How does the virus spread at a concert? German scientists want to find out.
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from today's NY Times... any Zoners in Germany who want to risk their life for science?
How does the virus spread at a concert? German scientists want to find out.
Healthy Germans who are itching to be able to go to a concert again might have an opportunity to do so: Researchers at the Medical University Halle in Germany are looking for 4,200 volunteers to attend an indoor concert to find out how the virus would spread in such a setting.
The project, named Restart-19, will be an all-day event next month in the city of Leipzig and looks to simulate the risk of a Covid-19 outbreak through a large indoor event. Participants would get tracking devices that show how close they get to other people, as well as bottles of fluorescent disinfectant to see what surfaces are most often touched, local media reported.
The volunteers have to be between 18 and 50 and will have to have tested negative for the coronavirus before they attend. The German singer Tim Bendzko will provide the entertainment. As of Wednesday morning, almost 1,000 people had registered, according to the project’s website.
The German researchers aren’t the only ones grappling with the question of how to safely allow large gatherings again. In Britain, the government said it would allow some spectators at a selection of sporting events as a “stress test,” Reuters reported.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sun so hot, clouds so low
"Can you pass the Covid Test?
"Can you pass the Covid Test?"
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: New & Improved
I thought of the solution to
I thought of the solution to us getting back to live music last night: Hamster Balls
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MeditateontheQ
Brilliant! No hugging or
Brilliant! No hugging or passing joints allowed.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face
>and will have to have tested
>and will have to have tested negative for the coronavirus before they attend.
So what's the risk here? Assuming they're testing all the folks and security working the event too..
Now, if they all take public transit home or go out to after parties in pubs and mix with others that haven't tested negative then that would change the outcome, but seems pretty low risk if there's no Covid invited to the show AND they go straight home in their private vehicles. Seems more like a promoter just hosting a concert and labeling it a 'study'..
And obviously more testing is needed to open schools safely too, get on a plane, etc until there's an effective vaccine.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqIsenRl_Wk
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This seems unnecessary in a
This seems unnecessary in a world where there are supercomputers and artificial intelligence.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Andean Flight
That's a good point, Nancy. I
That's a good point, Nancy. I guess the idea is that by tracking all their behavior they can make a projection of what places get touched most, where people move about, etc, and based on that create strategies to alleviate that. I don't know, but it seems like it would be a cool/weird show to say you were at...
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Show talkers are super
Show talkers are super spreaders
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
>>>The volunteers have to be
>>>The volunteers have to be between 18 and 50
Well no one here will be able to go
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MeditateontheQ
^^^^^ this
^^^^^ this
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
Show talkers are super
Show talkers are super spreaders<<<
is that anything like super VIP?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
I have read that there are
I have read that there are Corona parties where people go and deliberately attempt to catch the Covid. Assuming this is true and not urban legend, it seems like it would be a perfect place for studies on transmission.