Supermarkets to ban customers who refuse to wear masks

MrAllen1976 said:

woodbine said:

It's a good idea that they are becoming pro-active, but in all honesty I have rarely seen anybody in a supermarket (or when open other stores) who were not wearing a mask, but well done to morrisons for taking a lead on this.

There are some people who are anti-mask though, and refuse to wear them.

IMO I should be exempt because I have Autism, but because the Clowns in government think I don't have to lip read due to my deafness, I have to wear mask! Jesus wept!

The below may be wrong as I haven’t researched it since the rules were introduced, so they may have changed but this was the case when they were introduced:

I believe you are exempt and you can get a lanyard to wear. Autism is one of the reasonable excuses.

Also, because you need to lip read, if you have a carer with you, they are also exempt because you need to see their mouth.

I have autism as well and I could be exempt if I wanted to but I choose to wear one as it doesn’t cause me an issue.

That said if you have managed this far wearing one I’d maybe encourage you to carry on but has to be your choice.

I have hearing loss and I wear a mask when I go out.

MrAllen1976 said:

Ami2301 said:

I have hearing loss and I wear a mask when I go out.

Do you lip read though? If so you should have an exemption card.

I try to but its difficult with a vision impairment. For the duration of being amongst other people, I'd rather wear a mask and not understand what is said.