COVID-19, some infectious disease experts in Canada think it’s time to offer a safer alternative to drinking in public.Cracking a cold one in a park may be a good substitution, they say, if only it wasn’t illegal throughout most of the country.
Influenza rates at record low thanks to distancing during coronavirus, data suggests Drinking among friends in sprawling green spaces — where there’s much more room to physically distance — can keep people away from dangerously crowded indoor gatherings, says Dr.
Zain Chagla, an associate professor at McMaster University in Hamilton.“There’s all these reports of transmission in bars and house parties.