A few weeks ago I posted an article, The Pandemic Blues – Take II. In it I detailed several things that happened to me during a round of golf that disturbed me in relation to folk’s attitude towards the corona virus pandemic. I then mentioned passing a popular bar/restaurant on my way home that is close to the golf course. It caters to a working class crowd, and is a nice place to grab a cold one and a bite to eat. What I noticed that day was how crowded the parking lot was, to the point of overflowing. And how I could not imagine social distancing taking place in there.
The last 2 or 3 times I have been golfing over in Illinois, the bar has been closed. Today at the golf course there was a young man behind the counter who I knew and knew to be from the area. I asked him if he knew the story about why the bar was closed.
Well yes he did. It turns out 2 of the waitresses tested positive for COVID-19. They were going to just close down the place for a couple days for a “deep cleaning”, he told me. He then went on to relate that there was a cluster of 20 COVID-19 cases in a small town close to Columbia, IL When they did the contact tracing they all went back to the bar! So they have closed the bar down for 2 weeks. I suppose that works to… I’m not really sure.
I can only hope when they reopen they test their employees a little better and force their customers into practicing social distancing. I do not really see the later happening in this particular establishment.
We all need to take care and realize that this is a real and serious pandemic, and that it is far from over.
Keep well.
wow… thank goodness for contact tracing
We’re number 1.
We’re number 1.
Dumbest society on the planet.