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Most Americans are ready to indoors again.
According to a new poll fromMorning Consult, a global data intelligence company that has tracked how the public has been responding to theCOVID-19 pandemic, approximately 57 percent of Americans now say they feel comfortable eating inside of a restaurant.
However, the survey still showed that more Americans are comfortable with eating outdoors, with 68 percent of the 2,200 surveyed weekly saying they would rather dine al fresco.
Throughout the pandemic, restaurants have had toadapt their business modelsto incorporate take-out anddelivery optionsto stay afloat. According to the Morning Consult poll, ⅓ of Americans are most comfortable with delivery, while 42 percent prefer take-out.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is fully vaccinated, also recently said he is personally cautious with indoor dining and traveling in an interview withBusiness Insider.
“I don’t think I would — even if I’m vaccinated — go into an indoor, crowded place where people are not wearing masks,” Fauci told the publication.
As of April 15, more than 76.7 million Americans had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, andnearly every state is allowing anyone aged 16 and up to get their doses.
Fauci has still warned that Americans need to have patience to ensure the return to normal is as safe as possible.
“It’s kind of a race between the vaccine and the possibility that there’ll be another surge,” Fauci said.
On April 27, the CDCreleased new guidelinesstating that fully vaccinated Americans can go outdoors in small social gatherings without masks.
Once people have received all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine andwaited the two weeks to reach fully efficacy, they can safely go walking, running, hiking or biking outdoors without a mask; attend small outdoor gatherings with vaccinated or unvaccinated people and dine outdoors with people from multiple households, the health agency said.
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