Droplets and Aerosols Generated by Singing and the Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 for Choirs.
Prateek BahlCharitha M de SilvaShovon BhattacharjeeHaley StoneCon DoolanAbrar Ahmad ChughtaiC Raina MacIntyrePublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
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.