Here in wonderful IL, our adored governor pushed us back into phase 4 a week ago; requiring restaurants to close to dine-in business and only allowing carryout OR outdoor dining (it's 30* outside right now - absolutely genius). Certainly couldn't think of a better way to support those small businesses that have already given everything they had to stay afloat!
The thing that gives me and others hope in humanity is that nearly every single restaurant has said f*** it, and has kept their indoor dining open. Not only that, but this is the busiest I've seen these restaurants since lockdown. PTL. And it's not that surprising of an outcome when individuals are given the data and are able to determine for themselves their risk comfort level. And we're not talking about the media's one-sided fear mongering narrative of the data (CNN's rising cases = DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - but actual data and trends from the CDC website.
For those curious, here's one resource that aggregates the data weekly directly from the CDC/National Center for Health Statistics/etc websites:
Week of Oct 28th
https://www.ftportfolios.com/Common/...5-724838378d80
Week of Oct 22nd
https://www.ftportfolios.com/Common/...1-f39cb20bae2b