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Re:Chefs are adapting their menus for chilly outdoor dining by graeme on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:48PM (#24864599)
Depends on how sealed it is. An actual greenhouse would not be. If the area is draughty and has a lot of air exchange it may actually be close to outdoors.

A CO2 meter can give a quick approximation of whether the greenhouse canopy spacs is more like an inside or outside.

My intuition was you’re right. But I could see it being the other way if it’s just a loose shield.

Re:Chefs are adapting their menus for chilly outdoor dining by xur17 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @08:40PM (#24864952)
Following that logic, it seems indoors would also be fine if they open up a bunch of windows?
Re:Chefs are adapting their menus for chilly outdoor dining by graeme on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:23AM (#24868301)
In a place with wall windows, quite possibly! But it really depends on the airflow.

You can use a co2 meter as a proxy. Outdoor levels are generally around 450 in a city. If your indoor space with open windows is there, you’re probably basically outside. If it is higher, you’re not.

See here for example, co2 is a commonly used tracer gas: https://www.ghdonline.org/uploads/Measuring_Air_Changes.pdf

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To be clear. I think very few restaurants have enough windows to really be like outside with a bunch of people in there.

I had a look at the greenhouses. Key difference from indoor dining: they prevent superspreader events. The problem with indoor dining is you have 30+ unmasked people dining in a poorly ventilated room. One infected person can infect many others.

In a two person tent an infected person can infect at most their dining partner, assuming waiters are provided good sanitary measures.