Current Events > 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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Hopefully employees speak out and damage the restaurants themselves

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Bullet_Wing posted...

This is seriously fucked up. Why are we such an assbackwards country when it comes to this virus?

Republicans

DeSantis is clearly a Trump guy. If you don't tell people that someone works there tested positive then it's like that positive case doesn't exist.

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DoctorPiranha3 posted...

Republicans

This

Remember when Republican accused Obama of Death Panels?
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mrduckbear posted...

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

What a fucking moron. No there is no evidence that it can be passed through eating it, but confined areas like a restaurant means people can breathe it in.

Bullet_Wing posted...

This is seriously fucked up. Why are we such an assbackwards country when it comes to this virus?

Misinformation and corruption from all aspects of society. Politics, business, medical, industrial, etc.

No one can give an honest answer, because there's no profit to be made from honesty.

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I used to work at Starbucks in Florida and still keep in the loop. One store had one person come in with COVID - everyone who worked with him got it. They closed the store for a week, called in help from other stores, and now they're open again. I can't find anything in the news about it.

Florida never peaked, we are still going UP. It's not just because of more testing, we have more cases in hospitals, more people sick at home, and more people spreading it. And, yet, when I went out for work this morning my mailman tried to make fun of me for wearing a mask - that's the attitude in Florida right now. People think COVID is a joke.

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ChocoboMog123 posted...

I used to work at Starbucks in Florida and still keep in the loop. One store had one person come in with COVID - everyone who worked with him got it. They closed the store for a week, called in help from other stores, and now they're open again. I can't find anything in the news about it.

Florida never peaked, we are still going UP. It's not just because of more testing, we have more cases in hospitals, more people sick at home, and more people spreading it. And, yet, when I went out for work this morning my mailman tried to make fun of me for wearing a mask - that's the attitude in Florida right now. People think COVID is a joke.

If it makes you feel better, your mailman will be jobless once the USPS runs out of money.

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Irony posted...

your mailman will be jobless once the USPS runs out of money.

republican's want it to crash and burn. i need delivery's from USPS even though shipping is very high on the things i want.
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