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Hm, I expected this to be a real concert, with crowd standing and most people not wearing masks. To me it seems they tested how the virus spreads on healthy ind
by ivanche 6y ago
Hm, I expected this to be a real concert, with crowd standing and most people not wearing masks. To me it seems they tested how the virus spreads on healthy individuals (i.e. nobody had a virus prior to going there) who hold their distance while sitting still and wearing masks. Under those constraints, I'd expect around 0 new cases.
Edit: much clearer now, thanks to everybody who replied!
- tinus_hn 6y agoThe point is to study how people move and how they touch things. The study is intended to cause no new cases.
- pizza234 6y agoI think this is a very useful research. Considering the catastrophic effect of the pandemic on performing arts, knowing that concerts organized with due precautions are reasonably safe, it could directly lead to a very significant restart. This is indeed (based on the article), the target of the research: to investigate the conditions under which such events can be carried out despite the pandemic
- lars_francke 6y agoNot quite: > The first of Saturday's three concerts aimed to simulate an event before the pandemic, with no safety measures in place. The second involved greater hygiene and some social distancing, while the third involved half the numbers and each person standing 1.5m apart. So they did it in three parts.