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Chasing Life

Safety Questions for Reopening

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

As some states move forward with reopening, many people are still uncertain about the safest way to eat out at a restaurant, go to the movies, or hit the gym. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta answers your questions and offers guidance for how public health measures can help keep us safe. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

In Miami-Dade County, Florida, bowling alleys, movie theaters, concert halls, and arcades

0:06.1

can open at 50% capacity.

0:08.5

In California, where cases are falling, San Francisco to date reopening, hair and nail

0:12.8

salons, and gyms, with limited capacity and face coverings required.

0:17.7

Just because things are open doesn't mean we now need to do it all.

0:21.8

All over the country, some states and cities are moving forward with phased reopening.

0:26.8

And some of the activities we've missed so much are now becoming available again.

0:31.7

But before you run off to the movies or your favorite restaurant, you do need to think

0:35.7

carefully about how to balance the risks and the benefits, and what precautions you can

0:40.1

take to try and keep safe.

0:42.4

On today's episode, we're going to look at some of the guidance and also the CDC recommendations

0:47.4

for safely reopening.

0:50.1

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, and this is coronavirus,

0:55.5

back, versus fiction.

1:05.9

Remember Friday night, date nights?

1:08.4

It's been a long, long time since my wife and I went out for dinner.

1:12.1

In most of the country, restaurants have reopened with either outdoor or indoor dining.

1:17.2

But a lot of people are asking, is it safe?

1:20.9

Most of what we know right now, handling or consuming food, does not seem to be one

1:25.7

of the primary ways the virus is spread.

1:28.3

But there are fears about environmental risks in restaurants.

1:32.6

Earlier this month, the CDC issued a new study looking at community spread.

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