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1/ Update on COVID & Indoor Dining/Drinking Venues
- Data on universal face coverings has grown and is strong
https://bit.ly/3kFYmAQ
-aerosol transmission occurs & risk in indoor environments close to 20-fold increase
BMJ https://bit.ly/38PLL
Medrxiv https://bit.ly/36IQd9R
- Data on universal face coverings has grown and is strong
https://bit.ly/3kFYmAQ
-aerosol transmission occurs & risk in indoor environments close to 20-fold increase
BMJ https://bit.ly/38PLL
Medrxiv https://bit.ly/36IQd9R
2/ Restaurants indoor dining/drinking - possess three critical elements of transmission risk
Close prolonged contact
Confined spaces
Person/sq ft density is high than most other settings
Close prolonged contact
Confined spaces
Person/sq ft density is high than most other settings
3/Analysis of NPIs & association w infection
Taking public transportation
Attending worship services
Attending gatherings over 10 persons
Going to restaurants, bars, saloons
Frequenting restaurants had TEN TIMES the odds of infection v people who did not
https://bit.ly/2INo35A
Taking public transportation
Attending worship services
Attending gatherings over 10 persons
Going to restaurants, bars, saloons
Frequenting restaurants had TEN TIMES the odds of infection v people who did not
https://bit.ly/2INo35A
4/ Case control analysis of COVID infection
Only significant association was people likely to frequent restaurants (2.4 times the odds of infection)
https://bit.ly/3nyO47G
Only significant association was people likely to frequent restaurants (2.4 times the odds of infection)
https://bit.ly/3nyO47G
6/ Japan cluster analysis: Bars/Restaurants account for most clusters outside of healthcare. 16% of clusters investigated
https://bit.ly/2HcMLvC
https://bit.ly/2HcMLvC
7/ Widely shared restaurant COVID transmission in Restaurant in Guanzhou, China.
1 asymptomatic person 9 secondary cases
https://bit.ly/3kES58z
1 asymptomatic person 9 secondary cases
https://bit.ly/3kES58z
8/ Louisiana COVID contact tracing findings identifying where are outbreaks occur.
Restaurants and Bars account of 1/5 (21%) of all outbreaks & 1/5 (20%) of outbreak associated cases.
http://bit.ly/2KfEqZh
Restaurants and Bars account of 1/5 (21%) of all outbreaks & 1/5 (20%) of outbreak associated cases.
http://bit.ly/2KfEqZh
9/ Outbreak investigation at Harper's Brewpub in Lansing, MI
146 cases associated w pub 46 secondary cases https://bit.ly/3kES04S
146 cases associated w pub 46 secondary cases https://bit.ly/3kES04S
10/ Indoor dining/drinking is a mask free activity typically characterized by congregate, long duration, exposures.
Carry out should be prioritized and indoor dining avoided when community COVID transmission is high.
Carry out should be prioritized and indoor dining avoided when community COVID transmission is high.
