Footage captured at a bustling South Florida grocery store yesterday showed a swath of maskless shoppers and staff inside in violation of a local mask mandate.

The video was taken inside Oakes Farms Seed to Table Market in Collier County, Naples, about 42 miles south of Fort Myers, on Wednesday by NBC's Sam Brock.

The footage shows a large number of employees and shoppers – some elderly - gathered closely together, with the vast majority not wearing face masks or adhering social distancing guidelines.

Even though the county has a mask mandate in place, the store has a sign out front that states customers do not need to wear a face covering if they have a medical condition.

'Those in our lovely government have ordered all persons entering indoor facilities to wear a mask. If you have a medical condition that prevents you from wearing a mask, you are exempt from this order. Due to HIPAA and the 4th Amendment we cannot legally ask you about your medical condition,' the sign reads.

'Therefore, if we see you without a mask, we will assume you have a medical condition and we will welcome you inside to support our business.'

The store's owner, Alfie Oakes, has not yet responded to a DailyMail.com request for comment. However, in an interview with the TODAY show, he called the ongoing pandemic 'hogwash'.

Speaking to the network, Oakes said his reasoning behind his store's mask policy is that he doesn't believe they do anything to stop the spread of COVID-19, and added that he doesn't buy that hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from the virus.