Poll of the Day > Florida Restaurants will NOT have to TELL the Public if they hit with COVID-19!

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The Sunshine State is mandating that Restaurants are under NO OBLIGATION to let the public know when they have been exposed its employees with COVID-19 despite a record number of new infections sweeping the state!!

Florida is continuing to plow ahead with reopening despite a surge in new cases as it does not require restaurants to inform customers of any outbreaks it has among its staff because it's not classed as a food related outbreak

While it tracks outbreaks of illnesses such as Hepatitis A and norovirus in restaurants where they must inform the public, it doesn't have to track cases of coronavirus

Customers of infected workers are also not classed as their close contracts under the state's contract tracing efforts and doesn't even require them to wear masks while serving customers food and offers limited guidance over what steps they should do if employees are ever infected

The shocking revelations come as the state has seen a surge in cases with over 80,000 infected and nearly 3000 deaths

The CDC encourages restaurants to notify customers of any outbreak among staff but Governor Ron DeSantis has not mandated such measure because they say there's no evidence it can pass through food

Even though the virus is mostly spread through respiratory droplets when people talk, cough or sneeze, the CDC warns it can spread through contaminated surfaces.

The only thing that is ordered is if a worker is sick that they must be separated from other employees, customers and visitors or sent home

Fears that restaurants are staying silent over outbreaks is sparking concern among locals such as Steve DiOrio who says a number of restaurants have shuttered because of mysterious circumstances and it wasn't until he learned that one, New York Pizza and Pasta closed was because multiple employees had tested positive as sanitation crews onsite were seen clearing out the place.

The reason for businesses not having to warn customers of any outbreaks because it it could potentially damage the business as the Governor says would be "unfair" to punish the business owners for it.

Do you think restaurants should be allowed to keep quiet if it's employees have COVID-19?

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Florida elected this jackass governor after electing known Medicare fraudster Rick Scott to two terms in that office and then having him replace Democrat Ben Nelson in the Senate.

Florida kinda deserves what it gets at this point. I just wish we could shut down the border and quarantine the whole state from the rest of the country.

It's kidna the same thing of not having to disclose your HIV, right?

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streamofthesky posted...

Florida elected this jackass governor

Whats funny is that the guy he beat recently entered rehab after he was found drunk in a hotel room with another guy who was overdosing on Crystal meth.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/15/andrew-gillum-to-enter-rehab-after-episode-in-miami-hotel-room/
Florida!

Lokarin posted...

It's kidna the same thing of not having to disclose your HIV, right?

Not at all. HIV is sexually transmitted, or through blood.

Coronavirus is through respiratory droplets, which you're at a much higher risk when eating out at the restaurant.

I would think there's also is precedence, since restaurants have to let the public know if an employee has Hep or norovirus.

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Yes, though they should just send those employees home.

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Lolno

Send the employee home, sanitize the place, take necessary precautions and move on with business as usual.

Shutdown if you absolutely have to.

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"People should be responsible for avoiding the virus on their own!"

"Businesses shouldn't be required to provide people with the information they'll need in order to avoid the virus on their own!"

Yep.

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