Re:How Restaurants Got So Loud
by mhb on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @03:32PM
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Dogs like to roll and play in filth. They shouldn't be around where people are eating.
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so do children.
keeping dogs away from human eating areas reduces your chances of disease by a negligible amount. you would be much better off requiring everyone to wash their hands and/or disinfect their phones upon entering.
Re:How Restaurants Got So Loud
by decebalus1 on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @03:54PM
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> keeping dogs away from human eating areas reduces your chances of disease by a negligible amount.
Citation needed
zoonotic transmission (transmission between species) is not seen as serious enough by the CDC to even track it. but for comparative purposes, there are 1-2 deaths from rabies per year in the US (and infection is as likely from rodents as anything). so the burden of proof is on the dog cynics.
in any case, the primary transmission concerns are poop and mucus membrane contact. so again, the main thing you need to do is wash your hands with soap (and don't play with poop or make out with the dog).