Am I the only person still eating outside?

[Anonymous]

I love dining out. But I still only do it outside. I'm in the DMV of that matters. Plan on going this way through the winter just like last year and the year before that. Anyone else?

[Anonymous]

Nope - we only eat at restaurants that have outdoor seating. Heat lamps are barely needed (we're in SF).

[Anonymous]

No and no one else I know even the most conservative Covid avoiders.

I'm not eating outside in the very cold weather. Happy to do it in nice weather and it's terrific that many restaurants expanded this option and it will now likely remain.

[Anonymous]

Because of COVID you mean? Yes, you're the only one still doing this. COVID is like the flu. Get vaxxed, you're still going to get it occasionally. It's here to stay. Live your life. The end.

[Anonymous]

We only eat outside and will continue to do so until it's no longer tolerable weather-wise. Will probably not be going indoors and will pivot to takeout or just scale back on restaurants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love dining out. But I still only do it outside. I'm in the DMV of that matters. Plan on going this way through the winter just like last year and the year before that. Anyone else?

I guess whoever you're eating out with will also eat outside!

If I had a friend who would only eat out under these conditions and I really liked the person I would probably agree. Not in January and February after sundown in the DMV. But lunch on an ok day, sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because of COVID you mean? Yes, you're the only one still doing this. COVID is like the flu. Get vaxxed, you're still going to get it occasionally. It's here to stay. Live your life. The end.

This, I truly don't understand why people are still "afraid" of Covid? You're going to get it. And you're very likely going to be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of COVID you mean? Yes, you're the only one still doing this. COVID is like the flu. Get vaxxed, you're still going to get it occasionally. It's here to stay. Live your life. The end.

This, I truly don't understand why people are still "afraid" of Covid? You're going to get it. And you're very likely going to be fine.

Not sure why this is a debate in the Food forum but I wish ppl would stop diminishing Covid. You can live your life how you want - your life your rules. But to say you're going to be fine if you get it or it's like the flu is really laughable because there is so much data now that you're just being obtuse to raise whatever point that is not clear.

Let's be clear - Covid has killed more than 1million people in the US alone. For example, in 2021 the Flu killed about 25K while covid took almost 400K lives. Not to mention that it does cause unique complications, such as blood clots, multisystem inflammatory syndrome, and long-term symptoms that persist well beyond the actual infection.

So again - live your life as you see fit but you can't change facts and make the narrative that people shouldn't be concerned more than they are about other cold or flu viruses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of COVID you mean? Yes, you're the only one still doing this. COVID is like the flu. Get vaxxed, you're still going to get it occasionally. It's here to stay. Live your life. The end.

This, I truly don't understand why people are still "afraid" of Covid? You're going to get it. And you're very likely going to be fine.

Not sure why this is a debate in the Food forum but I wish ppl would stop diminishing Covid. You can live your life how you want - your life your rules. But to say you're going to be fine if you get it or it's like the flu is really laughable because there is so much data now that you're just being obtuse to raise whatever point that is not clear.

Let's be clear - Covid has killed more than 1million people in the US alone. For example, in 2021 the Flu killed about 25K while covid took almost 400K lives. Not to mention that it does cause unique complications, such as blood clots, multisystem inflammatory syndrome, and long-term symptoms that persist well beyond the actual infection.

So again - live your life as you see fit but you can't change facts and make the narrative that people shouldn't be concerned more than they are about other cold or flu viruses.

Correction for accuracy - the figures are for 2020. For 2021, Covid killed 485K ppl - the flu stats haven't been updated but they average 25k-30k annually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of COVID you mean? Yes, you're the only one still doing this. COVID is like the flu. Get vaxxed, you're still going to get it occasionally. It's here to stay. Live your life. The end.

This, I truly don't understand why people are still "afraid" of Covid? You're going to get it. And you're very likely going to be fine.

Not sure why this is a debate in the Food forum but I wish ppl would stop diminishing Covid. You can live your life how you want - your life your rules. But to say you're going to be fine if you get it or it's like the flu is really laughable because there is so much data now that you're just being obtuse to raise whatever point that is not clear.

Let's be clear - Covid has killed more than 1million people in the US alone. For example, in 2021 the Flu killed about 25K while covid took almost 400K lives. Not to mention that it does cause unique complications, such as blood clots, multisystem inflammatory syndrome, and long-term symptoms that persist well beyond the actual infection.

So again - live your life as you see fit but you can't change facts and make the narrative that people shouldn't be concerned more than they are about other cold or flu viruses.

Correction for accuracy - the figures are for 2020. For 2021, Covid killed 485K ppl - the flu stats haven't been updated but they average 25k-30k annually.

And the overwhelming majority of deaths, at least once vaccines became available, are preventable. Even more so when you factor in antivirals. So... yeah. It's not April 2020 anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of COVID you mean? Yes, you're the only one still doing this. COVID is like the flu. Get vaxxed, you're still going to get it occasionally. It's here to stay. Live your life. The end.

This, I truly don't understand why people are still "afraid" of Covid? You're going to get it. And you're very likely going to be fine.

My father died from it last week. He was 80 but mostly healthy. He had all the shots. Covid started a downward spiral for him that ended with sepsis.

[Anonymous]

I eat outside all the time. Nothing to do with Covid. If the weather is nice, I'm outside. Today is gorgeous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of COVID you mean? Yes, you're the only one still doing this. COVID is like the flu. Get vaxxed, you're still going to get it occasionally. It's here to stay. Live your life. The end.

This, I truly don't understand why people are still "afraid" of Covid? You're going to get it. And you're very likely going to be fine.

Not sure why this is a debate in the Food forum but I wish ppl would stop diminishing Covid. You can live your life how you want - your life your rules. But to say you're going to be fine if you get it or it's like the flu is really laughable because there is so much data now that you're just being obtuse to raise whatever point that is not clear.

Let's be clear - Covid has killed more than 1million people in the US alone. For example, in 2021 the Flu killed about 25K while covid took almost 400K lives. Not to mention that it does cause unique complications, such as blood clots, multisystem inflammatory syndrome, and long-term symptoms that persist well beyond the actual infection.

So again - live your life as you see fit but you can't change facts and make the narrative that people shouldn't be concerned more than they are about other cold or flu viruses.

Correction for accuracy - the figures are for 2020. For 2021, Covid killed 485K ppl - the flu stats haven't been updated but they average 25k-30k annually.

And the overwhelming majority of deaths, at least once vaccines became available, are preventable. Even more so when you factor in antivirals. So... yeah. It's not April 2020
anymore.

No it's not but we're still here with ppl like you who would like the magic fairy to make this go away and act like it's not serious but it is. 2022 stats aren't even out yet and it's still over 300K.

[Anonymous]

I think you are part of a smaller and smaller minority.

[Anonymous]

We only eat outside. I never liked noisy restaurants anyway, and most restaurants we can afford are noisy.