Stop singing in choirs

It may be that singing in choirs has contributed to the spread of coronavirus in some communities. Two examples: In Los Angeles, three-quarters of the members of one choir fell ill and two died. In Berlin, 59 out of 78 singers from the choir of Berlin’s Protestant cathedral went down with the virus. 

Germany is contemplating allowing churches to begin conducting services once more. The head of the German government’s disease control agency has warned  that singing was ill-advised. He said, “Evidence shows that during singing, the virus drops appear to fly particularly far.”  And, virologists believe singers could absorb many more particles as they tend to breathe deeper into their diaphragms than they would during normal breathing.