How does a person dine out without encountering hosts, servers or chefs?
It’s an impossible question. The hospitality industry is, at its core, hospitable. A friendly smile is shrouded behind a mask. A handshake is impossible from 6 feet apart. Pulling out a chair, handing over a menu, pouring a drink and plating a meal all require the thing we were emphatically told not to do this year: be in close contact with others.
But in 2020, we still tried to dine out. Boy, did we try. (And the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on the restaurant industry for employment thank us for that.)
Meet the N.J. college dean who embraces a ‘superhero mythology’ to fight COVID-19
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
Dean Perry Halkitis, Professor of Biostatistics and Urban-Global Public Health in the School of Public Health at Rutgers University, at his home in Newark. 11/30/2020Steve Hockstein | For NJ Advance Media
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Perry Halkitis loves superheroes. He said he sees himself in the stories.
“I love the superhero mythology of somebody who was ostracized and marginalized who becomes strong and powerful fighting evil,” he said. “That’s how I always think of myself. I am a child of immigrants and a gay man. The child of immigrants who is using his power in helpful ways.”
Study of NJ shoppers suggests COVID tests reveal half the spread
Preliminary findings of a three-month study suggest that prevalence of the novel coronavirus in New Jersey could be twice as high as what s been conveyed daily since March through reports of positive test results.
The study that wrapped on Dec. 22 tested for the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in hundreds of people throughout Essex County, whether or not they had formally tested positive for the virus. Researchers randomly selected shoppers and, if they were willing to participate, asked them a short list of questions and grabbed a finger stick blood sample for testing.
Doctors explain the new mutant coronavirus strain that shut down the UK
All viruses mutate. So what does this mean for the pandemic at large? Share Updated: 9:41 PM CST Dec 22, 2020 Korin Miller
All viruses mutate. So what does this mean for the pandemic at large? Share Updated: 9:41 PM CST Dec 22, 2020
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Show Transcript evidence of this virus is, it spreads easily. It s more transmissible. A new, potentially mawr contagious variant of covert 19 has triggered tearful lockdowns in London and parts of England, and dozens of nations are now shutting down travel from the United Kingdom. It s not as though we can stop this getting into other places. There s some they re ready. There are a few countries that have reported single cases of these of this variant. So should you be alarmed? Health officials say it is not any more lethal or any more dangerous than the normal coronavirus. I I m quite confident that this particular