Restaurant Association of Maryland announces legal action to stop indoor dining ban
By Sierra Fox
Restaurants band together to stop indoor dining ban
Restaurant owners and workers from multiple locations in Maryland are banding together to put an end to a ban on indoor dining due to COVID-19 concerns.
This comes after Anne Arundel County restaurants were successful in fighting that same restriction.
Marshall Weston, Jr., President & CEO of the Restaurant Association of Maryland said the goal is for indoor and outdoor dining to be restored.
"Without real evidence that restaurants are a source of COVID spread, these jurisdictions cannot shutter these restaurants and ask tens of thousands of servers, bartenders and other restaurants employees to shoulder the burden of losing their jobs in the hopes of slowing the spread of the virus," said Weston, Jr.According to the CDC and local epidemiologist Dr. Amira Roess, indoor dining has been repeatedly linked to COVID-19 infections and outbreaks due to people taking off their mask to eat and drink. This lawsuit states the restaurants want to see that evidence and proof.