Some cities and states that have lockdowns exempt takeout/delivery joints. That's better than nothing, and it's a boon to takeout/delivery industry.
This is supposedly in the interests of minimizing physical interaction and bending the growth curve of the coronavirus. I wonder, though, how many mayors, governors, and lawmakers have ever taken a look at the kitchen of the average takeout/delivery joint. Oftentimes the kitchen is visible from the customer area. In my experience, these are usually rather cramped spaces with multiple chefs–as well as delivery drivers ambling around. Social distancing isn't feasible in the kitchens of many takeout/delivery joints. Yet they're preparing food that radiates out to the community. Is that a potential vector of transmission?
My point is not that we should shut down takeout/delivery joints. Rather, I'm probing the facile notion of social distancing.
Yikes. I ordered out from Panda Express yesterday. Did it to support their business.
ReplyDeleteWant to do so with other places.
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steve3/21/2020 11:11 PM☍
DeleteI'd simply point out that due to centuries and millennia of selective breeding, our crops and livestock have been highly modified compared to their ancestral counterparts in the wild which comprised the diet of stone age humans. In that respect, even many of the "unprocessed" foods you recommend (meat, whole veggies, dairy products) have been processed by selective breeding. And even among edible game animals there's been a certain degree of spontaneous interbreeding between wild animals and feral domesticated animals.