61 Singers Went to Choir Practice. 87% Caught the Virus

grahamg said:
Is it being linked in any way to the action of singing, somehow releasing the virus particles sufficiently to fill the room, rather than a gathering of just this number of people, (sorry can't follow the link right now to discover it for myself).
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No! It has more to do with the fact that they didn’t listen to professional advice and follow social distancing like the rest of us so ended up dead.It has more to do with stupidity than anything.
 
Keesha said:
No! It has more to do with the fact that they didn’t listen to professional advice and follow social distancing like the rest of us so ended up dead.It has more to do with stupidity than anything.
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Could we agree to be both right at the same time once again(?).

Quote from linked article:
"The AP notes that the virus is believed to mainly spread when someone coughs or sneezes, releasing droplets into the air, and the choir practice "provided several opportunities" for this transmission.

Those opportunities included "members sitting close to one another, sharing snacks, and stacking chairs at the end of the practice." The report notes that chairs were placed 6 inches to 10 inches apart, "with a center aisle dividing left and right stages." The larger group also split up at one point, with one group moving to a smaller room. Anyone with an especially strong voice may have also become a "superemitter" and exacerbated things. "The act of singing, itself, might have contributed to transmission through emission of aerosols, which is affected by loudness of vocalization," the authors write in the report. "
 
grahamg said:
Could we agree to be both right at the same time once again(?).

Quote from linked article:
"The AP notes that the virus is believed to mainly spread when someone coughs or sneezes, releasing droplets into the air, and the choir practice "provided several opportunities" for this transmission.

Those opportunities included "members sitting close to one another, sharing snacks, and stacking chairs at the end of the practice." The report notes that chairs were placed 6 inches to 10 inches apart, "with a center aisle dividing left and right stages." The larger group also split up at one point, with one group moving to a smaller room. Anyone with an especially strong voice may have also become a "superemitter" and exacerbated things. "The act of singing, itself, might have contributed to transmission through emission of aerosols, which is affected by loudness of vocalization," the authors write in the report. "
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Yes to a certain degree. If you are going to stand 6 to 10 inches away from people during a pandemic for long periods of time, that’s risky enough. If you are going to stand that close to others ‘singing’ with your mouth open with everyone else having their mouths open singing, that’s even more risky BUT the bottom line is that these people shouldn’t have been gathering together to begin with. They didn’t listen to the common sense rules put in place so paid the unfortunately consequences.
 
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