Niamh Fitzgerald, a professor with the University of Stirling in Scotland, and colleagues visited 29 bars to observe how these safety measures worked in actual practice. "It was essentially about understanding, what are the risks and how successful are our bars and pubs in controlling those risks?" Safety measures fizzled outThe team found that staff did not consistently wear face coverings, with some lowering their masks to speak to customers -- perhaps defeating the purpose. Much of the risk the team observed was in the evenings, when customers were drinking. "There's this kind of new expectation of behavior that neither the customers nor the staff have really adjusted to," she added.

Source: CNN February 16, 2021 03:56 UTC