Indoor dining will resume in Montgomery County 2/14. At 25% and 90 minute limit per dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun going out to eat!

I'll be staying home for at least the next year with my autoimmune condition. Be sure to think of people like me and all the school kids at home while you are enjoying your delicious meals.

Nah. I’ll just be thinking about my delicious food. And my family.

DP. As long as you've got yours, that's what matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been going to Tysons/Arlington and McLean and have eaten indoors about 1/week. Either running errands over there, doing shopping or just getting out of the house. No issues. Feel perfectly safe. I’lll be out at my favorite Italian place in Cabin John next week. Can’t wait.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

All those people who got covid didn't have covid, until they did.

True. I have never been hit by a drunk driver either...until I do. Guess that is the risk I am willing to take.

That's not really the right analogy. It's more like someone saying I never wear a seatbelt, and I've always been fine. Just figure that if your chance of something happening is about 1% (just pulling a number out), then you can do it, on average, 99 times and be just fine. Then think about a restaurant that serves 200 people per day -- every day, 2 people there getting sick and spreading it around to others in the community. I'm not sure if the risk level is 1%, or 30% or what -- but it definitely depends on how high the community spread is at the moment you are dining.

I am not sure what the odds of getting hit by a drunk driver are, but i bet they are higher than catching covid for a healthy male in his 40's. Neither getting in an accident or catching covid are great outcomes, but it is all about how comfortable one is with managing risk. I am perfectly fine managing the risk of both. Some aren't, and that is ok too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun going out to eat!

I'll be staying home for at least the next year with my autoimmune condition. Be sure to think of people like me and all the school kids at home while you are enjoying your delicious meals.

Nah. I’ll just be thinking about my delicious food. And my family.

DP. As long as you've got yours, that's what matters.

I'm the original op, and this sentiment is what bothers me the most. There are tons of people who can't work from home, like I can.

So, go, have fun eating. At least if y'all get Covid there will be more herd immunity for the rest of us.

Until the Brazil variant gets here, from all the people who "have" to take a vacation and also "have" to eat out indoors on their vacation too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you live in MOCO do you plan to resume if you dinned before, do you plan to stay away or do you plan to modify?

Eaten in restaurants many, many times this year in MD, SC and FL. No fear and no virus. People are scattered all around the room and servers are masked. Surface transmission and transmission on food are not viable. Yes, will be back in a restaurant next week. - MPH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are all these people clamoring to eat indoors at restaurants? It's crazy.

I wish Elrich would declare one day every week 100% inside dining, so the idiots could pack in and start creating some herd immunity for the rest of us.

This is what I was saying last summer. Lockdowns stretch out the cases. Lots of asymptomatic cases in young people last summer would have been the best thing for older people this winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been going to Tysons/Arlington and McLean and have eaten indoors about 1/week. Either running errands over there, doing shopping or just getting out of the house. No issues. Feel perfectly safe. I’lll be out at my favorite Italian place in Cabin John next week. Can’t wait.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

All those people who got covid didn't have covid, until they did.

True. I have never been hit by a drunk driver either...until I do. Guess that is the risk I am willing to take.

That's not really the right analogy. It's more like someone saying I never wear a seatbelt, and I've always been fine. Just figure that if your chance of something happening is about 1% (just pulling a number out), then you can do it, on average, 99 times and be just fine. Then think about a restaurant that serves 200 people per day -- every day, 2 people there getting sick and spreading it around to others in the community. I'm not sure if the risk level is 1%, or 30% or what -- but it definitely depends on how high the community spread is at the moment you are dining.

Except you either don’t understand droplet transmission or haven’t been inside a restaurant to see the effect of spacing and capacity limits. Your risk of car crash is greater.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are all these people clamoring to eat indoors at restaurants? It's crazy.

I wish Elrich would declare one day every week 100% inside dining, so the idiots could pack in and start creating some herd immunity for the rest of us.

This is what I was saying last summer. Lockdowns stretch out the cases. Lots of asymptomatic cases in young people last summer would have been the best thing for older people this winter.

You mean, it would have been much better if lots of young people had gotten lots of old people sick, last summer? Why would this have been better?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun going out to eat!

I'll be staying home for at least the next year with my autoimmune condition. Be sure to think of people like me and all the school kids at home while you are enjoying your delicious meals.

Nah. I’ll just be thinking about my delicious food. And my family.

And your selfishness.

No, we know you won't -- because you're selfish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun going out to eat!

I'll be staying home for at least the next year with my autoimmune condition. Be sure to think of people like me and all the school kids at home while you are enjoying your delicious meals.

Nah. I’ll just be thinking about my delicious food. And my family.

And your selfishness.

No, we know you won't -- because you're selfish.

Everyone is selfish in their own way- you just think your selfishness is more noble.

And no, I haven't eaten indoors since March and don't intend to, we'll continue with carryout. Just calling it like I see it.

[Anonymous]

Restaurants are incredibly safe to eat in. Super clean. Spaced out. Small groups. Servers are masked. Let's go. Can't wait to help get the local economy going!

And if you don't feel comfortable, that's cool too. All good. Everyone evaluates how much risk they are willing to take on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun going out to eat!

I'll be staying home for at least the next year with my autoimmune condition. Be sure to think of people like me and all the school kids at home while you are enjoying your delicious meals.

Nah. I’ll just be thinking about my delicious food. And my family.

And your selfishness.

No, we know you won't -- because you're selfish.

Proud to wear your SELFISH badge. My family comes first, 100% of the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun going out to eat!

I'll be staying home for at least the next year with my autoimmune condition. Be sure to think of people like me and all the school kids at home while you are enjoying your delicious meals.

Nah. I’ll just be thinking about my delicious food. And my family.

And your selfishness.

No, we know you won't -- because you're selfish.

Ha. I’m an essential worker (hospital). Haven’t missed a day of work since the pandemic started.
Yup, I’m the epitome of selfishness!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun going out to eat!

I'll be staying home for at least the next year with my autoimmune condition. Be sure to think of people like me and all the school kids at home while you are enjoying your delicious meals.

Nah. I’ll just be thinking about my delicious food. And my family.

And your selfishness.

No, we know you won't -- because you're selfish.

Ha. I’m an essential worker (hospital). Haven’t missed a day of work since the pandemic started.
Yup, I’m the epitome of selfishness!

To be fair, it is your job. It sucks right now, but this is what you were trained for, no? Helping people with medical conditions? So, congrats on going to work, I guess.

[Anonymous]

I was out to eat in Tyson's not too long ago. Service was great. Everyone was spread out. Food was awesome. Had a few drinks. It actually felt normal, again. Funny what triggers normalcy...and eating out w friends certainly did. Looking forward to Moco doing the same!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun going out to eat!

I'll be staying home for at least the next year with my autoimmune condition. Be sure to think of people like me and all the school kids at home while you are enjoying your delicious meals.

Nah. I’ll just be thinking about my delicious food. And my family.

And your selfishness.

No, we know you won't -- because you're selfish.

Ha. I’m an essential worker (hospital). Haven’t missed a day of work since the pandemic started.
Yup, I’m the epitome of selfishness!

To be fair, it is your job. It sucks right now, but this is what you were trained for, no? Helping people with medical conditions? So, congrats on going to work, I guess.

Of course it’s my job. But I’m not scared of Covid. I’ve managed to live through several inpatient outbreaks and not get it. I know several co-workers who had it. I’m out here, helping people, actually physically helping people, rather than cowering in my house, scared to get it myself, but claiming I am so noble and selfless that I’m staying home for the sake of humanity. Can we just stop that charade please?
So thanks on the congrats. Guaranteed I’m doing way more to help people than you are. Takes a lot of talent and courage to stay home and have groceries delivered.