re: #179 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

won’t help

i posted the other day
a restaurant is a confined space
no one is going to eat with a mask on
if anyone has the virus (customers or staff - knows it or doesn’t)) and exhales enough

no matter how you distance the tables…
- air circulation will take the virus everywhere

Here, read an analysis of restaurant eating - The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them

The link has the picture of the sitting arrangement and lots more info.

Restaurants: Some really great shoe-leather epidemiology demonstrated clearly the effect of a single asymptomatic carrier in a restaurant environment (see below). The infected person (A1) sat at a table and had dinner with 9 friends. Dinner took about 1 to 1.5 hours. During this meal, the asymptomatic carrier released low-levels of virus into the air from their breathing. Airflow (from the restaurant’s various airflow vents) was from right to left. Approximately 50% of the people at the infected person’s table became sick over the next 7 days. 75% of the people on the adjacent downwind table became infected. And even 2 of the 7 people on the upwind table were infected (believed to happen by turbulent airflow). No one at tables E or F became infected, they were out of the main airflow from the air conditioner on the right to the exhaust fan on the left of the room. (Ref)

Why this person is relevant - Professor Erin Bromage

I am a Comparative Immunologist and Professor of Biology (specializing in Immunology) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. I balance Teaching, Research and Public Service (that is, when we are allowed in our labs).