBLIC AREAS
AND TOWN PARKS.
SO FAR, THOUGH, NOTHING HAS
BEEN DECIDED.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE MOST
PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO
NOT HAVE A MANDATORY FACE
COVERING ORDER.
SOME OF THEM DO.
7 STATES HAVE RULES ON MASKS
BUT THE RULES DIFFER.
PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND AND
HAWAII REQUIRE MASKS INSIDE OF
A BELIEVE BUSINESS.
IN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY THE
RULES APPLY TO PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION AND ESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES.
CONNECTICUT AND NEW YORK
REQUIRE A MASK FOR ANYONE TWO
YEARS OR OLDER IF THEY ARE IN
PUBLIC AND CAN NOT SOCIAL
DISTANCE.
AND THESE RULES COULD INCLUDE