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The state of the restaurant industry

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Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by himinlomax »

vkou wrote: post #26
himinlomax wrote: post #22

In France it's -100% by law, except for takeaway. Thanks a bunch, Xi Jinping!

Why do you think any other country would have been able to contain this outbreak?

Other countries don't have those filthy wet markets. They ARE absolutely filthy. They're on the same hygiene levels as the bushmeat markets in the poorest African countries. You know, Ebola?

Isn't it amazing that poorer, even denser countries like India or Bangladesh haven't originated the same deadly pandemics?

The PRC deserves the blame for this. Scientists have known about the issues with those markets for a long time, at least since SARS. They only just prohibited the trade of wild animals. Why not before?

(Of course some people will call this racism, but other ethnic Chinese countries like HK, Taiwan or Singapore have world-leading hygiene standards. This one is on the Chinese dictatorship, not the Chinese people.)

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Post by jonperl »

the_economist wrote: post #8
wmeredith wrote: post #6

That's about to completely crater. My city issued guidance just yesterday (3/16) that all dining room service is to stop. Drive through, delivery, and curbside only.

What city?

Even Bozeman, MT has closed its restaurants, cafes, and bars.

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Post by overcast »

7777fps wrote: post #32
KptMarchewa wrote: post #9

I can't understand why would somebody think that putting latest data on the left is a good idea.

If it becomes very long then the data you lose to the scrollbar is the least relevant.

Then don't put long data in a horizontal scrollbar. It's the worst possible UX ever.

Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by trianglem »

threatofrain wrote: post #28

Perhaps US eat-out culture will die, and those who worked those jobs will just have to find some other means by which to negotiate value from the economy.

But there’s just so many of them. Between the hotel and restaurant industry we’re talking about more than 20 million people.

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Post by overcast »

wmeredith wrote: post #6

That's about to completely crater. My city issued guidance just yesterday (3/16) that all dining room service is to stop. Drive through, delivery, and curbside only.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut shutdown all Restaurants, Bars and Movie Theaters yesterday afternoon. Only takeout is allowed.

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Post by throwaway5752 »

threatofrain wrote: post #28

Perhaps US eat-out culture will die, and those who worked those jobs will just have to find some other means by which to negotiate value from the economy.

Maybe, given the financial shock, no other means are readily available. Maybe, given the lack of means to negotiate value from the economy the lose the ability to buy food or pay for their shelter. Maybe in that case they either band with other people unable to negotiate this value, abandon respect for the law, and take that value by force. Maybe they do not do this, and are forced into situations that put them in greater contact with other people and makes the pandemic worse.

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Post by aniro »

threatofrain wrote: post #28

Perhaps US eat-out culture will die, and those who worked those jobs will just have to find some other means by which to negotiate value from the economy.

Remarkable how quickly you were able to dehumanize the economic impact on millions of lives and yet simultaneously anthropomorphize the “economy”. A single sentence.
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