Droplets and Aerosols Generated by Singing and the Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 for Choirs.

Bahl, Prateek; de Silva, Charitha; Bhattacharjee, Shovon; Stone, Haley; Doolan, Con; Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad; MacIntyre, C Raina · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

biomechanical · Level V

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Abstract

Choral singing has become a major risk during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to high infection rates. Our visualization and velocimetry results reveal that the majority of droplets expelled during singing follow the ambient airflow pattern. These results point toward the possibility of COVID-19 spread by small airborne droplets during singing.

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