From around our area, currently, a staff person must be there to serve the buffet food according to reports. Whether WDW adopts this policy is anyones guess. And if they do, how long will it last?Many character meals are also buffets, and it’s unclear how all those will need to be restructured to follow new heath guidelines. Lots of questions about those right now!
I want Topolinos but won’t pay for it if no character meal
Because it is still spread on surfaces. The CDC said that surface spread isn't the primary method of transmission, not that it doesn't happen.
Personally I can see the need to eliminate face characters for a time but would not be uncomfortable meeting fur characters and just not hugging them.