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At least with restaurants, you know the people you're sitting with. . . .

My initial reaction to this was...not if you're eating at one of the hole in the wall Chinese restaurants or communal dining restaurants.  That got me to thinking...what does it look like in China at the restaurants where you used to have people hovering to replace the current seated diners (or is that a dated snapshot of what the eating scene in certain areas of China was like up until this year?)

Remember the USA and the EU have the big problems that require extended safer at home policies.

Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Japan and others have been aggressive with testing and tracing since late January, so life looks more or less like normal across a lot of Asia.   No music concerts or spectators at sporting events, but otherwise things probably look similar enough to those living like we are here in the USA.   

All in Asia are a bit worried about the persistence of COVID19 to re-emerge, but for now most countries are able to stay ahead of big problems because of their commitment to test & trace.

I wouldn't label Japan as a success.  Their numbers are jumping now (and their PM is getting blasted).  Taiwan yes.  South Korea yes.  (I haven't followed Thailand recently, but initially, they stopped reporting cases, some say, because they did not want to lose their tourism revenue, which if true, makes their numbers tough to trust). I believe, in Taiwan, restaurants/stores are temperature checking everyone that comes in and everyone is wearing a mask.  I would have added Singapore to the group, but they've lost control and are trying to regain it (fingers crossed). 

However, my comment was about China, where the home restrictions were much more severe.  I wonder what their previously overpacked restaurants look like now that things are opening again.  I just saw a picture of a popular tea shop in China (I think it was in Wuhan, but I wasn't paying close attention to the presentation) that had numerous people milling about outside.  Looked like they were about 3 feet apart.  But to an untrained eye, that still looks crowded.

[magnus]

At least with restaurants, you know the people you're sitting with. . . .

My initial reaction to this was...not if you're eating at one of the hole in the wall Chinese restaurants or communal dining restaurants.  That got me to thinking...what does it look like in China at the restaurants where you used to have people hovering to replace the current seated diners (or is that a dated snapshot of what the eating scene in certain areas of China was like up until this year?)

Remember the USA and the EU have the big problems that require extended safer at home policies.

Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Japan and others have been aggressive with testing and tracing since late January, so life looks more or less like normal across a lot of Asia.   No music concerts or spectators at sporting events, but otherwise things probably look similar enough to those living like we are here in the USA.   

All in Asia are a bit worried about the persistence of COVID19 to re-emerge, but for now most countries are able to stay ahead of big problems because of their commitment to test & trace.

I wouldn't label Japan as a success.  Their numbers are jumping now (and their PM is getting blasted).  Taiwan yes.  South Korea yes.  (I haven't followed Thailand recently, but initially, they stopped reporting cases, some say, because they did not want to lose their tourism revenue, which if true, makes their numbers tough to trust). I believe, in Taiwan, restaurants/stores are temperature checking everyone that comes in and everyone is wearing a mask.  I would have added Singapore to the group, but they've lost control and are trying to regain it (fingers crossed). 

However, my comment was about China, where the home restrictions were much more severe.  I wonder what their previously overpacked restaurants look like now that things are opening again.  I just saw a picture of a popular tea shop in China (I think it was in Wuhan, but I wasn't paying close attention to the presentation) that had numerous people milling about outside.  Looked like they were about 3 feet apart.  But to an untrained eye, that still looks crowded.