Are Dining Tents a Safe Way to Eat Out During the Pandemic?
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Are dining tents a safe way to eat out during the pandemic?:
Health experts say outdoor dining tents are generally safer than dining inside, but caution that they're not all equal.
Many restaurants are erecting individual tents, igloos and other outdoor structures that let people who are dining together avoid being indoors, where the coronavirus spreads more easily.
Experts say the structures should be well-ventilated. A tent with four walls and a roof, for example, might not have better ventilation than an indoor dining room.
"The more airflow through the structure, the better it is," says Dr. Isaac Weisfuse, a public health expert at Cornell University.
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