Can Enclosed Outdoor Dining Really Be Safe?
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Restaurants across the country have been building and using outdoor dining spaces since the summer. But as winter approaches, many establishments are converting them into sheds or tents to help keep customers warm. As Kristen V. Brown reports, these new structures can sometimes feel more indoors than outdoors. We wondered how safe they really are for patrons.
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| 0:28.2 | Spotify, or anywhere you listen. Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 251 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. |
| 0:41.5 | Today's main story, outdoor dining has turned out to be a great way to mitigate virus risk. |
| 0:48.6 | But, winter's here, forcing restaurant owners to improvise with heat lamps and walled enclosures. |
| 0:56.7 | So at what point does an outdoor space start to become just a room, with all the same infection risk? |
| 1:05.7 | But first, here's what happened in virus news today. |
| 1:14.4 | Thank you. Here's what happened in virus news today. Pfizer and Bioentech are requesting emergency authorization of their COVID vaccine today. |
| 1:21.6 | It could take at least three weeks for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make its decision. |
| 1:28.7 | Studies show the vaccine is 95% effective and doesn't have any major safety issues. |
| 1:36.8 | It could be the first vaccine cleared for use, and the first doses could be administered as early as December. |
| 1:45.5 | But first, FDA staff and outside advisors must thoroughly vet the trial data provided by the company. |
| 1:54.2 | In the U.S., the virus is still raging unchecked. |
| 1:58.9 | Almost 12% of all hospital beds in U.S. hospitals were occupied by COVID-19 patients |
| 2:05.6 | on November 17th. That's the most since April 12th, according to the U.S. Department of Health |
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