Air conditioning spread the coronavirus to 9 people sitting near an infected person in a restaurant, researchers say. It has huge implications for the service industry.

Related Video: Why Some Viruses Jump From Animals to People and Some Don'tThree seemingly healthy families were struck by COVID-19 after dining at neighboring tables in a windowless restaurant in Guangzhou, China, in January.

It's a frightening prospect for people who are trying to keep a healthy distance from others. However, in a potentially hopeful finding for the locked-down restaurant industry, none of the 73 other diners and eight employees in the restaurant at the time got sick, the researchers said. Within two weeks, four of her relatives had also gotten sick. So did five other diners in two other families, who seemed to have no other connection except for their time in the restaurant.

The National Restaurant Association this week asked Congress for $240 billion to help the struggling industry. But William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, said the research letter was a good resource to help us understand what restaurant reopenings would look like.

Schaffner, who lives in Tennessee, which had about 7,300 coronavirus cases as of Tuesday, said he had seen the mounting pressure for restaurants to reopen.

I knew my hatred of air conditioning would benefit me one day. So ready to SWEAT this summer

Scientifically prove it!

NYCJulieNYC Who remembers legionnaires disease?

Air conditioning (& fans) is also the biggest contributor to lung cancer-among many other illnesses because nobody cleans that filter DAILY as it should be & no one WIPES down those blades DAILY as they should- when I go to a hotel-1st thing I do is put duct tape on all vents

Stop recycling the air. Thats why dislike some ac and prefer open windows. Bring in fresh air.

No more heat, no more AC them's the rules.

This is not science. Pure conjecture. You should be ashamed for pushing this tripe.

Last time I checked restaurants were closed and providing carry outs only. FakeNews

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