Mask Or No Mask? Confusion Persists As Businesses Decide On Policies By Michelle Jokisch Polo May 25, 2021 Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Michigan has been at the center of the mask-wearing debate, and it intensified after hundreds of residents flooded the Michigan State Capitol to protest the governor’s stay-at-home orders and mask mandates. Today the decision to wear or not wear a mask is seen in Michigan by many as a political statement. But it’s one that Michigan restaurant owner Travis Stoliker is not interested in making. “Even today, we had individuals walking in without masks, saying that the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] said I didn’t need to wear a mask. And that puts us in the unfortunate position of being the mask police,” he said.