People go to pharmacies when they are sick, and to receive preventative medication such as Covid vaccinations.

Pharmacies represent places where there is a high concentration of people who are likely to be contagious with diseases such as Covid, and yet masks are typically not mandatory — even many staff and pharmacists themselves may not wear masks.

Thus one of the places where it is most risky to for someone seeking a Covid vaccination to go may be the very place they get the vaccination from.

This petition requests that pharmacies such as Walgreens, CVS, and Rite-Aid provide at least one day a week that is designated as mask-required so that those wanting vaccination can do so in as safe an environment as possible.