Epping, New Hampshire restaurant shuts doors rather than enforce mask mandate

[Fuzzy Bear]

Why is it the responsibility of a restaurant to "enforce" a government mandate?

This mandate puts small businesses in terrible positions.  If they don't keep people in masks, people will sue if they get Covid--19; they'll blame the restaurant.  On the other hand, if people are made to wear a mask and they have an asthma attack or a panic attack, or they have emphysema and have difficulty breathing requiring hospitalization for having to wear the mask extensively, they'll sue the restaurant for ignoring their health issues if they don't have a doctor's note. 

Why is Small Business so Republican while Big Business and Corporate America (to my shock, I must say) now becoming a special interest of the Democratic Party?  One reason is that Big Business has always had the financial wherewithal to survive intensive regulations and mandates placed on them by Government, while Small Businesses are severely impacted by such regulations.  It's been a fact of life since the New Deal.  This is not to say that businesses should not be regulated or that all regulations are bad, and it's not to say that Small Businesspeople don't do a certain amount of whining about "crushing" regulations.  But this sort of regulation IS crushing to small business, in that it puts them in a position where they become exposed to extreme liability.

[Fuzzy Bear]

This mandate puts small businesses in terrible positions.  If they don't keep people in masks, people will sue if they get Covid--19; they'll blame the restaurant.  On the other hand, if people are made to wear a mask and they have an asthma attack or a panic attack, or they have emphysema and have difficulty breathing requiring hospitalization for having to wear the mask extensively, they'll sue the restaurant for ignoring their health issues if they don't have a doctor's note.  

lol you can read this paragraph without any context and instantly know that it's from someone in the US. Everyone will sue everyone. sad!

America has become an extremely litigious society.  People are unwilling to do ordinary neighborly things because of what could go wrong and what liability one can face.