Unbelievable.
Walking by here in Sherman Oaks on Ventura Blvd, last night, outdoor diners packed like sardines in some places.
El Torito has an outside tent completely enclosed, indoor dining… outdoors.
Happy Holidays!
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Just my 2 pennies if I was in LA I would only do takeout and tip them a little more. It’s not worth it trust me. I have recovered from the coronavirus. It starts out very mild, then BAM a week of hell, then after that a non-stop dry cough for a few more days. Fever, chills, body aches, fatigue, cough, walking up the stairs with groceries got me winded, gi issues, loss of taste and smell, worst of all is the anxiety you get at night when it is time to sleep. The anxiety of dying in your sleep, or praying that this virus does not progress where your respiratory system is compromised and you need to be on a vent. It’s horrible.
I know some of you are tired of eating at home and want to enjoy a dining out experience or you want to celebrate an occasion. It’s not worth it. I wouldn’t do it. I understand things are closed down now for indoors but if it goes back. I wouldn’t do it based on my personal experience with the Coronavirus.
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Glad you are ok. We haven’t eaten indoors at a restaurant in months but we are now rethinking eating at restaurants period. I see a lot of home cooking and pick up the next few months.
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Echoing @js76wisco - really glad you’re still with us, @JeetKuneBao.
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Findings from a case-control investigation of symptomatic outpatients from 11 U.S. health care facilities found that close contact with persons with known COVID-19 or going to locations that offer on-site eating and drinking options were associated with COVID-19 positivity. Adults with positive SARS-CoV-2 test results were approximately twice as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant than were those with negative SARS-CoV-2 test results.
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Lol… at you not your point
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Thank you. Now is the time to level up on those cooking skills! What a great time to spend with your family cooking something delicious.
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Thanks. I hope you stay safe thru all of this
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Does this study involve indoor dining or does it shed light on outdoor dining specifically?
Dining out is pretty much the only activity remaining where you can do something in public without a mask.
At home hanging out with family and friends will remain the last maskless option.
The technology is almost there to enforce at home quarantine as well.
Imagine your phone senses someone else in your proximity and you are maskless (all that faceID tech) and the electricity, water, and gas are turned off centrally.
I’ve been completely disgusted by what I’ve seen on Ventura Blvd. Not going to call anyone out and its not just one restaurant. Places in that area are packed in as you said, a lot of drinking I’ve seen drunken fights in the street & I’m really not in that area very much. Pretty shocking
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I really hope that’s a comment in poor taste, but I suspect it’s not.
What a slap in the face to every single first responder, physician, nurse, and those being forced into “essential worker” classification.
What a selfish, pig-headed, immature, repulsive response to being asked to give a damn about the health and safety of others.
I honestly hope neither you, nor any of your family and friends get this damn virus.
It’s a shitty way to die.
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Yeah, this week wifey lost several people she knows, all healthcare workers.
Some people are selfish, thoughtless pricks and beyond hope.
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He is a troll and frequently pushes people’s buttons on this message board. I have learned to ignore him. He craves attention and is here to agitate people with his stupid comments instead of being supportive and helpful.
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Reminder to anyone who finds it helpful… there is an option to mute posters. You click on their profile and on the upper right.
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Respectfully, Here’s why. In the supermarket, or the mall, there aren’t groups of people sitting in relatively close proximity to one another, maskless.
I would be interested in contact tracing data showing how it’s spreading but this is the logic behind it.
But unfortunately, in society, we pay the price for the lowest denominator. People like our friend Alkie above, whom I’m guessing is not in his 30s yet, and thus not a fully-formed adult.
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Yes, just do not respond, eventually he/she will just to talking to him/herself.
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Exactly! Target is crowded yes, but most people don’t shop sitting shoulder to shoulder, maskless with people outside their household. I went to Sawtelle a few weeks ago and it looked just as packed as the before times and people were hanging out in groups outside of places waiting, blocking sidewalks thinking just because they were with their frenz, they could wear their masks as chin straps or just half way.
It’s sad… but most of the fury should be directed at those who are leaving the affected workers without a safetynet when local governments have to make these tough decisions.
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Some people just don’t get it .