Not convinced restaurants are safe

DEAR EDITOR:

About 10 years ago, during flu and cold season, I went to a smorgasbord restaurant. Half of the people at the serving table were sneezing, the other half were blowing their noses.

I thought, “why am I in this restaurant at this smorg table, touching the serving spoons and forks that have been handled by other people that were obviously ill?”

Do you know that I have never been back to a smorg? Why would I intentionally infect myself with a cold or the flu?

COVID-19 transmission is also of a great concern to myself.

Some people shopping have probably worn the same mask for a month without ever washing it, but if I want to eat, I need to visit these establishments.

In a restaurant, customers cannot eat with a mask on, and fellow patrons are capable of infecting one another. No expert yet knows exactly how far the COVID-19 virus can travel.

Would restaurants take the temperature of every patron entering the establishment? I doubt it.

I agree this COVID-19 virus is a bitch, but we need to have the experts take all of the precautions needed to keep us safe (and I am one of the more susceptible older residents). COVID-19 experts, please protect us at all costs.