Photo: Getty Images/Tetra images RF In most of the country, indoor dining — at limited capacity, with restrictions — has resumed. With each state’s or city’s announcement, the public reaction is varied: While many people feel it’s time, or well beyond it, others see restaurant reopenings as a clear harbinger of doom.
Outdoor dining is unanimously considered safer for diners thanks to natural air ventilation, though that benefit isn’t necessarily shared equally by a restaurant’s patrons, who remain outdoors, and its workers, who may still need to share cramped indoor space. Moving everyone indoors adds risk, but how much? Most places in the United States require restaurant workers to wear masks, but many diners aren’t required to wear masks while seated.
Dr. Manisha Juthani, an associate professor and specialist in infectious diseases at Yale School of Medicine, agrees that New York’s move toward indoor dining is the right one. “It’s reasonable to try limited-capacity indoor dining,” she says. “In Connecticut, we have had 50 percent–capacity indoor dining for some time, and it seems to be working for now.” If cases climb as a result of reopening, says Juthani-Mehta, the decision may need to be reversed.
For this reason, and because transmission in New York remains so low, Lighter doesn’t consider indoor dining a major risk to restaurant workers’ health — even if patrons are maskless while seated. The CDC defines “close contact” as being within six feet of another person for more than 15 minutes; most interactions between customers and servers will be much shorter than that.
Nope.
KTHeaney TIME TO DIE!!! -Infectious Disease Specialists, Sept 26, 2020
KTHeaney Who paid these specialists?
KTHeaney Cool cool, maybe Cuomo will get another book out of it when cases spike again
KTHeaney Do you people follow aerosol scientists? The biggest danger is a small indoor room.breathing in covid from super spreaders. covid filled restaurants, bathrooms, offices, classrooms are THE most dangerous!!!
KTHeaney A big nope from me. I'll continue to dine outside as long as I can stand the cold (unless they start having those heaters)
KTHeaney DeBlasio ruined our great city. Peace out. Good luck.
KTHeaney Nope. Not eating out. Y'all are delusional.
KTHeaney Nope. You can keep that ALL to yourselves.
KTHeaney It’s fucking risky.
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