do you fell comfortable with indoor dining if you're fully vaxxed?

[pstokely]

Last edited Tue Apr 13, 2021, 08:25 PM - Edit history (2)

I'm fully vaxxed and I'm a young(er) low(er) risk individual in a blue area of a red region with only local mask mandates currently in place and low(er) spead compared to MI, I don't feel comfortable quite yet but I know a few fully vaxxed boomer centrist leaning Dems (I think I'm further to the left than them) who have been out a few times since they've been fully vaxxed and with apporval from their non-epidemiologist primary care providers, if you don't, when will you feel comfortable? think I'll wait until at least the staff is fully vaxxed

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[rzemanfl]

1. Falling is never comfortable at my age. n/t

[Ocelot II]

2. Dr. Fauci says he won't go to restaurants yet, and I'll take his word for it.

When he goes I'll go. I've ventured out to a grocery store, a Walgreens and a garden center since I was vaccinated but I still don't feel comfortable at the idea of spending time indoors with unmasked people.

[pstokely]

5. what's your risk level?

I assume Fauci's is higher being old(er)

[liberal_mama]

55. Me either. I've went into a grocery store and went into a 7/11 to get a Slurpee since vaccinated

I'm definitely not comfortable eating in a restaurant right now. I'm high risk with 3 co-morbidities. Plus I was a waitress for 10 years and I know how flu, colds, stomach bugs spread in a restaurant. I swear I was sick 90% of the time with every virus possible the entire time I was waitressing.

[roamer65]

4. Depends on how many are in the restaurant.

This is a game of numbers.

If it’s really crowded, I would pass.

[DenaliDemocrat]

10. Yes. I went last Saturday for the first time in 14 months

A friend owns a Chinese restaurant. We went at 14:00 and it was very empty. Staff all wore masks. They got a $50 tip too!

[Mr.Bill]

23. That's how I feel too.

If they are operating at limited capacity, I guess I must be okay with it after being vaccinated because I did it before I was vaccinated.

[BannonsLiver]

6. Generally no

However if there was a scenario where it might be possible to dine indoors in a mostly empty restaurant i might consider it. But certainly not at peak times. But then again who wants to eat dinner at 5 in the afternoon or lunch at 11 am or 3 in the afternoon. More likely to just stick with takeout.

[pwb]

7. I plan on staying put.

I like it. Take out and cooking is my new thing.

[El Supremo]

8. Not yet

I've had two Pfizers but I've gone 13 months without going into a restaurant. Some have closed permanently since then. I can wait. Maybe next week.

[unc70]

9. Was in a restaurant Monday night

All restaurant staff are fully vaccinated, I believe the indoors patrons were all also vaccinated. Some dining outside were probably not.

[Ms. Toad]

20. How on earth would you know that? n/t

[unc70]

31. I personally knew everyone in my part of the restaurant

Monday is half price on all bottles of wine. I know most of the regulars. All of us inside confirmed our statuses with each other; our ages roughly 60-90. From what I could hear, people not fully vaccinated were requesting outside seating.

[Ms. Toad]

34. And the staff? n/t

[unc70]

41. All of their staff are vaccinated

The staffs of most of the restaurants around here are fully vaccinated or soon will be. Still wearing masks and following best practices.

While this is generally true around Chapel Hill, it is not so in much of rural NC.

[Ms. Toad]

45. That seems to me to be a big assumption. n/t

[unc70]

48. Not an assumption

I know the owners and many staff members at my Monday restaurant. Have been following their progress getting everyone vaccinated. The last couple of people in the back had just gotten their second shots, but hadn't waited by their full second two weeks.

Where it were just an assumption, I would still only eat outside.

[Mister Ed]

11. Doesn't matter how I feel.

Comfortable, uncomfortable, whatever. Virus doesn't know or care how I feel. It just does what it does, and doesn't do what it doesn't do.

[Skittles]

59. I wish more people understood this

yup

[captain queeg]

12. I went to breakfast yesterday with my son

The place was limiting how many people were there and everyone wore masks when not seated at their table. I felt comfortable but would want to go somewhere crowded or with people standing around.
I also spent the night at a hostel. I had a private room, the dorm next to me was empty. Not sure if they were even putting people in those. Very few people there.

[Baltimike]

13. When I go to a restaurant, I go during off peak hours

and never on the weekends. It is possible to dine out socially distanced...but you have to be an early bird so there aren't many people around

[DinahMoeHum]

14. Not for the time being.

For now, since we're getting warmer weather, I'll still prefer to dine outdoors.

Fortunately, some of my favorite spots have roof gardens and outdoor beer gardens.

[Wanderlust988]

15. I'm not eating out until this pandemic is officially over

I will takeout though. Besides, I do a lot of cooking at home anyway so my life isn't as dependent on dining at restaurants as others. Thank God, my mama taught me how to cook!

[cinematicdiversions]

16. Yes. Your much more likely to get food poisoning or a venereal disease from your date.

At some point you have to start living life again and yes, actually living life has an element of risk to it.

What was the point of getting fully vaccinated if you're just going to continue to hide in your burrow?

[pstokely]

27. "What was the point of getting fully vaccinated if you're just going to continue to hide"

staying outta the hospital at least?

[CrackityJones75]

30. Why would you fo to the hospital?

[Jose Garcia]

47. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines both have a 100% success rate of

preventing death and hospitalations.

[beaglelover]

38. Hallelujah!! Exactly!!

[onecaliberal]

17. Nope. Not sure if I ever will be. Take out is fine with me.

[Auggie]

18. No. Besides, I cook as well if not better than restaurants I can afford.

Can’t match a wood burning pizza oven though. But I’ll save a ton of money.

[MissB]

19. I have a huge wrap around porch

I will host vaccinated family for outdoor dining.

[magicarpet]

21. Might be best to wait for outdoors dining..

And seat yourself upwind from the other patrons. So you are not breathing the air exhaled by the other people eating there outdoors.

With the new strains and variants we must remain vigilant. When the CDC says no more mask required by those vaccinated,... then we finally know we can relax.

[DesertRat]

22. Yes. We went out last weekend

Four of us, all 2+ weeks past our second vaccines went out for Mexican food, our first time inside a restaurant in 13 months.

The staff all wore masks and the restaurant asked patrons to wear a mask until you're seated. And they had reduced capacity, seating people in every other table or booth with plexiglass partitions between booths.

We had a Wonderful meal and drinks and a great time! It was wonderful to eat out and to feel "normal" again! We're planning to go out again this weekend.

[beaglelover]

39. Good for you!! Plus the food just tastes better

Direct from the kitchen versus take out.

[DesertRat]

53. Yes, what a difference from the styrofoam containers!

And the pitcher of margaritas were fabulous! I'll never take dining out for granted again.

[MoonRiver]

24. "Feel" n/t

[A HERETIC I AM]

33. I wonder why it is so many DU'ers don't use the "Edit" function?

How hard is it to go back and change an obvious mistake? There is no shame in it!


But to answer the OP's question, I never fell comfortable. I always fell hard.

Like now. I was wrong! He DID use the edit function.

FIVE TIMES!

And still the misspelling and no capitalization stands.

I'm going to bed.

[rzemanfl]

49. Yep. See #1. n/t

[LisaL]

25. No.

I get takeout.
Will be fine with eating outside in a restaurant that has an outside area, though.

[Tarc]

26. I've been going to restaurants for several months.

Masks in, masks when leaving, waitstaff all wearing them. I feel fine with this setup.

[Ms. Toad]

28. I did go out with my spouse for her birthday -

But I'm not comfortable, and generally we will only eat in outdoor locations for the foreseeable future. (We're both fully vaccinated, the restaurant was nearly empty, and I wore my mask except when I was actively eating.)

It wasn't quite warm enough for the outdoor locations to be open yet.

When I will be comfortable is (1) when there are fewer than 50 cases /100,000 in the county in which I'm dining and/or (2) when there is a 70-80% vaccination rate in the county in whch I'm dining. Until then - eating out indoors will be limited to eating with my spouse (and other fully vaccinated individuals) on special occasions at her request. The next will likely be our anniversary in September (at which it will likely stlll be warm enough to eat outdoors), then after that her birthday next April.

[Arkansas Granny]

29. I haven't been out to eat yet and don't know when I will go.

Maybe after more people are vaccinated and the new case numbers stay low I'll consider it, but I don't feel comfortable with it right now.

[moonscape]

32. I ate at a restaurant - outdoors - for the first

time last week and it was such an amazing, welcome event after the last long 13.5 months. No mask at all once at the table. So wonderful.

Since I’m on the Central CA coast where the weather is great, it doesn’t rain, and there are so many great outdoor choices, it’s easy to avoid indoors and not an issue. That said, because of being in a high-risk group, I’d probably avoid indoors anyway until a greater % has been vaccinated and there’s more data on variants.

[beaglelover]

35. Yes. I've been indoor dining and I'm 1/2

Vaccinated.

[Deuxcents]

36. No..

The staff up front might have masks..what about the preps n cooks/chefs. Nope.. I’ve become very comfortable at home. And getting better at it. I’ve had my first Moderna shot..2nd in two weeks n even then.. my niece is complaining..she just st turned 40.. stay home for just a while little longer is an eternity... just what did the people do in the 1918-1920’s during the pandemic? We seem to have little patience for anything anymore

[Initech]

42. I'm the same way.

A while longer does feel like an eternity. How much longer? Days? weeks? Months? Another year of this shit? I get that everyone is getting restless and I'm in the same boat.

[CTyankee]

37. I'm waiting to hear from Fauci. I'm fulled vaxxed.

[Initech]

40. I've been out a few times lately.

Mainly in outdoor areas and so far everything has been fine. It will be a while before I will be OK eating indoors.

[panader0]

43. Why go out when you can dine indoors at home?

Kidding of course. I'm fully vaxxed now and not ready to eat out. If I could afford it even.
I'll wait.
I'll still be very careful for a while at least.

[Happy Hoosier]

44. Yes... the risk is very low with reasonable precautions.

I ate at a restaurant today with another fully vaxxed friend. Restaurant was 1/3rd full with good distancing and open windows. I felt completely safe.

[Tree Lady]

46. We went out once inside after our two weeks

Masks were off because we were eating and a girl sneezed twice few tables down. They had up booth plexiglass dividers but I lost feeling good about the evening after that.

Hubby and I decided to only eat outside after that until cases way down. We ate lunch yesterday outside and loved it.

[Raftergirl]

50. Nope, not going to eat indoors for awhile.

But, now that better weather is here I will likely eat outside every once in a blue moon.

I am looking forward to entertaining outside on my patio with our friend group who have all been vaccinated.

[FoxNewsSucks]

51. I'd still rather sit outside anyway.

I just like it better in nice weather. Last fall, I went back to a really good Italian restaurant in Salina KS on a work trip. I was going to get something to take back to the hotel, but they had put a few tables on part of the sidewalk so I ate there. I was the only one outside, indoors was about 50%. It was one of the rare wind-free days in KS, so even without the risk I still would have wanted to sit outside. Afterward, when I walked my dog around downtown, the other nice restaurant also had no one sitting outdoors, but the bar was packed with no one wearing a mask. This was last Sept, and that's a good example of Kansas stupidity.

I've only been to two indoor places since last March. Both times were in rural areas last summer shortly after restaurants reopened and before covid had started spreading in those small towns. High-ceiling places, and only two other tables being used.

I got my shot March 8, but I still wouldn't go to any crowded place, restaurant or anything. I'd only eat indoors in poor weather, and if there were few others there.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

52. Yes. Mainly because I live in New Mexico, and this state

has done an excellent job of closing down as needed and limiting restaurant seating. Right now we're up to 75% of capacity. As it warms up, I will tend to prefer to eat outdoors, but by midsummer I think I'll be fine inside even at full capacity.

Oh, and this state is so far the best in actually vaccinating people.

[Karma13612]

54. Life is short..

Hubby (73) and I (67) have been going to indoor dining restaurants for some time now. We are now both fully vaccinated including the post 2 week wait period, as of March end.

We mask up and wash hands. We stayed away from any restaurants where the staff did not wear masks, before we were vaccinated.

It might sound cavalier but we know the risks, limited the dining to places with high standards reflecting COVID practices and generally stay away from crowds otherwise.

As I said, life is short.

I was more scared way back when it all started when I did the food shopping alone, and masked up, gloved up and wore an outer coat that stayed in the car between shopping trips. A year ago we wouldn’t dream of venturing other than to the food store. Back in the early days we even washed all the items I purchased using a mild chlorox solution. We had a little cleaning station in an outside gazebo next to the house. This was in cold Northern New York where the temps were in the 20’s and windy. I won’t forget how many times I stood outside my car cleaning my bare hands with alcohol gel before getting in the car to drive to the next store or back home. Gawd it was cold.

And the stress and fear of bringing the virus home to my older husband. Or contracting it myself.

We haven’t gotten lax, we’ve just realized that taking proper steps and precautions have proven to be useful and effective.

We all have to make our own decisions. So far, so good.

[struggle4progress]

56. I'd prefer not to help spread it: being fully vaxxed protects me

but doesn't prevent me spreading it

[Meowmee]

57. No

I don’t eat in restaurants anymor anyway due to various health issues. Except for wf cafe occasionally but not since the pandemic at all.

[clutterbox1830]

58. I'll be honest. I've been out a number of times since being vaccinated and felt comfortable.

I probably go to 2-3 restaurants a week and even went to a bar a few times. I know it is probably irresponsible, but needed to blow off steam and I live practically live alone now. I felt safe and comfortable for the most part.

[OhioChick]

60. Absolutely Not n/t

[Retrograde]

61. I've waited this long

Just before the local lockdown began, I had some surgery. I promised myself that when I was well enough to walk to a local expensive-but-gosh-they-are-good restaurant I would treat myself and my husband to a nice dinner. Then the county shut everything down. I feel I'm owed - but if I can wait a year plus another few months won't make much difference.

[electric_blue68]

62. No....

I've eaten outside dining with my sister but it was around ? 5-6 months before we even did that. So we've eaten outside several times till it got too cold.

We were able to go out comfortably on my birthday because it was an unexpected 60°F to eat outside.

She says she might dine indoors, not me not yet. Numbers need to be much better.

I'll happily dine out once in a while as long as protocols are followed.

[Deminpenn]

63. Yes

Have been going out to eat all along with no problems. Usually go during off-peak hours and dine alfresco when the weather's been nice, but no problems with indoor dining either.