In some states, restrictions vary by region. South Dakota has no statewide restrictions. 14, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey and New Mexico have not reopened bars. There have been 41 outbreaks tied to restaurants and the same number of outbreaks associated with bars, but bar outbreaks appeared to result in more infections, with 480 cases traced to those establishments compared with 180 from restaurants. San Diego traced nearly one-third of community outbreaks to restaurants and bars, more than any other setting.īut Louisiana’s experience suggests bar patrons contribute more to the spread of the virus than restaurant diners. “And that’s just a recipe for spread.”įew states make their contact-tracing data available, but in two that do - Colorado and Louisiana - bars and restaurants are responsible for about 20 percent of cases traced to a known source. “You’re sitting there for a long time, everyone’s talking,” said Linsey Marr, an environmental engineer at Virginia Tech. The same effect was not seen in visits to salons, gyms and houses of worship, or in the use of public transportation. Those who tested positive and did not have close contact with anyone sick were also more likely to report going to a bar or coffee shop. The analysis of the cellphone data suggests there is not as strong a relationship between the reopening of restaurants and a rise in cases, nor with bar foot traffic and cases over time, except for a handful of states.īut like with so much in the pandemic, easy answers can prove elusive.Ī study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of nearly 300 adults who tested positive for the coronavirus found that they were more than twice as likely to have dined at a restaurant in the two weeks before getting sick than people who were uninfected. The Post analysis - using data provided by SafeGraph, a company that aggregates cellphone location information - found a statistically significant national relationship between foot traffic to bars one week after they reopened and an increase in cases three weeks later. States that have reopened bars experienced a doubling in the rate of coronavirus cases three weeks after the opening of doors, on average. One decision appears to be riskier than the other, according to an analysis of cellphone and coronavirus case data by The Washington Post. In some parts of Florida, bars reopened Monday for the first time since late June.
In New York City, diners will be able to have a meal inside a restaurant at the end of the month, something that hasn’t happened there since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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