LA County health officials allow restaurants to dine outside over the weekend, but have banned the use of televisions, preventing Super Bowl viewing parties.
Gavin Newsom, governor of California, announced Monday that he is revoking all local home orders and reopening many of the state-owned enterprises, but still with a reduced capacity. LA County followed suit this week by telling restaurants they can resume outdoor meals with a 50 percent capacity, Fox 11 reported.
One thing that still discourages provincial officials, however, is gatherings for the Super Bowl. On Wednesday, Barbara Ferrer, director of public health in LA County, warned NFL fans not to hold Super Bowl parties this year for fear they could become a “super-spreader” event.
Ferrer insisted that Super Bowl parties were a bad idea this year and said: “It would be tragic if the Super Bowl became a coronavirus super-distributor.”
On the heels of Wednesday’s proclamation, Bill Melugin of Fox LA reported that officials had implemented the moratorium on Super Bowl parties by telling restaurants that TVs should remain turned off.
“Outdoor life has reopened in LA County as of today, but now the Department of Health is banning restaurants from not turning on their TVs for customers,” Melugin reported.
Melugin added that the new health department. orders tell restaurants: “Televisions or any other screens used to broadcast programs must be removed from the area or turned off. This provision is effective until further notice. ”
The Fox reporter noted that officials want to stop people watching the Super Bowl outside at sports bars / restaurants. But the ban can only send people to private residences during the game.
Directly from the new health order: “Televisions or any other screens used to broadcast programs must be removed from the area or turned off. This provision is effective until further notice. ”
– Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) 29 January 2021
Further details on the new health order for eating out. https://t.co/wMbf6zVF4A
– Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) 29 January 2021
The ban on TVs has been widely ridiculed on social media:
Apparently TVs now distribute COVID https://t.co/gkFEOUcc3Y
– John Cardillo (@johncardillo) 29 January 2021
they also have to ban wifi, make sure you can not watch from your smartphone.
– wsww (@ Wesley56429166) 29 January 2021
California must be the dumbest place in America https://t.co/1mgSuBPowK
– Mindy (@just_mindy) 29 January 2021
For the farmers, it is about control and compliance.
– Michelle Sanford (@mwsanford) 29 January 2021
New information about COVID-19: televisions help spread the virus. https://t.co/Y8SykxWowe
– Aldous Huxley’s Ghost ™ (@ AF632) 29 January 2021
“science” https://t.co/xPsfB6x0tZ
– Jessica O’Donnell (@heckyessica) 29 January 2021
Just when I thought California could no longer be stupid. https://t.co/PC3kxaU9p8
– Matthew Westhoff (@mjwesthoff) 29 January 2021
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