Author: DougR
Date: 2021-08-23 23:02
the problem with a lot of the "studies" / research about bell covers, distancing and the rest of it, is that they were all done on the Alpha variant of COVID-19; there's nothing been done as far as I know on the much more transmissible/contagious Delta variant; so bell covers may very well be stupid kabuki, but until we get reputable studies on the Delta variant, my official position is, "nobody knows anything."
Here's a link to a study done by the Minnesota Orchestra in cooperation with scientists at the U of Minnesota; it's reassuring, BUT it deals with the Alpha variant.
https://mnorch.vhx.tv/interviews/videos/safety-in-the-spotlight
Until we get reputable studies on the Delta variant vs woodwinds, OR until the virus starts to fade, we may be in for a lot of "stupid kabuki", and it may not actually be (because, again, no one knows anything about it) all that stupid. (OK, flute covers on the stub end of the flute will ALWAYS be stupid, but they're not intended to actually work anyway, merely to show that school authorities take the pandemic seriously--which is OK in my book, for now.)
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