{"id":94331,"date":"2020-06-24T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=94331"},"modified":"2020-06-23T19:17:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T23:17:14","slug":"local-paper-as-covid-19-wallops-hospitality-sector-folly-beach-restaurateurs-develop-safety-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=94331","title":{"rendered":"(Local Paper) As COVID-19 wallops hospitality sector, Folly Beach restaurateurs develop safety strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Approximately 40 restaurants in the Charleston area have now closed temporarily<\/a> as a result of an employee testing positive for the deadly disease, exposure to an infected guest or concern about the spread, although industry members reiterate many more restaurants are continuing to operate in the face of known cases.<\/p>\n

Rich says the Folly Beach meeting, scheduled for the Loggerhead\u2019s parking lot to facilitate social distancing, will cover table spacing, bar seats and employee masks. Rich believes strongly that every restaurant in the city needs to mandate masks for front-of-house workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no regulation on it, so everybody is doing something different,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re just going to tell everyone, \u2018Hey, guys, this is what we recommend.\u2019 We need to make sure somebody\u2019s burger or beer isn\u2019t as important as our health.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEspecially on this island, we\u2019re all friends with each other. If one of us gets sick, we\u2019ll all get sick.\u201dhttps:\/\/t.co\/gKbBcgIVrl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Charleston Scene (@chasscene) June 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n