I spent 40 years supplying food products to hundreds of independent restaurants. When someone says I won't miss them, try to remember they are not always the best business people, but they are the hardest working and most passionate people you will ever meet. Their business is their life. The 25% failure number, to me, might be low. Don't forget to tip if you are financially able to. Support the independent restaurants - you would miss them if they don't survive this

I don't remember SARS at all. Nothing in my life changed as far as I know. Everything remained normal in my world. This virus is a horse of a different color.

I just said the same thing but different wording. Guess I'm not alone.

Unless the servers are trained how to don and remove gloves without contaminating their hands, I prefer to NOT see the servers wearing gloves. Then they feel they do not need to wash their hands. When they take off their gloves and contaminate their hands not realizing they have contaminated their hands then do not wash their hands. There is no need for gloves. Just wash hands frequently. It is safer for the customer that way.

If the server has a problem with cracking and drying hands from washing more frequently, then by all means wear gloves. But wash hands with the gloves on so the exterior of the gloves are cleaned of all the germs that attach themselves to the gloves. Keep the gloves clean and keep the skin from cracking and drying out. Win Win.

Coffeebean hit the nail on the head...

I think they should've been CLEANING the restaurants much better in the past. Tables should be cleaned after someone leaves the restaurant just as dishes/silverware/glasses should be washed....

Not just "cleaned", tables should be sanitized.