Very surprised that I have to follow up on this, but then again this is the era when calling this "the chinese virus" is ok. See links below. And trust me I work in marketing. Safety is just a nice way of saying "we will reopen when customers feel comfortable eating our food". You misread my earlier statement as well, I said chinese restaurants are closed but italian are open because many feel uncomfortable eating chinese when this started. Sad to see we live in an era of naivety, but brush up by reading the articles below.
"Roughly half the Chinese restaurants in the United States have closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a result in part of consumer prejudice and misperceptions, according to a new study."
https://www.restaurantbusinessonlin...s-chinese-restaurants-have-closed-study-finds
The global response to COVID-19 has made clear that the fear of contracting disease has an ugly cousin: xenophobia. As the coronavirus has spread from China to other countries, anti-Asian discrimination has followed closely behind, manifesting in
plummeting sales at Chinese restaurants,
near-deserted Chinatown districts and
racist bullying against people perceived to be Chinese.
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811363404/when-xenophobia-spreads-like-a-virus