Coronavirus patients are more likely to eat at a restaurant twice before getting sick: CDC study

A new study has found that people who tested positive for Covid-19 ate twice at a restaurant in the 14 days before they fell ill.

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A waiter wears a face mask and rubber gloves outside a Peter Luger steakhouse in Williamsburg on September 10, 2020 in New York City.

The study, published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that between July 1 and 29, U.S. Therapeutic cases of 11 healthcare facilities have been looked into.

The final sample of the study of 314 eligible participants included 154 people who tested positive for coronavirus and 160 control participants.

Although similar places have always been reported in public places wearing masks or covering the face (negative 74 percent compared to negative cases. Reported percent), the CDC study found that those who tested positive were twice as likely to dine at a restaurant. In the two weeks before the positive test. Survey participants were not asked if they had eaten indoors or outdoors.

The study said that in the two weeks before the test, about half of all participants bought and visited people at their home.

It has also been found that an equal number of people in both positive and negative cases have visited the gym, hair salons or places of worship.

Those who tested positive reported closer contact with the reported negative (1 percent) test than the Covid-1 case (percent 2 percent). The study found that the contact was almost a family member.

The researchers say the findings suggest that people are contracting the virus in an area where they have to remove the mask to eat or drink. They said reports of exposure to the virus have been linked to air circulation.

“Direction, ventilation and airflow intensity can affect virus transmission, even if social distance measures and the use of masks are applied in accordance with current guidelines,” they wrote. “Masks cannot be worn effectively while eating and drinking, while shopping and numerous other indoor activities do not prevent the use of masks.”

They added: “As communities reopen, efforts should be made to reduce potential contamination in locations that provide on-site eating and drinking options to protect consumers, employees and communities.”

The study authors acknowledged the limitations of their study, noting that efforts to match positive and negative cases by age and gender were not maintained for a variety of reasons, such as participants not meeting eligibility criteria, refusing to participate, or not responding.

They also noted that participants were aware of their test results, which “influenced their answers to questions about community contact and close contacts.”

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