Mich bars restaurants will require names, phone numbers starting Mon.

[powderman]

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Michigan bars, restaurants will require diners' names, phone numbers starting Monday

The state said there are 12 outbreaks linked to bars and restaurants


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Diners in Michigan will be required to give their name and phone number to restaurants and bars starting Monday in an effort to contain a recent coronavirus surge, according to reports.


The new rule was put in place by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday and also includes limiting indoor gatherings without fixed seating -- like in restaurants -- to 50 people and individual tables to six people, The Detroit News reported.

The state set a record for new cases Thursday with 3,675, according to FOX 17 of Grand Rapids.

Restaurants in the state currently operate at 50% capacity and servers are struggling with customers who don’t like the current restrictions, Scott Ellis, executive director of the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, told FOX 17. He worked with the state on the restrictions but said his association doesn't agree with the contact tracing mandate.   



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“Our frontline servers have already had trouble dealing with masks and mandates and mandating masks,” he said. “We did de-escalation training and all kinds of other things to help with that and now we’re taking to the next level. We have to gather someone’s personal information?”

He added, “I think when you’re going to sit down at a restaurant you just don’t expect someone to take your name and number because you’re coming to have a drink or a burger.”



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Justin Winslow, president and CEO of the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association, said in a statement the contact tracing mandate doesn’t match “existing science and data” that shows
"minimal transmission” from dining at restaurants: only about 2% of cases the state is investigating, according to Winslow, FOX 17 reported.



Establishments could be fined $1,000 for not following the order, according to FOX 17.



Robert Gordon, director of the Department of Health and Human Services, said the state is taking “targeted action” to areas that are “particularly severe sources of spread.”

“We are issuing guidance that is a very clear road map for what we need to do bring cases down,” he added, according to The Detroit News.

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The state said 12 outbreaks have been linked to bars and restaurants in Michigan.

[northwoodneil]

Sounds like "papers please" to me. Maybe it works in the mitten but I bet it won't fly in the UP.

[Dee]

Come on guys. The governor is just trying to keep michiganders safe.

[Lloyd Smale]

you already do it. How many pay for there meal with a credit card or debit card or pay with a check?? Comical thing is people worry about this crap and go on facebook or any place on the internet that has cookies that does the same thing. Good cure for it is just dont go to the restaurant. Why would anyone sane go to a restaurant and pay 75 bucks for a 10 dollar meal and risk the fact that someone in there has the virus? You want to see some rules??? What biden will do if hes elected will make whitmer's rules look like playground rules in pre school.

[Lloyd Smale]

The way the numbers are skyrocketing up here (thanks to the tourists this summer)  a restaurant is the last place id bring my family! About the only place worse would be the emergency room at the hospital and at least there they check temps before they let you in the door. Ill say this Niel. The little ive been out has been to hardware stores ect. and i rarely see Yoppers i know not wearing a mask. The ones ive heard fighting it and giving store owners a hard time are the tourists. Ive got a sister her husband and one nephew that are going through it right now and i told the brother in law to count me out of hunting camp this year. Ive got asbestos's in my lungs and cant afford to take a chance or take a chance on someone who is to stupid to be careful. 

Sounds like "papers please" to me. Maybe it works in the mitten but I bet it won't fly in the UP.

[ironglows]

 " You want to see some rules??? What biden will do if hes elected will make whitmer's rules look like playground rules in pre school."

   Which points to the fact that neither he should be prevented from the job he seeks. and she should be fired by her electorate.  Sadly though, getting rid of her would likely be as difficult as getting NYs little dick-tater Cuomo tossed out of office !

[Lloyd Smale]

We know that aint happening. Some will talk the talk but VERY few are willing to walk the walk when it comes down to it. Reminds me of guys who say what they would act like in battle but never had the guts to even serve. Slap on a camo bandana or a rebel flag and grab an ar and march in some parade. Came down to actually shooting the thing theyd wet themselves. Posers!

" You want to see some rules??? What biden will do if hes elected will make whitmer's rules look like playground rules in pre school."

   Which points to the fact that neither he should be prevented from the job he seeks. and she should be fired by her electorate.  Sadly though, getting rid of her would likely be as difficult as getting NYs little dick-tater Cuomo tossed out of office !