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Is it a good idea for restaurants to open?

Posted on 4/25/20 at 7:21 pm
Posted by Degas
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Posted on 4/25/20 at 7:21 pm
We're told by experts every day about the importance of social distancing and wearing masks in public. With the opening of restaurants, you're now huddling multiple people within a six foot radius and without masks, since you can't wear them to eat. Servers who set down and pick up plates will come within a foot of diner's faces hundreds of times a week, and then ours. In a barber shop for instance, both parties would wear masks, and there aren't multiple items touched by multiple people. In restaurants, our servers will be handling our silverware for instance. Those things aren't going to be disinfected for each use. Perhaps a good idea would be for restaurants to switch to disposable cutlery.

Everyone is chomping at the bit for restaurants to open, but it sounds like a recipe for disaster, promoting, inviting and encouraging the spread of the virus and contradicting all recommended precautions.

Thoughts?
Posted by TulaneLSU
Member since Aug 2003
Member since Dec 2007
13298 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 7:24 pm to
Friend,

Unfortunately, this will become a heated political discussion, so I am declining comment.

Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37347 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 7:24 pm to
Yes. Next question.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
90551 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 7:42 pm to
I think the initial framework will be a bit different to accommodate the guidelines and as the virus continues to become less pandemic they can start doing what was normal food services.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58275 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 8:09 pm to
We have to open them up with proper restrictions in place.
Posted by r3lay3r
EBR
Member since Oct 2016
1847 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 8:15 pm to
Wife basically asked this same question tonight as we ate takeout from DiGiulio's.

She saw a article from China where they studied a group of cases that were linked to dining at a particular restaurant. There were three large tables in the dining room. At the table with the first infected person, everyone was eventually found positive, everyone at the second table also eventually tested positive and three people at the third table ended up positive. They decided the infections tracked with the air flow pattern from the room A/C.

It's from China, so who knows. But now they are saying length of exposure to an infected person is also a risk even if there is no contact. So sitting in a restaurant for a hour+ with someone at a neighboring table who might be infected does raise a concern even if the restaurant does everything it can to protect its customers.
Posted by GynoSandberg
Member since Jan 2006
72064 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 8:27 pm to
These drive thrus are processing hundreds of cars a day. You would think the cashier at the windows would be contracting covid at all of these places, considering all of the people they come in contact with. In turn, passing it along to the other fast food workers who are surely not practicing proper distancing
Posted by LSUEnvy
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Member since May 2011
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Posted on 4/25/20 at 8:29 pm to
Yes open up
Posted by Langland
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Member since Apr 2014
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Posted on 4/25/20 at 9:35 pm to
I think they should open if and when they want to open and let the people decide if they want to go or not.
Posted by bossflossjr
The Great State of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2005
12262 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 10:24 pm to
Yes.

If u don’t want to go to a restaurant, then dont.
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