Wind Instrument Aerosol - COVID-19 and horns, trumpets, saxophones, etc.

[gvopedz]

"Risks of playing a wind instrument are probably different than those involved in singing, though there are similarities. The flute, for example, creates a strong airflow, though other instruments do not. But airflow does not tell the whole story. Playing a wind instrument involves deep breathing, sometimes forceful exhalation, and possible aerosolization of the mucus in the mouth and nose, along with secretions from deeper airway structures…."

 

https://medicine.uiowa.edu/iowaprotocols/wind-instrument-aerosol-covid-era-covid-19-and-horns-trumpets-trombones-euphoniums-tubas-recorders

[Rooster_Ties]

Choral singing in groups is a pretty risky proposition too, from all I’ve read and heard (I say that as a lifelong choral singer, incl. a 10 year stint in the Kansas City Symphony Chorus).