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From Rhode Island to Colorado, states and local jurisdictions have been issuing “last call” orders, prohibiting alcohol sales past a certain time. Such curfews are ostensibly to help curb the transmission of the coronavirus, which is easily spread in typical bar conditions: indoors, crowded, people with lowered inhibitions talking and drinking in close proximity for prolonged periods of time.
Bar owners also pointed to the apparent arbitrariness of the early closures, but were more urgently concerned with the financial implications for their businesses, already hard-hit during the early months of the pandemic. Both these concerns highlight just how badly the U.S. government has handled the pandemic. In the ideal public health scenario, bars
. In the ideal business owner scenario, bars would still be making money. It seems the obvious solution would be to close such businesses and continue to pay people to stay home — but then again, this is America.The salmonella outbreak linked to Thomson International onions has grown to 43 states and 640 cases in the U.S. and 239 cases in Canada.
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