“None of our food comes from China, but that doesn’t matter to diners. I don’t know what motivated the scare.”
Concern about customers/employees (or their relatives/acquaintances) who recently visited China?
How about the Chinese illegal alien employees?
I couldn't say if this restaurant has any, but it is pretty common in the industry.
I’d worry about the guy in the kitchen who visited relatives back home recently.
Gotta take the wife in to a small city for a hand operation next week. Usually, it is either Red Lobster or a Chinese buffet when we go. No Chinese this time for just that reason. In fact, no nothing. We're in our mid-80s, so we're just being prudent.