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Hi doctors! with regard to indoor dining..is recirculating air conditioning a significant area of concern, if the tables in the restaurant are spaced? what criteria should i use in order to determine when it is safe to do indoor dining?

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Filter: I wouldn't recommend indoor dining unless the air conditioning system had high efficiency particulate filtering to trap the covid19 virus, especially since some experts feel the virus can be spread via aerosol as well as droplets.

Answered 7/28/2020

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Hi doctors! with regard to indoor dining..is recirculating air conditioning a significant area of concern, if the tables in the restaurant are spaced? what criteria should i use in order to determine when it is safe to do indoor dining?

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Dr. Donald Colantino answered

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