Can Tents at Restaurants Prevent Coronavirus Infections?
餐廳的帳篷能阻止冠狀病毒傳播嗎?
Some restaurants are providing plastic tents so people can stay separated from each other while they eat. But are these tents a safe way to eat out during the coronavirus health crisis?
一些餐廳會提供塑料帳篷，這樣人們吃飯時就可以彼此隔開。但這些帳篷真的是冠狀病毒健康危機期間保證大家外出就餐安全的一種方法嗎？
Health experts say outdoor tents are a little safer than eating inside. But, not all tents are equal, they add.
健康專家稱，在戶外的帳篷內就餐比在室內就餐安全一點。但並非所有的帳篷都安全，他們補充道。
Many restaurants are putting up single tents, and other outdoor structures that let people who are eating together avoid being indoors. The coronavirus spreads more easily when people are indoors.
許多餐館都在搭建獨立的帳篷和其他戶外場地，讓一同就餐的人避免都待在室內。人們在室內更容易傳播冠狀病毒。
Experts say the tents should have good air circulation. A tent with four walls and a roof, for example, might not have better air circulation than an indoor dining room.
專家表示帳篷應該擁有良好的空氣流通條件。例如一個四面封閉且頂部也密封的帳篷，它的空氣流通性可能還不如室內餐廳的空氣流通性好。
「The more airflow through the structure, the better it is,」 says Dr. Isaac Weisfuse. He is a public health expert at Cornell University.
「通過帳篷的氣流越多，效果越好，」艾薩克·魏斯福博士說道。他是康奈爾大學的一名公共衛生專家。
Tents are a creative answer, but should not be shared with people you do not see every day. That advice is from Craig Hedberg. He is a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
搭建就餐帳篷這個想法很有創造性，但它不應該與不常見的人共享。這個建議來自克雷格·赫德伯格。他是明尼蘇達大學公共衛生學院的一名教授。
「If it’s keeping you from being in a common airspace with other people, then that’s a good thing,」 he added.
他補充道：「如果它能把你和其他人隔開不再呼吸同一處的空氣，那它就是件好事。」。
Aubree Gordon is an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She said tents should be cleaned and left open for at least 20 minutes after they are used by one group of people. She also said servers should not directly serve food but should leave it outside the tent. This would decrease the risk of infection.
奧布裡·戈登是密西根大學公共衛生學院的副教授。她說，一波人用完帳篷後，應該對帳篷進行清理並開放通風至少20分鐘。她還表示服務員不應該直接將食物送進帳篷，而應該把食物放在帳篷外面。這將會降低感染的風險。
Tents are a way that restaurants can serve people food when many areas have restrictions barring people from gathering inside eating places. But using them means additional costs.
由於許多地區限制人們聚集在室內餐廳聚餐，使用帳篷成了餐廳為人們提供食物的一種方式。但使用它們則意味著增加額外的成本。
In Detroit, Lumen restaurant asks $30 for each person for a heated structure for two hours. Lumen has larger tents that can seat six people. The group must buy at least $300 worth of food.
底特律一家名為Lumen的餐廳要求每位顧客為一個能加熱的帳篷每兩小時支付30美金。Lumen有較大的可以容納6個人的帳篷，但使用它的團體需要消費至少價值300美元的食物。
Each time the tent is emptied, the structure is cleaned with sanitizer and aired out for 30 minutes, said Gabby Milton, who is the restaurant’s managing partner.
餐廳的管理合伙人加比·米爾頓表示，每次帳篷用完後都會用消毒劑清洗然後通風30分鐘。
I’m Bryan Lynn.
布萊恩·林恩報導。