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Massive overcrowding of bars, restaurants is a huge problem.

Covid-19 is spiking really badly and people are scared of it.

A lot of people who have heard testimonies from people who survived Covid-19 I am sure have heard the harrowing horrors of this demon virus. Lungs that feel as if made of glass, terribly hard to breathe, the ventilator is a tube shoved down your throat and you can not speak, and you feel like you're dying.

And at the same time, people are packing like sardines, shoulder to shoulder crowds, into bars and restaurants, making them run at upwards of 575% capacity, with most having upwards of 150 to 300 people at once. It is heavily urged that people not only practice social distancing, but also lighten the crowds at all bars and restaurants. It is also recommended that crowd limits be enforced and practiced at the following maximum capacities;

Hole-in-the-wall bars and also bar & grill facilities/dive bars (CB2, City Tavern, Dek Bar, etc); 15 patrons maximum at a time.

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Waffle houses; 10 patrons maximum at a time.

Common restaurants (Red Lobster, Hooters, Cottage bar, Nauti Parrot, Dolphin Key Tiki Bar, etc); 25 patrons maximum at a time.

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Nightclubs; 30 patrons maximum at a time.

People, if you get close to your favorite restaurant and you see a crowd looking like more than 25 people, don't go in there. Wait until a later time or another day, go to another restaurant with a smaller crowd even. Same thing if you see a crowd that looks like more than 15 people at your favorite bar, dive bar, or bar & grill facility/hangout spot, or more than 10 people at the waffle house. We need to stop the spread of Covid-19. Also, get tested if you want to go out, and only go out if your test results are Covid-19 Negative.

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