Naples business getting national attention for going maskless

Seed to Table Market is getting a lot of attention for not requiring masks in its market or during events the business hosts.

HURDLES TO CLEAR BEFORE GETTINGTO THE HOUSE AND SENATE FLOORSFOR FINAL APPROVAL.PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVETHEIR EYES ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDATONIGHT ... ONLINE ..

AFTER ASINGLE NEWS STORY OUT OF COLLIERCOUNTY WENT VIRAL.

AT THECENTER OF IT ..

THE OWNER OF"SEED TO TABLE" MARKET WHO SPOKEWITH THE ONE OF THE MOST WATCHEDMORNING SHOWS IN AMERICA.(NATS OF NBC STORY)THIS STORY ON THE TODAY SHOWPRESENTED ALFIE OAKES WITHSOMETHING HE NEVER TURNS DOWN -A SPOTLIGHT TO CALL COVID 19HOAX.

BUT IT WAS THIS PIECE PARTOF THE STORY - A SHORT VIDEO OFMASKLESS EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERSIN CLOSE CONTACT IN HIS SEED TOTABLE MARKET THAT MADE THEREPORT GO VIRAL.

MORE THAN 3MILLION VIEWS IN JUST ONE DAY ..AND A CRUSH OF SOCIAL MEDIACOMMENTS ..MANY EXPRESSINGHORROR AT WHAT THEY SAW.

BUT INALFIE OAKES’ WORLD, THERE’S NOSUCH THING AS BAD PUBLICITY.(5;53:44)ALFIE OAKES: I’m happy about thenational attention.AND HE POINTED TO HIS PACKEDPARKING LOT AS AFFIRMATION THECOVID 19 IS NO BIG DEAL EVEN INTHE FACE OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCEAND A STAGGERING WORLDWIDE DEATHTOLL.(5;53:48)ALFIE: I’ve never had morepeople come out and show theirlove for me and the people arespeaking right now!(PRESS RELEASE)THE CITY OF NAPLES IS SPEAKINGOUT TOO.

SENDING OUT THIS PRESSRELEASE CLARIFYING THE MARKET ISNOT WITHIN CITY LIMITS ANDSUBJECT TO ITS MASK MANDATE.

THECOUNTY HAS A MASK MANDATE INPLACE.

BUT OAKES ISN’T WORRIEDABOUT IT.(5:51:44)We’ve never required ourcustomers to wear a mask.IF YOU LOOK AT HIS BUSINESS’FACEBOOK PAGE, YOU CAN SEEMARKET ISN’T JUST CROWDED WITHFOLKS NOT WEARING MASKS DURINGREGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.(NATS OF DANCE PARTY)IT’S BEEN HOSTING PARTIES FORMONTHS.(NATS OF DANCE PARTY)(5:52:20)Yeah, it’s a great time!AND SHRUGS OFF MEDICAL ADVICETHAT SAYS SCENES LIKE THESE ATSEED TO TABLE ARE REALLY JUSTTHE SEEDS OF SUPER SPREADEREVENTS.(5;52:38)Believe me if our customerswere dying here, we wouldn’t bedoing it.

The same crowd hasbeen partying and hanging ouhere the last year, we neverstopped.

If one of them everdied, we would stop doing it.FOR NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE HISCUSTOMERS HAVE NO INTENTION OFSTOPPING WHAT THEY’RE DOINGEITHER - EVEN THOUGH THE STATEHEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS SOUTHWESTFLORIDA HAS NOW REPORTED FROMTHAN 100,000 CASES OF THEVIRUS.

AND MORE THAN 1,600PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM COVID 19.OAKES TOLD US..FLORIDA SENATOR -AND FELLOW COLLIER COUNTYRESIDENT - RICK SCOTT IS AFRIEND WHO ..

A YEAR AGO ..

PUTHIM TOUCH WITH TOP DISEASEDOCTOR WHO TOLD OAKES THE COVID19 THREAT WAS REAL.

OAKES SAYSHE LISTENED FOR AN HOUR BEFORECONCLUDING IT WAS NOT.OAKES HAS A HISTORY OFPROVOCATIVE ..

AND OFTENUNPROVEN CLAIMS ..

ABOUT SOME OFTHE OTHER BIGGEST ISSUES OF THEDAY.

HE’S REPEATEDLY ATTACKEDTHE PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OFSOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS LIKEBLACK LIVES MATTER.

AND LASTMONTH HE FUNDED A TRIP FOR AGROUP OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDIAN