So a buffet for 16 people will spread it but schools full of children won't? Patients in hospitals wont spread.it? Patients being discharged to care homes dont spread it.but heaven forbid that somebody have a buffet for.boxing day.
You have been to a buffet, haven't you? So you know how it works. Everyone touching the same spoons as everyone else. Kids picking food up and putting it back or putting their finger in things. People sitting in different seats between platefuls of food. People forgetting which glass is theirs and drinking out of someone else's by mistake.
People serving themselves out of bottles that multiple other people have helped themselves to. People licking their fingers as buffets contain a lot of finger food. Then they go back for seconds. People opening packs of food. People with less stringent hygiene practices than one's own coughing into their hand or sneezing then just wiping on their clothes (particularly kids) then going back to pick up a serving spoon with only a quick "sorry".
None of this happens in schools. The kids are made to use sanitiser before they enter. You get your food served by the catering staff and only touch your own stuff mainly using cutlery. Then where you sat is cleaned afterwards, as is the table, before the next bubble comes in.
And there is no alcohol served in schools (unfortunately 
). Unlike buffets and types of family get-togethers where people's inhibitions and awareness of social distancing and hygiene go out the window after a few drinks.
I get that people want to have Christmas dinner together but that is more controllable. We decided against it in my family, but had we done it we would have changed the way we do things - it would have been no shared food or drinks bottles at all. All food dished out onto plates in the kitchen by one person with thorough hygiene measures. Normally we just lay everything on the table and help ourselves when we want more.
I can't believe people have actually planned buffets. [bangs head on table]