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BobbyV

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In all fairness, people who work in restaurants are trained in safe food handling, grandma may be good at that... or not.

Um . . . as a health inspector in a former job I can say that you should NEVER assume folks in restaurants are abiding by those training guidelines and are therefore "safer" at that than grandma.
 

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I can see how it would cut down on some cross contamination issues. We will most likely be at home for the first time ever. That’s really the only “safe” way. Granted most people here think COVID isn’t a bid deal or it’s a hoax. So, best of luck to you all no matter what you decide to do or not do.
I dont believe anyone here thinks the Rona is a hoax, instead they think the hype is. Its not at all that deadly but yes, it can be very miserable to some for a long time. I have said from day 1 the hype and fear mongering/control was a hoax and it is still IMHO
 

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In all honesty you might want to get ahold of the stats for health inspections for restaurants in your area. Seems like some of them must have missed that training. And unless they are spraying your hamburger with lysol right before they serve it too you, then they have more chance of being hit with covid virus along the delivery of that food past 50 people you don't know.

I always like the places where the cooks, food handlers and waiters wear the gloves to handle your food and utinsils and then go to the cash register and ring up your bill, take your cash and make change with those same gloves on before returning to work on the next customer's meal.
I've worked in restaurants. I'm not overly reassured.

I don't want to eat my mom's food, either.
But I'm not really concerned about your mother-in-laws cooking. I'm just pointing out the ridiculous guidance that it's OK to eat food picked up or eaten at a restaurant, but it's not OK to eat food cooked at someone's house. Seems about as stupid as anything they have yet published and the bad news is that some governors are dumb enough to repeat it.

I have worked in a couple of restaurants, and Id have to disagree with that. Some workers have very clean habits. Many do not.

While all of these are valid arguments, no one said restaurants are always clean and grandma's house is always dirty. But if we are going to make generalized arguments about what MIGHT be going on in a particular place, we can make the same arguments and assumptions about what MIGHT be going on in grandma's kitchen.

So if we apply the same over generalized assumptions, and someone says it doesn't make sense to eat in a restaurant, but not at grandma's house... then my only point is that theoretically training is required in restaurant kitchens but not for grandma. I'm just applying a little logic to why they might make that recommendation, not intending to impune anyone's grandma, and certainly not suggesting that every commercial kitchen is exactly what it should be. On a level playing field though, training and knowledge favors the professionals.
 

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