Restaurants and food delivery services are taking extra precautions.
Jessica Tillipman figures she has eaten out for lunch every work day for the past 12 years, not counting the occasional catered spread, which is a whole other issue as the coronavirus raises fears about sharing a meal in public. But the assistant dean at George Washington University Law School says she is reconsidering her habit as the virus potentially spreads in the greater Washington area.
[Here’s how Padma Lakshmi and other expert cooks say you should stock your pantry for a coronavirus quarantine] If the coronavirus gets worse, Bergland says, “I think I will be skipping the pizza spots for a bit.” “The health and well-being of our people, our customers and our communities is our highest priority and drives our decision-making. As we proactively monitor the impact of the coronavirus, we are continuously evaluating our policies to provide flexibility and reasonable accommodations,” a McDonald’s spokesperson said in a statement to The Washington Post.
That might change, he said, as public fears grow. “If there was a time that the public might be open to hearing a message like, ‘We disinfect with peroxide!’ it might be now,” he says.There’s no indication, health officials say, that the coronavirus can be transmitted on food. Wen notes that the virus does not appear to be orally transmitted.
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