Finger waggings aren't effective for pedestrian safety so why should they work for public health? A "safe system" approach, created for traffic safety in Sweden, offers a model for improved pandemic public health outcomes, according to this opinion.
click to enlarge FILE PHOTO Food delivery services such as Grubhub, Postmates, and Uber Eats will face new limits on the delivery fees they can charge to restaurants under an order signed Monday by County Executive Adam Bello. State officials have forced restaurants and bars to severely curb or halt outright in-person dining throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving them with little choice but to offer take-out and delivery if they want to survive. Many of the establishments, lacking delivery crews of their own, have relied on third-party services to get orders to customers. But at a cost: the delivery companies charge restaurants as much as 30 percent of an order’s purchase price.