Although outdoor dining is now allowed again LA, a new health order bans restaurants and bars from having their TVs on.

“Televisions or any other screens that are used to broadcast programming must be removed from the area or turned off. This provision is effective until further notice,” guidance issued Thursday reads.

The county provided no scientific data for how the ban on TVs would help curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Daily Caller reports:

Fox 11’s Bill Melugin, however, said he suspects the health department “wants to stop people from watching the Super Bowl outdoors at sports bars/restaurants.”

Melugin does go on to note that this new guidance will only “force people to watch [the game] indoors with private home gatherings by taking the outdoor option away.”

It’s obvious the Health Department wants to stop people from watching the Super Bowl outdoors at sports bars/restaurants, so they are now going to force people to watch it indoors with private home gatherings by taking the outdoor option away. Absolutely brilliant 🙄

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 29, 2021

Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer warned the Super Bowl could be a super spreader earlier this week, making it likely the new guidance was issued in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus.

“We know that Super Bowl Sunday is coming up, and we can’t repeat the mistakes of the past,” Ferrer said, according to NBC Los Angeles. “It will be tragic if the Super Bowl becomes a super-spreader of coronavirus.”

We are interested to see what the health department will ban next—maybe the chairs because they might realize people would stay longer if they are able to sit?