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Originally Posted by allovertown
Actually, dining in restaurants has an very significant correlation with covid spread.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/health/restaurant-dining-covid-19-cdc-study-wellness/index.html
If you're eating, you can't wear a mask. And eating and talking without a mask, indoors, amongst strangers is exactly what should not be happening right now
This a terrible situation for those in the restaurant industry, but our city has an obligation to keep its citizens safe. Unfortunately, because the city can't borrow money to provide relief to the businesses and workers that will be harmed economically by these orders this becomes an even worse situation.
Federal government really needs to step up and provide some relief but unfortunately they've been MIA for the past half a year or so. |
The draconian measures of the lockdown seem unusual and unwarranted. It seems similar to what was done earlier this year when we were without wide scale testing, therapeutics and a potential vaccine. According to the Wall St Journal, “Vaccinations could start in December, if the shot is authorized. Yet initial supplies will be very limited. Moderna says it expects to have 20 million doses ready to ship by the end of the year, enough supply of the two-dose shot for 10 million people.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com...ything-else-you-need-to-know-11605548631
The present lockdown in Philly was an unnecessarily extreme reaction and will have a potentially long term impact given the already fragile state of the city. One could be a pollyanna and say everything will turn out fine but history shows economics and the vitality of cities are much more delicate than we’d like to think. I find it troubling that some condone the lockdowns while at the same time are so confident that societies will quickly rebound without long term profound consequences - Or not to at least consider this forum may be crickets in a few years time.
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