Probably Late In The Day

[jennyjoan]

I'm probably late in the day asking this question. You know how pubs if they served food were allowed to open some time ago and the wet ones are being allowed to open on Wednesday here in NI.

Can anybody tell me how does a virus know who serves food and who doesn't or how it works. Thank you.

[Mamyalynne]

It doesn't of course - the theory is that people eating at tables are a distance away from others but those drinking tend to wander around and mingle.

[Cloverjo]

I think the man on the telly (Whitty, Whatty?) one of those; pre-empted that question by saying it’s all about “reducing risk rather than eliminating it”. So that’s also why you can be served in a pub at 9.59pm but not 10.01pm.

[burlyshirley]

What's a 'wet' pub jj ?

[Tilly2]

The Three Fishes?

[dannyk13]

Shirley //What's a 'wet' pub jj ?//
One that doesn't serve food.

[woofgang]

one that doesn't serve meals.

[burlyshirley]

Thank you.

[Old_Geezer]

Because 10.01 pm is so much more risky. The logic isn't there. Staying for one hour is no more risky from 7 to 8 than it is from 10 to 11. Staying from 10am to 10pm might be a bit off though. In my experience mingling ain't a big thing either. You meet your social group, pick a table, and then stay with them. Only if you go to the bar to order do you get close to others, and that's not necessary any more because you can order from your table and the server will bring your covid directly to you.

[Gromit2]

From my observation, from 10 until 11 is no longer a busy time in the pub. Where I live (in a hotspot area) the pubs have been closing at 10 Monday-Friday because there is not enough people out.

[jennyjoan]

thanks Mamy - am happy with that answer.