Thread by @HuffmanLabDU

1/ More good support that indoor dining is challenging (no masks indoors = risky). Nice article by @RoniNYTimes, w/ comments from knowledgeable folk following a recent CDC #MMWR report.

Amazing this still needs to be news (but it is & still important).
nytimes.com/2021/03/05/hea…

2/ “You have decreases in cases and deaths when you wear masks, and you have increases in cases and deaths when you have in-person restaurant dining,” said #CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky

3/ Unfortunately, the Nat'l Restaurant Assoc called the #CDC report “an ill-informed attack on the industry hardest-hit by the pandemic.”

I feel for restaurant owners & workers. I honestly can't imagine the difficulty through the pandemic. But the challenge & risk is legitimate.

4/ The recent #CDC #MMWR report:

"Association of State-Issued Mask Mandates and Allowing On-Premises Restaurant Dining with County-Level COVID-19 Case and Death Growth Rates — United States, March 1–December 31, 2020"
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

5/ Add'l reports supporting risk of indoor dining not at all surprising, given the extensive data along those lines. For example, here's a nice, similar study from early November.

NY Times coverage: nytimes.com/2020/11/10/hea…
Nature article:
nature.com/articles/s4158…