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BACKGROUND: Social distancing and the economic downturn imposed by COVID-19 have significantly affected the food service segment. Therefore, operation recovery and adapting to a new reality must be achieved as quickly and efficiently as possible. Studies on this topic, which have been conceptualized in various parts of the world, have brought new ideas to light to mitigate the negative effects of COVID-19 on food service. SCOPE AND APPROACH: This study aimed to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on food service operations, changes in pre-existing trends, and post-pandemic perspectives. KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 has changed all business segments. When dining rooms were forced to close, many food services had to resort to innovation to survive, and many added deliveries and/or adopted the dark kitchen models in one of their many forms. It is expected that the demand for delivery, dark kitchens, and the adoption of technological solutions, for example, contactless payment, will remain in the post-pandemic scenario. Food quality control measures have become more strictly enforced, not only to prevent SARS-CoV-2 contamination but also to increase credibility with the customer. These long-established food safety practices have returned to the spotlight, been revised, and should be maintained for well into the post-pandemic period. Restaurants are operating again and restrictions on opening hours and capacity have been relaxed or eliminated. Continued studies on this topic are important for supporting creative and scientifically based solutions for socio-economic recovery.
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El Covid-19 ha intensificado la crisis sanitaria y económica en América Latina, incidiendo fuertemente en el retorno securitario hacia el Estado-Nación. Esta voluntad gubernamental, regulada por dispositivos de afrontamiento ante la "excepcionalidad pandémica", se ha visto acompañada por la instalación discursiva de una "nueva normalidad". Conscientes de esta problemática, desde los principios teóricos-metodológicos del análisis crítico del discurso, buscamos examinar la construcción de la "nueva normalidad" desde las alocuciones de los presidentes de Brasil, Chile y Ecuador en el actual contexto pandémico. Los principales hallazgos conciben a la nueva normalidad como un dispositivo que no sólo ha logrado traducir viejas prácticas gubernamentales bajo la legitimidad del Estado de excepción, sino también como un proceso continuista de la vulnerabilización y colonización latinoamericana. Finalmente, este dispositivo es problematizado tanto por la instalación del falso dilema entre salud/economía, como desde su capacidad semiótica para alinearse con el orden discursivo hegemónico del neoliberalismo regional.
Covid-19 has intensified the health and economic crisis in Latin America, strongly affecting a safe return to the Nation-State. This governmental will, regulated by coping devices in the face of "pandemic exceptionality", has been accompanied by the discursive set-up of a "new normal". Being aware of this problem and starting from the theoretical-methodological principles of the critical discourse analysis, we seek to examine the construction of this "new normal" in the speeches of the Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador presidents in the current pandemic context. The main findings conceive the new normal not only as a device that has translated old governmental practices under the State of emergency legitimacy, but also as a continuous process of Latin American vulnerability and colonization. Finally, this device is problematized both by the installation of the false dilemma between health and economy, and by its semiotic ability to align itself with the hegemonic discursive order of regional neoliberalism.
A Covid-19 intensificou a crise econômica e de saúde na América Latina, afetando fortemente o retorno da segurança ao Estado- -nação. Essa vontade governamental, regulada por dispositivos de enfrentamento à "excepcionalidade pandêmica", tem sido acompanhada pela instalação discursiva de um "novo normal". Cientes dessa problemática, a partir dos princípios teórico-metodológicos da análise crítica do discurso, buscamos examinar a construção do "novo normal" a partir das falas dos presidentes do Brasil, Chile e Equador no atual contexto pandêmico. Os principais achados concebem o novo normal como um dispositivo que não só conseguiu traduzir velhas práticas governamentais sob a legitimidade do Estado de exceção, mas também como um processo contínuo de vulnerabilidade e colonização latino-americana. Por fim, esse dispositivo é problematizado tanto pela instalação do falso dilema saúde/economia, quanto por sua capacidade semiótica de alinhar-se à ordem discursiva hegemônica do neoliberalismo regional.
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El siguiente texto tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre la posibilidad de vivenciar la representación escénica previamente concebida para el espacio físico dentro del espacio virtual establecido durante el aislamiento ocasionado por la pandemia del COVID-19 en México, con la finalidad de vislumbrar algunas de sus posibilidades dentro de su Nueva Normalidad. Esto, por medio de un dialogo entre sus características técnicas y tecnológicas, los hábitos establecidos previamente al respecto y la factibilidad del consumo digital dentro de la sociedad mexicana. Observándose como resultado, una dificultad para implementar un espacio exclusivamente virtual para su práctica dentro de la Nueva Normalidad, especialmente, cuando sólo 56.4% de los mexicanos (as) dispone de acceso a internet.
The following text aims to reflect on the possibility of experiencing the scenic representation, originally conceived for the physical space, within the virtual space established during the isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, in order to infer some of its possibilities within Mexican "New Normal. This, through a dialogue between its technical and technological characteristics, the habits previously established in this regard and the feasibility of digital consumption into the Mexican reality. Observing as a result, a difficulty to implement an exclusively virtual space for its practice within the Mexican "New Normal", especially when only 56.4% of Mexicans have internet access.