re: How can masks be very effective to stop the spread while restaurants being open is ok?

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a 1-year-old was shot and killed this weekend in Chicago from stray fire during a drive by.

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How can masks be very effective to stop the spread while restaurants being open is ok?

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In Taiwan, the coronavirus pandemic is playing out very differently. What does life without a lockdown look like?

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Making sure restaurants and business are safe

Businesses with walk-in customers are eager to reopen. But to prevent infections and ensure that customers feel safe eating out again, Taiwan’s shops and eateries are sanitizing their facilities frequently and thoroughly.

“Even before the epidemic, our staff wore masks and disinfected the tables at the end of the day,” said Chen Bo-wei, a Taiwanese restaurant manager. “But now we wipe the tables and other common areas, such as the bathrooms, whenever we have time."

Some restaurants like his have taped a big X on every other chair so that no one sits next to - or across from - anyone else.

Customers are advised to wash their hands and avoid talking to one another.

Business has fallen by 20 percent, Chen said. But the restaurant is receiving more takeout and delivery orders than before.

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