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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I'm with you OP.

Some places have individually enclosed tables and that's different of course, since you would only be exposed to the people you chose to dine with.

I think part of what happened was a kind of mission creep, where first restaurants and bars got okayed to do a bunch of outdoor dining in spots that previously weren't zoned for it (streeteries, or expediting sidewalk tables, etc.) and people embraced that, and then the weather turned cold and the businesses looked for ways to keep them viable. Some places kept them open air but were able to make them functional through winter with portable heaters and some wind blocks, but some places got tents, maybe thinking they'd keep flaps open for circulation. But then in reality people don't WANT air circulation in a tent in January so they closed them up. And even though this kid of defeats the purpose in terms of Covid, it does enable a bar or restaurant to greatly expand their seating area, which can help them make more money during busy times if they can fill it up. So what was originally a Covid precaution became something else without people ever officially making the shift in reasoning.

Once vaccines were broadly available I started indoor dining so I really didn't think that hard about any of this -- I'd sit in an enclosed tent at a restaurant but I'd also sit in the dining room, so it doesn't matter to me one way or another. But it is odd to me when someone requests "outdoor" seating, presumably because it's more Covid cautious, only to sit in an enclosed tent with very little air circulation at all. Oh well.[/quote]

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