[Choir] sing along

[Donia Prince]

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.
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.
 Donia

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 12:06 PM Bronwyn Fryer via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> Folks, given the pushback I think we had better not do this.
> most of us are old and should avoid anything that feels too risky.
> love to all
> B.
>
> On Jun 14, 2020, at 9:52 AM, Richard Riley <rcrileymusic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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 *Statement
> of Work: Aerosol Generation from Playing Band Instruments, Singing and
> Performing and Risk of Infectious Disease Transmission
> <https://www.nfhs.org/media/3812357/risk-of-transmission-instrument-playing-vsfinal.pdf>.*
>
> 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 *can* put
> ourselves in acceptable low-risk situations, but awareness remains crucial. Susan
> and I were lucky to be able to do that with you and Dan.
>
> Love,
> Dick
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 8:57 AM Bronwyn Fryer <bronwyn at bronwynfryer.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> On Jun 13, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Richard Riley via Choir <
>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> It's good to feel the pulse of your desire to sing together!
>>
>> Amazingly, "viral transmission via inhalation of small airborne
>> respiratory droplets," cited in the May, 2020 paper *Statement of Work:
>> Aerosol Generation from Playing Band Instruments, Singing and Performing
>> and Risk of Infectious Disease Transmission
>> <https://www.nfhs.org/media/3812357/risk-of-transmission-instrument-playing-vsfinal.pdf>* is
>> still assessed by the so-called Wells-Riley model, named after my father,
>> my Uncle Ed, and their teacher William Wells.
>>
>> 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."
>>
>> 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. *Please keep that Wells-Riley equation in mind when next
>> you sing together*!
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>> P.S. Here's the equation, for your next moment of light party
>> conversation:
>>
>> <Screen Shot 2020-06-13 at 6.52.38 PM.png>
>> Dick
>> P=1−exp(−pQτq)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 8:21 PM Bronwyn Fryer via Choir <
>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> If interested, let me know and we can make arrangements.
>>>
>>> Love to all.
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