Well-Being Prevention & Cures

See how quickly the coronavirus could spread in a restaurant

A hand glows purple under black UV light

If there’s one lesson you learn from the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps it should be to wash your hands. Whether through human contact, surfaces or even airborne paths, without a vaccine, the risk of infection when in public remains high. 


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An experiment by Japanese state broadcaster NHK replicated the potential spread of contact disease in a restaurant. 


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At the beginning of the video, a paint that is invisible under normal light, but appears under UV light, was applied to the hands of one person sitting down at a restaurant. After half an hour, traces of the paint had spread to the nine other people in the dining area, as well as in various spots across the room. 

As states begin to reopen, some restaurants are preparing to seat patrons outdoors under social distancing guidelines. But will Americans be comfortable going back? 

In a survey with more than 10,000 responses, CivicScience reported that only 20 percent of people who use delivery apps and 22 percent of those who don’t would be comfortable going out to eat under a month after restrictions were lifted. More than half of both groups said they would wait two to five months, with about 1 in 4 saying that they would wait for half a year or more. 


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