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A public health expert has defended the Covid-19 precautions of a popular city cafe after it was criticized online for having ‘exaggerated’ and ‘White House’ security levels.
Cork City Idaho Cafe co-owner Richard Jacob vigorously defended his new customer safety measures, saying he was proud to have been “trolled for being too safe.”
He posted a screenshot of the critical Twitter post of someone who visited the Caroline St cafe recently.
He says: “It was like trying to get into the White House. No other cafe in Cork is so ridiculously over the top with Corona (sic) measurements. Name and phone number don’t sit here nervously cleaning tables, et cetera. Avoid.”
Mr. Jacob said that he and his staff are “giving everything” to make sure their clients are safe during this pandemic.
“Today, we got the best compliment, we were teased for being too safe,” he said.
And he reminded the critic that he and his wife, Mairead, have been in the hospitality business for 30 years and “don’t be nervous.”
I have never felt so proud.
We are doing EVERYTHING to make sure our customers are safe during this pandemic.
Today, we got the best compliment, we were trolled for being too safe😉
(Ah gee, we’ve been in this business for 30 years, we don’t get nervous.) pic.twitter.com/y6fAMYKs8s
– Richard Jacob (@idahocafe) October 2, 2020
It received incredible support on social media in the wake of criticism that emerged a day after Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn revealed that 57 cases of Covid-19 had been linked to a separate, unidentified cafe-restaurant. in Cork where several people from different households had socialized.
Dr Corinna Sadlier, Cork University Hospital Infectious Diseases Consultant, was one of the people who supported Mr Jacob and his team.
She said the Covid-19 case numbers are still trending in the wrong direction and that the only way to flatten the curve was to “be more like Idaho coffee.”
According to the latest figures from the Department of Health, 470 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 were reported last night, and the Health Protection Surveillance Center (HPSC) was informed of an additional death, bringing the number of Covid-19 to 1,801. 19. related deaths in Ireland.
It was also announced that after the validation of the data there has been a denotification of six deaths and four cases.
The most recent data shows that the Cork South West Local Election Area (LEA) has the highest 14-day incidence rate in Co Cork, at 146.7 per 100,000, compared to the national rate of 88.2 per 100,000 . Cork City South Central has 111.2 per 100,000 and Cork City North East has a rate of 118.6. The county remains under level 2 restrictions.
The Boyle LEA in Roscommon is at 197, and the Lifford-Stranorlar LEA in Co Donegal, which has Level 3 restrictions, is at 602.6.
Dublin and Donegal remain at Level 3 restrictions after new limits on the number of visitors to homes across the country, which are now limited to a maximum of six people from a single household.
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