223 Comments on Shelley Murphy's Boston Globe Story on Raso's Restaurant Dec 15 2020

 A day later look at the comments

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/14/metro/two-clusters-fuels-outbreak-medford-more-than-500-positive-tests-since-thanksgiving/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter

birdwidow12/14/20 - 12:02PM
I just just really glad I don't wait tables. I fully respect Covid restrictions, but all the social isolation is obviously wearing on people.
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  Antietem12/14/20 - 12:23PM
  Not willing to die, or isolate and miss work for two weeks, because you are bored.

J-064612/14/20 - 12:40PM
I abhor the mindless "lock 'em up" mantra, but in these two cases, people's lives have been senselessly put at-risk for the selfish gratification of those whose focus is only upon themselves, so I say "lock 'em up!" For a very long time.

sistercate12/14/20 - 12:03PM
Good article. It raises a lot of the issues people struggle with. Not sure what the restaurant did - or didn't - do to be COVID safe. But, it always only takes one person, right? Prayers that everyone recovers. What a nightmare.
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  betazeta12/14/20 - 1:00PM
  This was unfortunate but I'm guessing it was a rare event on the whole, unless the restaurant didn't follow the protocols appropriately. I think restaurants have been unfairly maligned since the start of the pandemic. Thing is, restaurants at least can be regulated - social distancing measures, smaller table sizes, closing bars, protocols on handling of food, masks, etc. And as long as those regulations are enforced I will have high confidence in restaurants. What we can't control or regulate very well are the social gatherings that take place outside restaurants and businesses. We shouldn't conflate the two.