With COVID an ongoing concern and flu season getting started, aerosol researchers say there needs to be a focus on improving the quality of the air we all breathe while inside.
The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more people without symptoms.
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The Skagit Valley Chorale in Washington held a rehearsal in early March of 2020 that became a superspreader event for COVID-19.
Few activities spread COVID-19 as effectively as singing. It s why choirs around the country have been practicing over Zoom or in parking lots for more than a year now. But as more people are vaccinated against, many choirs are eyeing a return to in-person singing.
For the Skagit Valley Chorale in northwest Washington state, the return has highlighted a philosophical split within the group.
The choir experienced one of the first and most famous superspreader events in the country, at a rehearsal on March 10, 2020.
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