I ate at one of the leading buffets in Las Vegas about six weeks ago and became violently ill shortly thereafter.
I'm with you. No more open serving tables, sneeze guards or not.
They do not prevent: (1)people like me, shorter than 5'4", from reaching under them to cough and sneeze on the veggies; the staff who stuff them from handling with dirty hands (I've seen a lot of scratching and straightening of hair, then bringing replacement trays; slobs doing the chopping from sneezing, coughing, handling of food with hands that have been all sorts of places; or, even worse, truly evil people who deposit various substances in or on the food prior to placing out for the unsuspecting public; and lastly, coming either from Third World Countries, or as might be the case, being contaminated by feces laced water in the Salinas Valley.