Restaurants and breweries were allowed to dine out again in Los Angeles County on Friday, but the revised instruction from public health officials says “televisions or other screens that broadcast programs should remain until further notice.”
The Los Angeles Daily News reports: “The restriction is an apparent attempt to prevent gatherings of sports fans from watching games and other events, especially during the most-watched TV show of the year, the NFL’s championship game.” Critics say the mandate could have the opposite effect, and that more people could turn inside cramped neighborhoods to watch Super Bowl LV. The big game is on Feb. 7, when Tom Brady, who won six runs, leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home against the defending champion, the Kansas City Chiefs. It is unclear when officials plan to lift the rule.
According to Daily News, Barbara Ferrer, director of public health, in the province earlier this week became concerned about the upcoming Super Bowl leading to gatherings of sports fans. NBA Championship Games. ”
Super Bowl ban: restaurants, breweries in LA County may reopen outdoors – but without TV screens https://t.co/QVzGWd5qoO pic.twitter.com/FHxgVaXj2k
– LA Daily News (@ladailynews) 29 January 2021
“We know Super Bowl Sunday is coming, and we can not repeat the mistakes of the past,” Ferrer reportedly said. “It would be tragic if the Super Bowl became a coronavirus super-distributor.”
The Pasadena Department of Public Health to be heard plans to update its health order according to LA County’s requirement for outdoor dining areas to keep the televisions off.
“The concern is the bustle that occurs when you lure people to a restaurant for an event,” said Dr. Ying-Ying Goh, Pasadena’s medical officer, said in a Friday interview with Star-News.
The revised LA County order includes other measures to ensure physical distance, such as requiring outdoor seating and wine services to be reduced by 50%. “Outdoor tables must be placed or removed again so that all tables are at least 8 feet apart,” it says. The reviews also limit outdoor seating to a maximum of six people per table, “all must come from the same household.” It says: “All businesses must place nameplates and verbally inform customers that everyone who shares a table must come from the same household.”
Outdoors is back for LA County, with a new health order: https://t.co/CJuQzPg3Hv
– No TVs can be on
– Eight feet distance for tables
– Masks and face shields for servers
– No more than six per table(Obviously the TV thing is aimed at the Super Bowl) @ KNX1070
– Mike Simpson (@KNXSimpson) 29 January 2021
The order also requires that ‘face shields be provided and worn by employees who come or may be in contact with customers’, adding, ‘the face shield should not just be worn face-covering.’
These protocols also apply to wineries that have been allowed to reopen for wine tasting.
The guidelines do not state that restaurants can offer “coordinated, organized or invited events or gatherings”.
It also requires institutions to follow procedures to communicate the desired behavior to the public, such as:
After each table has been disinfected between customer parties, food and wine tasting establishments must place a sign or card (not smaller than 3 x 5 inches) on the table with at least the following or substantially similar instructions:
“Help us keep our business open, protect our staff and protect fellow eaters by following our simple guidelines:
- Keep your mask on until your food or drink is served and after you have finished it.
- Put on your mask when a server approaches your table.
- Put on your mask when you leave your table.
- Wash or clean your hands.
Thank you for helping to protect the health of our staff and your fellow customers! ”
The order adds: ‘Other options, such as boards, digital boards, menus, can be used, among other things, to notify customers and remind them of these instructions while they are sitting and during their time at the establishment.’
Los Angeles County is the most populous part of America with more than ten million inhabitants.
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