So it's not insane enough that bars and restaurants require you wear a mask to ENTER or EXIT their premises, and when you get up to use the can, but NOT when you're at your table. Now Illinois has kicked that madness up a notch (assuming that it's really madness).
>From the Chicago Tribune (link below): > Bar and restaurant patrons across the state will be required to wear masks > during “any interaction” with servers or other employees when they’re > dining or drinking out, starting Wednesday. > > The new statewide rule applies to both indoor and outdoor bars and > restaurants, replacing a policy that’s been in place for months that > required patrons to wear masks at restaurants and watering holes except > when eating or drinking at a table or bar. > ADVERTISING > Ads by Teads > <https://hp.teads.com/?utm_source=inread&utm_medium=credits&utm_campaign=invented%20by%20teads> > > Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the new rule Tuesday, as the state reported > 1,680 newly confirmed cases and 29 more COVID-19 deaths, raising the > statewide totals to 223,470 known cases and 7,917 deaths. > > The new statewide facial covering requirement for bars and restaurants > takes effect Wednesday, as a rollback of reopening in Will and Kankakee > counties also kicks in, which will mean no indoor dining or bar service > until that region’s COVID-19 test positivity rate decreases to a state-set > threshold. > > The new restaurant and bar facial covering rules stem from a recent > increase in coronavirus cases, and apply to patrons when they are placing > food and drink orders, when a server is dropping off food and drinks at a > table and also applies to food service areas within entertainment venues > and museums, according to Pritzker’s office. > > Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike admonished > people to “stop wearing your face mask incorrectly” at a news conference > Tuesday in Joliet. Many people, for example, improperly wear their masks > with their lips covered but their nostrils exposed. > https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-pritzker-masks-bars-restaurants-20200825-jf4zjiplnzaaffnsnsnptypgkq-story.html > --- Support News from Underground: http://bit.ly/NFUSupport You received this email because you are subscribed to News from Underground. To unsubscribe from this email list, please go to: http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=pIdjNUgiG2h8yxbhC54SSy4SEskAoEMs
