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It is interesting though I am not sure if it makes sense at all. Is a restaurant sector a significant vector for covid 19? I have not heard about people getting

It is interesting though I am not sure if it makes sense at all. Is a restaurant sector a significant vector for covid 19? I have not heard about people getting infected from food deliveries. Health agencies showing that food preparation ain't a vector: - https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/coronavirus-no-evidence-food-source-or-transmission-route https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/coronavirus-no-evidence-f... - https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food-safety-and-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food... (section A worker in my food processing facility/farm has tested positive for COVID-19.)

maccard 6y ago
Have you been in a working kitchen? I've only been in one (a couple of times) and it was the smallest, hottest, least ventilated place I've ever been. While it might not be a transmission vector for customers, it's _definiely_ a high risk enviroent for the staff. Particularly if they interact with wait staff who interact with customers.
- _visgean 6y ago
  Yes I agree that it is a risk for for the staff, however it does not seem to be a risk for customers, which is what this concept would reduce.
  - boomboomsubban 6y ago
    If the staff is at risk, the customers risk depends on how closely they interact with the staff. So while replacing the cook with a robot may not reduce the risk, replacing the server with one will.
    - catalogia 6y ago
      There are cheaper ways to replace a server than with a robot. For instance, with a counter. You could make an air-locked counter built like a fume hood for a small fraction of what a single serving robot would cost.
fxtentacle 6y ago
To me, it looks like food preparation is a huge vector. "Just hours after reimposing the lockdown in Gütersloh, a district with some 360,000 people in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the state officials now reintroduced restrictions in the nearby area of Warendorf and its 278,000 residents. [...] after over 1,500 workers at a meat processing plant tested positive" https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-hotspots-flare-in-europe-and-us/a-53903416?maca=en-rss_top_news-13961-xml-mrss https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-hotspots-flare-in-europe-a...
- _visgean 6y ago
  Yeah meat processing factories are huge vector, however the meat coming out of them seems to be safe.

maccard 6y ago

Have you been in a working kitchen? I've only been in one (a couple of times) and it was the smallest, hottest, least ventilated place I've ever been. While it might not be a transmission vector for customers, it's _definiely_ a high risk enviroent for the staff. Particularly if they interact with wait staff who interact with customers.

_visgean 6y ago
Yes I agree that it is a risk for for the staff, however it does not seem to be a risk for customers, which is what this concept would reduce.
- boomboomsubban 6y ago
  If the staff is at risk, the customers risk depends on how closely they interact with the staff. So while replacing the cook with a robot may not reduce the risk, replacing the server with one will.
  - catalogia 6y ago
    There are cheaper ways to replace a server than with a robot. For instance, with a counter. You could make an air-locked counter built like a fume hood for a small fraction of what a single serving robot would cost.

fxtentacle 6y ago

To me, it looks like food preparation is a huge vector. "Just hours after reimposing the lockdown in Gütersloh, a district with some 360,000 people in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the state officials now reintroduced restrictions in the nearby area of Warendorf and its 278,000 residents. [...] after over 1,500 workers at a meat processing plant tested positive" https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-hotspots-flare-in-europe-and-us/a-53903416?maca=en-rss_top_news-13961-xml-mrss https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-hotspots-flare-in-europe-a...

_visgean 6y ago
Yeah meat processing factories are huge vector, however the meat coming out of them seems to be safe.