With the coronavirus quickly spreading in Washington state in early March, leaders of the Skagit Valley Chorale debated whether to go ahead with weekly rehearsal.But Skagit County hadn’t reported any cases, schools and business remained open, and prohibitions on large gatherings had yet to be announced.
“That’s all we can think of right now,” said Polly Dubbel, a county communicable disease and environmental health manager. One of the authors of that study, Jamie Lloyd-Smith, a UCLA infectious disease researcher, said it’s possible that the forceful breathing action of singing dispersed viral particles in the church room that were widely inhaled.
Amateur singers interested in choral music tend to be older, but the group includes some young adults. Last year, Burdick worked some hip-hop into one number. Carolynn and Jim, who ran a home remodeling business together, had been singing with the choir for 15 years and thought of it as a centering force in their lives. They had introduced the Backlunds to the choir.
Comstock, a soprano, and Owen, a tenor, took their usual seats beside each other in the third row. The rows toward the front and center filled up around them.Given the anxiety over the coronavirus, the conductor decided to lead off with a piece called “Sing On.” They felt fatigued and achy. Some had fevers, coughs and shortness of breath they had heard were telltale symptoms of COVID-19. Some had nausea and diarrhea.
They asked each person with symptoms to list their close contacts during the 24 hours before illness set in. Then they called those people, telling anyone who felt sick to quarantine themselves. Three days later, he received another call. Hamilton had been rushed to the hospital soon after he had talked with her and now she was dead.
But this past Friday, the conductor got another call. She had died. And another woman, a tenor, had been rushed to the hospital.
Thoughts and prayers.
Misleading and sensationalized. 28 out of 60 tested positive COVID-19. Only 3 hospitalized. Two that died were in their 80's. Don't know if they died because of COVID-19. Mt. Vernon is a small town of 35,000. They could have easily caught it elsewhere.
Basically human beings don't take things seriously until a whole bunch of them die. In addition in the USA this manifests or is made worse by an anti-science fetish, pushed by Republicans and the Mass Murderer in Chief.
A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers.
Please re-write your post so it makes grammatical sense.
Can latimes not stop bullshitting the amercan people? social distancing works. Saying its airborne to create hysteria is bullshit. Do not listen to these liars
Closed environments, e.g., supermarkets, are good candidates for transmitting COVID19. It’s the asymptomatic that unknowingly spread the🦠 Everyone should assume to have the 🦠 and protect others by wearing a mask outside the home. Practice physical distancing.
Jesus blood didn’t work?
Better take away more rights.
This stunned me too, not least because that's a massive percentage of infected in one room.
Stop eating for 60-90 days to rid the body from what’s making it too weak to fight “MUCUS” every species has a diet. Are we humans to believe we are any different. The foods made the body weak the food has to be of a natural source.
DineshDSouza
Their own fault. There is an assumption of personal responsibility here. Choose not to follow expert advice, too bad for you.
Fix your tweet. Proofreading is important.
I am an infectious diseases researcher and I pushed my beloved choir of about 200, about 75% over 60s, to cancel their last rehearsal and the concert a week later when government recommendations in the UK still did not require this action. I am so glad I did!
Way to be a bunch of assholes
WHAT THE F IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE
DrJenGunter Since breathing is deeper and more purposeful when one sings, it does make you wonder if the initial site of infection is a big determinate of outcome 🤔. . . Anybody got any mouse (other animal? ) studies of infection site vs severity / time till death ❓
They should’ve known better
The choir got together and practiced on March 10.
I work in the town where this happened. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ C’mon people!!!! This is stupid!!
JuddApatow How did people get so stupid? Of course, viruses are air borne, as are most germs when people cough or sneeze. Maybe people need a biology refresher course. I'm at a loss here.
When a choir practices, they get up on risers. Those on the higher levels SPIT A LOT on those in front of them. Exaggerated enunciation is required in choral singing. Perhaps sustaining a full-throated note might aerosolize mucus, as well. But just the spit would be enough.
Exact scenario in Korea
Lol where's their god now. Got no one but themselves to blame.
Kamkiriad
They really don't grow them smart down there
clarencehilljr
SinatraCool What a shame . . .
To quote Forest Gump “my momma always sez stupid is as stupid does”
tweetlikedean Cmfundisi worrying
bradjohansen Joe Mixon ?
Praying for those people. People need to listen and stay home. There are people out there that don't have a choice to stay home. They are out working and helping our nation.
Alarming. Why has NOBODY ruled out the possibility of contaminated mandarins? All it takes is one. You immediately eat after peeling, generally speaking. who is paying attention ?!
Idiots has to di...
This happened a week before I stopped going to gatherings in NYC, and they took precautions
MMMukalla Jeezus. 'Sixty singers showed up. (...) Nearly three weeks later, 45 have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or ill with the symptoms, at least three have been hospitalized, and two are dead.'
We had the same story in France few weeks ago ... it is quite difficult to understand how stupid animals we are ... sometimes. And it is not the last time we will read such story ...Stay Home!!
I thought LA Times was temporarily suspending the paywall
I feel bad for these victims but if people died already they must've contracted BEFORE the lock down. use your brain people. It's the Times, they need shocking headlines to get click bait. Facts.
airborne!?!? wtf.
Stay woke, folks.
JuddApatow
Oh goodness. I'm sorry
JuddApatow They told us it was airborne months ago. That has always meant that a cough, sneeze etc send an aerisolized mist of infected mucous nearly 20ft. That moves around due to air currents, fans, people walking, breathing etc and stays in the air up to 10mins.
RonBrownstein This pandemic is no joke
RonBrownstein Seems that singing or shouting seriously increases the threat of airborne transmission. Doctors in South Korea believe that singing was responsible for the major outbreak in a church community there too.
why do you have to write such a provocative headline? You should preface it by saying this was the beginning of the outbreak and not recently. It’s u fair and inviting hostility to the their choir community.
nischelleturner keep your family immune system strong!!
I mean .... what could go wrong?
8CHBOMB 😮
🤦🏽♂️
I wonder what was the basis of their decision.
What do people not understand about STAY HOME.
I remember in early March, everyone was saying that washing your hands was good enough. No one was talking about how this could be aerosolized at that point. This is so sad.
Act of god. We have dozens of choirs in Los Angeles, last rehearsal was on March 9-10. A music director's kid was sick with flu- for months, on last day an alto came sick startling and infuriating everyone. Easily could be outbreak but nothing happened.
[A choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 and two are dead]
So government needs to take away more rights now
According to this news story, there was no order given for that community. They don’t sound too much like scofflaws as just not being cautious enough. Sad story.
Is there a better way to aerosolize COVID19 than singing in a choir? I heard something about nebulizer being effective at getting people nearby sick too.
Many mass COVID19 infections occur when people eat together. Asymptotic people appear to be highly contagious when the body produces saliva for eating. Saliva affects taste of food which is a symptom of COVID19. Reducing salvia production in public areas may reduce transmission.
so stupidity isn't limited to college kids on the beach.
I’m not going to pay for your news
I’m telling you, my neighborhood vibe, and what I heard, is families here don’t believe it until someone in their family gets sick. I kid you not.
Ignorant people pay something for their stupid actions. However, bless ALL.
rhododendronfan This is terribly sad. Pay attention, people.
Ugh. PEOPLE....PAY ATTENTION! 👇🏻👇🏻
Maybe they were practicing their funeral 🎶 !
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