STUDY: Closing Bars, Restaurants Did NOT Suppress COVID-19.

Study on the efficacy of shutting down bars and restaurants to stop the spread of COVID-19

• The restrictions were "not an efficient way" to decrease virus transmission, concluding that it "does not contribute to the suppression of SARS-CoV-2."
• Using a large-scale nationally representative longitudinal survey, researchers found that the early closure of restaurants and bars decreased the utilization rate among young persons and those who visited these places before the pandemic.
• Despite the data showing a reduction in the use rate, there was no discernible decrease in the symptoms except for the reduction of cough among college graduates.

"These results suggest that the early closure of restaurants and bars without any other concurrent measures does not contribute to the suppression of SARS-CoV-2," posit researchers.

• The study follows months of mandated closures of restaurants & businesses throughout the world, with health officials floating the measure as a potential solution to combat supposedly new variants of COVID-19.

 

https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/08/03/restaurant-closures-dont-contribute-to-suppression-of-covid-19-not-an-efficient-way-to-stop-spread/