How to reenter society: Your questions and advice from experts on life post-quarantine

And Dr. Peter Alperin of San Francisco is an expert on telemedicine.This is their advice on new ground rules for resuming common activities:Question: Are any restaurants safer, or more dangerous, than others?Pope's short answer: Sit-down restaurants where people spend an hour or more increase your exposure over time. In other words, a party of eight is more than twice as risky as a party of four.”Q: How do we decide if a place is safe to go into?Short answer: There is no no-risk place outside your home.Long answer: If a business or office is doing all of the following things, it is taking safety seriously: – Tim Lant, director of program development, and Joshua LaBaer, executive director, Biodesign Institute at Arizona State UniversityQ: What should I do when I go out? If you were primarily at home and isolated, and diligent about wearing a mask and washing your hands when you went out occasionally while maintaining social distancing, and then tested negative, I think it would be OK to hug your mom.