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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
A friend of mine owns a small restaurant in Darlington, she shared this, which I think is pretty spot on:
While I understand everyone’s excitement at yesterday’s announcement that bars and restaurants can reopen from 4th July- can I just remind everyone to proceed with caution. I’m sure you all will! But I feel some are getting swept up in excitement thinking everything is returning to how it was- IT ISN’T!!
As a restaurant owner myself, I am taking the decision to protect my staff and customers and remain take out only, at least for the time being.
Firstly, there a potentially deadly virus still in general circulation, and I do not want to be responsible for encouraging the spread of it in any way. I do not want to encourage people to leave their homes unnecessarily and mix with other households just to enjoy our food- they can do this much more safely in their own homes as they have for the past few months.
Secondly- and this is where I believe people aren’t thinking about it- in the guidance published by the government, restaurants have a responsibility to ensure guests don’t mix in groups of more than 2 households. (Do we want that responsibility? How will it be enforced?) We also have to record details of everyone who visits- presumably to provide information to the track and trace service. So, if any customer tests positive within 2 weeks of visiting the restaurant all our staff will have to self-isolate for 2 weeks? Is that practical? I reckon restaurants will have to close almost straight away in many cases due to staff shortages!
Just a word of caution to restaurant owners, before you spend money getting your restaurants ready to open in a week and a half- is it worth it? Not just financially, but ethically too?
I think not!
While I understand everyone’s excitement at yesterday’s announcement that bars and restaurants can reopen from 4th July- can I just remind everyone to proceed with caution. I’m sure you all will! But I feel some are getting swept up in excitement thinking everything is returning to how it was- IT ISN’T!!
As a restaurant owner myself, I am taking the decision to protect my staff and customers and remain take out only, at least for the time being.
Firstly, there a potentially deadly virus still in general circulation, and I do not want to be responsible for encouraging the spread of it in any way. I do not want to encourage people to leave their homes unnecessarily and mix with other households just to enjoy our food- they can do this much more safely in their own homes as they have for the past few months.
Secondly- and this is where I believe people aren’t thinking about it- in the guidance published by the government, restaurants have a responsibility to ensure guests don’t mix in groups of more than 2 households. (Do we want that responsibility? How will it be enforced?) We also have to record details of everyone who visits- presumably to provide information to the track and trace service. So, if any customer tests positive within 2 weeks of visiting the restaurant all our staff will have to self-isolate for 2 weeks? Is that practical? I reckon restaurants will have to close almost straight away in many cases due to staff shortages!
Just a word of caution to restaurant owners, before you spend money getting your restaurants ready to open in a week and a half- is it worth it? Not just financially, but ethically too?
I think not!
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
In Scotland it's the law that everyone going on a bus has to wear a face mask. Nicola Sturgeon told us this in no uncertain terms. Yesterday someone got on a bus in Glasgow and was shocked to see virtually nobody was wearing a mask. He asked the driver about it and was told it was company policy not to challenge people about masks because they may have an underlying medical condition.
So today I've been paying attention to the buses that stop outside my window. Yup. Very few masks.
What's the point?
The idea that people are going to hand over accurate contact details in pubs on a Saturday night is ludicrous.
It's not going to happen.
So today I've been paying attention to the buses that stop outside my window. Yup. Very few masks.
What's the point?
The idea that people are going to hand over accurate contact details in pubs on a Saturday night is ludicrous.
It's not going to happen.
More new cases look to be happening all over the world in placers that have unlocked. The current hot bed here looks to be meat and food factories with 2 more today. Add in pictures of packed out seasides yet again all before the 4th July madness and it’s not looking good.
Gazjacko
Well-Known Member
As far as I’m aware there’s no documented case of anyone getting Covid twice...........yet
MntnMan62
Über Member
- Location
- Northern NJ
I believe the US Navy ship had some repeat cases. But I won’t go back and re-read the article.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
The post does not seem to be public. Are you sure you had permission to repost it here?
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
You mean packed socially distanced beaches like have produced no detectable spikes yet? I'd worry much more about the packers.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
classic33
Leg End Member
FirstBus have the following download from their site
The idea being you print off the one you need and show it to the driver(s), who aren't allowed at present, to turn passengers off the bus for not having a face covering.
Wobblers
Euthermic
- Location
- Minkowski Space
There was a study investigating this very thing in South Korea. There has been a pattern where people who're recuperating from CV-19 have tested negative, but positive at a later test. The investigators concluded that what such observations were not caused by new infections, but the test detecting non-viable fragments of the virus left over from the illness.
It's discussed on the Medcram youtube channel here. Medcram is the best resource on CV-19 I've found on youtube, and it's well worth going through some of the videos that have been posted.
MntnMan62
Über Member
- Location
- Northern NJ
Ok folks. I just read that new Covid-19 cases have just soared to a new single day record since the beginning of this thing. That can’t be explained away by saying more testing is being done. I’d say donald j. drumpf is doing a remarkable job of killing off people. And given people’s attitudes about social distancing and wearing masks I’d bet that most of the cases are drumpf supporters. Natural Selection at work here. You hear that Charles Darwin? You were right!
LCpl Boiled Egg
Three word soundbite
The article said "Whether the five afflicted sailors were reinfected or still had the virus after multiple negative tests remains under investigation. "
MntnMan62
Über Member
- Location
- Northern NJ
We are well past that at this point. Read my earlier post. I’ll only concede once. Not over and over.
