[Choir] sing along

[Lani Seifert]

This is so hard! I was torn but now I guess the decision has been made.
����
Thanks for trying to give us some hope Bronwyn. I really appreciate the
thought.
And also thanks for the reality injection, unwelcome as it is, Dick and Ed.
Lani

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 12:34 PM Donia Prince via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> 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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