COVID in the choir. Again.

[edschweppe]

Once again, one of my fellow choristers is reporting that they've got COVID, and quite possibly spread it at the Christmas Eve service. (Like most of the choir, and most of the congregation, said chorister was not masked for any part of the service.)

Surprisingly (not), we had an outbreak last year around Christmas. And the year before that. And the year before that. And the church's policy is still mask-optional, with almost everyone opting for no mask. We do run a bunch of HEPA filters in the Sanctuary, but the CO2 levels at the Christmas Eve service peaked over 1800ppm by my little Aranet.

The good news for me personally is that I have been constantly using N95-grade singers masks, plus a nasal spray (Covixyl) that has demonstrated some protective properties, ever since I started singing again in-person. And, to date, I'm still testing negative - including just now.

So keep on masking up, folks. COVID ain't fucking over, not by a long shot.

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[lauradi7dw]

I thought about attending the Lexington Messiah sing for a few minutes just to have done so for the first time since 2019, but hundreds of unmasked people singing around (masked) me seemed like too much of a risk.

[edschweppe]

Followup test today also negative. Bullet officially dodged.