<div dir="ltr">Bronwyn, in this case I think it's a good call. Thank you so much for proposing it and for all of your consideration about it. <div>I see it as not really a question of safe or unsafe, because we can't call anything safe right now. But more of a personal risk assessment. I agree that what you were proposing would have been low risk, but for some people that is legitimately too much risk! I've gotten together a couple times with a couple friends to sing outside, distanced. They live in towns with no cases and so it felt ok, but I could see feeling differently in slightly different circumstances, or if Central Vermont's cases started to rise even slightly. But it's hard with a somewhat larger pool of people.</div><div> Donia</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 12:06 PM Bronwyn Fryer via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Folks, given the pushback I think we had better not do this. <div>most of us are old and should avoid anything that feels too risky. </div><div>love to all</div><div>B.<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 14, 2020, at 9:52 AM, Richard Riley <<a href="mailto:rcrileymusic@gmail.com" target="_blank">rcrileymusic@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">My instinct to share the references to my dad is straight-ahead pride, but I hope that people read and independently assess the information in<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><i style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><a href="https://www.nfhs.org/media/3812357/risk-of-transmission-instrument-playing-vsfinal.pdf" target="_blank">Statement of Work: Aerosol Generation from Playing Band Instruments, Singing and Performing and Risk of Infectious Disease Transmission</a>.</i><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>For sure, this is not new news to you, but I am still struck by the intense desire of many to put COVID-19 reality behind them. We <u>can</u> put ourselves in acceptable low-risk situations, but awareness remains crucial. </font><span>Susan and I were lucky to be able to do that with you and Dan.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Love,</span></div><div><span>Dick</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 8:57 AM Bronwyn Fryer <<a href="mailto:bronwyn@bronwynfryer.com" target="_blank">bronwyn@bronwynfryer.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>if we’re outdoors and wearing masks the risk is pretty low. but anyone who feels uncomfortable should definitely stay away. We can put some of it up on Youtube. <br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 13, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Richard Riley via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>It's good to feel the pulse of your desire to sing together!</div><div> </div>Amazingly, "viral transmission via inhalation of small airborne respiratory droplets," cited in the May, 2020 paper <i><a href="https://www.nfhs.org/media/3812357/risk-of-transmission-instrument-playing-vsfinal.pdf" target="_blank">Statement of Work: Aerosol Generation from Playing Band Instruments, Singing and Performing and Risk of Infectious Disease Transmission</a></i> is still assessed by the so-called Wells-Riley model, named after my father, my Uncle Ed, and their teacher William Wells. <div><br></div><div>This from another paper: "In the preface to his 1955 masterwork, “Airborne Contagion and Air Hygiene: An Ecological Study of Droplet Infections” published by Harvard University Press,... Wells attributes the crucial distinction between droplet nuclei (airborne inhalable dried residua of larger respiratory droplets) and germ-laden dust (non-inhalable larger respiratory droplets) to Richard L. Riley, a medical student working with him at Harvard at the time."</div><div><br></div><div>I am very proud of my dad and uncle, and the fact that the Wells-Riley model is still one of the ways to assess risk for airborne infection is pretty amazing. <u>Please keep that Wells-Riley equation in mind when next you sing together</u>!</div><div><br></div><div>Dick</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Here's the equation, for your next moment of light party conversation:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span id="gmail-m_-6423398545182753090gmail-m_-2037245279618490887cid:ii_kbe8m43v0"><Screen Shot 2020-06-13 at 6.52.38 PM.png></span><br></div></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:NexusSerif,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,STIXGeneral,"Cambria Math","Lucida Sans Unicode","Microsoft Sans Serif","Segoe UI Symbol","Arial Unicode MS",serif;font-size:18px"><span id="gmail-m_-6423398545182753090gmail-m_-2037245279618490887gmail-fd1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;display:block"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(136,136,136)"></span><span id="gmail-m_-6423398545182753090gmail-m_-2037245279618490887gmail-MathJax-Element-1-Frame" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;display:inline-block;line-height:normal;font-size:16.2px;word-spacing:normal;white-space:nowrap;float:none;direction:ltr;max-width:none;max-height:none;min-width:0px;min-height:0px;border:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;border:0px;height:1px;width:1px;overflow:hidden;display:block"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Dick</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:NexusSerif,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,STIXGeneral,"Cambria Math","Lucida Sans Unicode","Microsoft Sans Serif","Segoe UI Symbol","Arial Unicode MS",serif;font-size:18px"><span id="gmail-m_-6423398545182753090gmail-m_-2037245279618490887gmail-fd1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;display:block"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(136,136,136)"></span><span id="gmail-m_-6423398545182753090gmail-m_-2037245279618490887gmail-MathJax-Element-1-Frame" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;display:inline-block;line-height:normal;font-size:16.2px;word-spacing:normal;white-space:nowrap;float:none;direction:ltr;max-width:none;max-height:none;min-width:0px;min-height:0px;border:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;border:0px;height:1px;width:1px;overflow:hidden;display:block">P=1−exp(−pQτq)</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 8:21 PM Bronwyn Fryer via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Hi all<br>
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I’ve been thinking about trying to do this. If you don’t mind wearing a mask when we sing closer than 10’ from one another we might attempt in, say a 10-person per time group. Those of you who have been to my house know that there is plenty of room to spread around. I can provide mics and amplifiers for a few people and guitar accompaniment; it might be fun to do rounds and a cappella too if we can hear one another. <br>
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If interested, let me know and we can make arrangements. <br>
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Love to all. <br>
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