Many area restaurants respond in the wake of delta variant surge
Many area restaurants respond in the wake of delta variant surge
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As the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Arkansas continue to rise due to the more infectious delta variant, several local restaurants have responded, once again, with social media posts, signage and action to try to protect staff and customers.
During the first few weeks of the surge, it looked like business as usual — highly infectious disease spreading out of control and people still behaving as if we’d defeated COVID-19 in the state. And to be fair, before the surge, it was starting to look that way. Cases were going down, everyone that wanted a vaccine (all one-third of us) could get one, the CDC said vaccinated people could ditch the masks. So, many of us did.