"The Party does not sing."
---George Orwell, "1984"
>
> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/31/avoid-singing-shouting-meeting-family-friends-scientists-warn/?fbclid=IwAR0d4ReEeXwol5sno2yorY-eglyjOg1chnHOwFgnW0qzxkvSL1l2biz1MM
> Avoid singing or shouting when meeting with family or friends, scientists
> warn
>
> Groups of six from different households can meet from Monday, but research
> suggests raising your voice can increase risk
> By Laura Donnelly, <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/laura-donnelly/>
> Health
> Editor 31 May 2020 • 3:13pm
>
> Shouting and singing can allow droplets to emerge Credit: Stuart Nicol
>
> Singing or shouting when meeting friends and family could increase the
> risk of spreading coronavirus, one of Britain’s leading scientists has
> warned.
>
> From Monday, groups of up to six people from different households are
> allowed to meet up
> <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/28/thursday-evening-news-briefing-boris-johnson-announces-groups/>,
> as long as they do so outdoors, and while retaining social distancing.
>
> But Government scientific advisers have urged such groups to rein their
> excitement in - warning that raised voices may be more likely to allow the
> spread of Covid-19.
>
> Professor Peter Openshaw, who sits on the the New and Emerging Respiratory
> Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) said there was little danger in
> meeting loved ones outdoors
> <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-uk-cases-deaths-lockdown-update/>,
> if individuals kept two metres apart.
>
> But he said singing or shouting could increase that risk....
>
> Paywall
>
>
>
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