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Could band and choral activities be safe school activities during COVID-19?
Singing and playing the clarinet, flute, French horn, and trumpet produces aerosols that carry the COVID-19 virus. Researchers at the University of Colorado found that aerosols remain airborne for extended periods of time, varying in time length due to different amounts being released by different instruments.
Are you wearing a face mask?
Wearing a cloth face mask protects the people around you, in case you’re one of the perhaps 50% of people who are infected with coronavirus but have no symptoms.