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Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 1797672)

I go with #2. So far I have not bought takeout food as I continue to read about too many restaurant workers testing positive for the Chinese virus.

Dr's state that you cannot become infected from prepared food. (just don't eat Chinese food)

I'm a #4. But, it is nice to have the excuse for wearing a mask when carting someone around in my car that stinks (perfume of course).

Good point Mary! My niece, who is an RN, has been taking care of COVID 19 patients for months. From what she has described to me this virus is nothing they have ever seen. I will wear a mask to protect myself and others until it is safe to not do so. Gasping for breath until I die with no family present is something I would like to prevent for myself or anyone else. If our soldiers can fight the enemy it seems to me that wearing a mask isn't too much to ask as we fight COVID 19.

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Originally Posted by Gulfcoast (Post 1798441)

All it takes is one server in that restaurant to test positive and the entire restaurant gets closed down whether the employees are wearing masks or not, whether they are symptomatic or not. The maskers are putting those businesses in an impossible, no-win situation.

This has never happened with any other virus, just the Coronavirus and somehow we have survived as a society. We have just completely kicked all common sense out the window with this one. The "experts" have been so all over the place with their predictions and recommendations that it's laughable.

Yes, I have read about establishments closing down when an employee tests positive. Deep cleaning and sanitizing is done then the establishment can open back up again. The fact that a restaurant closes down to sanitize after an employee tests positive is a safety measure I am very glad is in place.

The strong possibility that a positive employee will not pass on the virus to restaurant patrons because the employee was wearing a mask is very comforting to me as a patron. Restaurant employees who are dealing with the unmasked public are more at risk and that is the difficult part of this issue. Any restaurant employee is there because they need to work, not because they are just looking for something to do. They put themselves at risk to earn a living. Sad but true.