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Whether this is true or not I can assure you it’s not even remotely as easy as your implying. As a business operator trying to get my businesses reopened there are issues at every level. Regulations, employee and customer. We’ve got a long way to go until large large large portions of the country feel the way your second sentence does.
I've got a wad of cash set aside just for this, eating out every single night for a month.
Where is this 99% number coming from? Also, there is nothing stopping this virus from mutating into a deadlier form, in fact it's already mutated to become more contagious. But let's throw caution to the wind! Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!
the contact tracing is a joke...we aren't South Korea. It's something for the Democrats to hang their hat on during the election...a political ploy. Americans will see right through it.
From the movie The Patriot:
From: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200505190550.htmNow the virus is mutating! You can't make this stuff up.
Different conversation in my opinion.
I agree that pandemics and food born illnesses are different conversations. But the need for government to regulate businesses for the public health is not.
No but did hang out with friends last weekend in their new pool. Was glorious and our kids felt like it was Christmas morning!Chime in if you're having an Opening America Up party at your house this weekend!
Steaks for all the neighbors on the BBQ.
That's the risk the business takes. If they cant do it right. They fail. But at least they failed on their own. They dont need the government deciding to make them fail
I mean seriously? Why ever leave the house ever again?? It's just too frightening,!!!!!And tomorrow we are all going to die?
Okay, whatever. But that's the conversation that this question goes down:
Referring to opening up. You dont seem to understand. Sorry if I wasnt more clear
Virus mutation is normal and frequent for most viruses. Most mutations are harmless.And tomorrow we are all going to die?
Pretty much everywhere that is opening up is requiring new government regulations because of the pandemic. No, we can't just let businesses make their own decisions on how to deal with the pandemic.
Yeah you don't seem to understand. Fair enough. Have a great Memorial day weekend.
Agreed there needs to be some structure and consistency but it can also go too far and massively constrain businesses. The last few days/weeks the latter is most certainly true in many parts (Cali in particular). Unelected health officials can be the driving force, as they are now. As usual the middle ground is the answer.
Out of town with the wife to a place that just reopened Thursday.....beautiful weather and no one around. Supporting one of our favorite places and easy to follow the guidelines. Hope you guys have a good one!
Steaks for all the neighbors on the BBQ.
IMHO when it comes to dine in services, there is no middle ground that works. The current regulations, such as 50% occupancy max, will cause most dine in restaurants to lose more money trying to operate with the regulations than they would lose if they were closed. But if the regulations were lessened to the point where dine in restaurants could be profitable (which would be pretty close to 100% occupancy given the razor thin margins restaurants operate at), then it's probable that R0 of the area will go too high as a result. While it's pretty easy to know the restaurant needs to be close to 100% occupancy to make a profit, the problem is government doesn't know how much occupancy they can allow without causing the R0 to be too high. The only way they can learn is to experiment. The reopening with these regulations are all an experiment. If the R0 stays low, they'll reduce the regulations. If the R0 goes to high, they'll make them even stricter.
You know...I've come to the conclusion that you've given up.
More businesses will live through this than will not. I'm estimating around 30 to 40% of small businesses will close for good before this is over.
The government isn't the one calling the shots here. The virus is. More specifically, our inability to stick to a plan to combat something that takes longer than 5 weeks, is what's calling the shots.
I was quoting Ecclesiastes. Written by King Solomon, widely recognized as the wisest man to ever walk on this little blue pearl.
Let's assume that there are business owners who know at least as much as you think you do.
As owning and running restaurants my entire adult life your take on their ability to make profit is correct. But that only states to support my case that the current regulations are too strict. I’m not one that thinks we should not have locked things down, I agreed with the decision initially. But now with the data we have it’s pretty clear where the risks are and aren’t. There’s also enough data and information out there for customers to make their own informed decision. I can assure you without the massively lobbied NRA (restaurant one not gun one) the current regulations would have been FAR more restrictive left only to the decision of health officials (who are always going to be Uber conservative). There absolutely is a middle ground.
As I posted before....our restaurants can open with limited seating on June 1.
That’s awesome. Wish more had this attitude. There is zero question we all need to put politics aside and come together if we all wanna make it out of this as unscathed as possible.
It's the only way we can do it.
Tools that other countries sucvessfully used to beat this, tools recommended by our top epidemiologists, are a joke?
What support program are you referring to?
I'm sure that you'll need that mask to get in.
If you don't like what I have to say, then put me on ignore. No one is requiring you to give my opinion any value at all.
Come on now, I'm open to ideas but I'm not watching a video. I like to skim and cross reference, and the audio will annoy my wife.
I appreciate the response. But I find you contradicting yourself. You initially state that the current regulations are too strict (which I agree with). You then state the NRA's influence is why the current regulations aren't even stricter (which I also agree with). But then you state there absolutely is a middle ground? Okay... where is it?
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