Why Did It Take a Pandemic to Make Us Realize Buffets Are Disgusting?

A modest proposal for an infinity ban on hot plates, mass-market buffets, and other gross Petri dishes of communal eating

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For a fleeting moment, the manager of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., held onto hope that people would still be excited to…