Close the bars. Outdoor dining only.

[My Pet Orangutan]

The coronavirus spreads in aerosols. In confined spaces, safety demands masks on, all of the time.

Close the bars. Outdoor dining only.

Am I missing something here?

[soothsayer]

1. Seems easy to me. Social distancing too.

[BigmanPigman]

2. But what about their "freedumb and rights"?

They want to be free to kill more people...it is the GOP way of doing things.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. It wasn't until the Pandemic where restaurants and bars have been closed that I

realized how many Americans want to drink outside their homes and how many don't want to cook.

[usedtobedemgurl]

11. I personally do not like to cook...

I have pretty bad back problems. My life revolves around how not to be in pain.....back camera and hit seats for my car, adapting my sneakers so they are slip on, things I may need, like underwear, are kept on top of my dresser, in case I cannot bend without freezing in place, etc. while I have easy stuff for meals right now - deli meat and cheese, along with disposable plates, I would love to eat out/get takeout everyday, but covid. Since March, I have not eaten out or gotten takeout once. My back has paid me for it in pain - even with no fix “meals” of slabs of deli meat. There are a lot of different reasons people like to eat out/get takeout. Before covid, I ate out at least 5 out of seven days a week. For some of us, it is something that helps enrich our lives.

[dweller]

4. missing something?

future breadlines, souplines ...
🤔

✌🏼

[Squinch]

5. Recent study by the CDC showed that those new cases who haven't been obviously exposed

by a family member or acquaintance are twice as likely to have eaten in a restaurant, and it doesn't matter whether they were inside or outside.

The takeaway is that masks work, and you can't wear a mask when you eat. So restaurants are just not a good idea.

The same study said gyms, hair salons, anywhere where you CAN wear a mask seem safe.

[brooklynite]

6. How many businesses are you willing to close?

It's one thing to have outdoor dining year round in Florida, Texas and Arizona. How about New York, Chicago and Boston?

[My Pet Orangutan]

7. Close as many businesses that can not operate in the pandemic

without killing their customers.

Confined space. Mask on all the time. Science.

[Lars39]

8. The kitchen staff isn't immune.

Close quarters in the kitchen can spread it also.

[Baclava]

9. In the winter? Its not 72 degrees all year round everywhere. Lots of businesses will be lost.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

10. absolutely correct. pay ppl to stay closed until it is safe.

that is what sane countries have done.
bars esp. but in china the second wave boiled down to ppl spreading it at mealtime.

restaurants here have survived w outdoor spaces but it is oct, and that ends soon.
lots of them will survive on carry out and delivery. but we need to subsidize the whole industry.

[My Pet Orangutan]

12. "we need to subsidize the whole industry"

Absolutely. If necessary, support them enough to go into hibernation for the winter.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

13. best part- follow chef andre's lead.

he is raising money to get restaurants to cook for the homeless.
and they will be feeding ppl on election day.

that way you keep your talent. otherwise they will take other jobs. and you keep your store from going dark. it's win-win-win.