Washington state Governor Jay Inslee has announced his Stage 2 guidelines. Restaurants can reopen on or after June 1st but only at 50% capacity. No more than 5 per table and no bar seating. However, all patrons must sign into a log with their name, address, phone and email address. This log will be kept for up to 30 days. For contact tracing. If someone in the restaurant the night you are there tests positive, the contact tracers will come to your door and place you under mandatory 14 day quarantine. They are in the process of trying to hire enough people to be contact tracers but any gaps will be filled by the National Guard.

That’s a good look, right? Armed National Guardsmen coming to your door to confine you for going out to eat?

I’ll pass. Thank you very much.

Also, restaurant owners claim running every night at 75% capacity would eventually drive them bankrupt. So how’s 50% gonna work out?