An Irish pub in Spain has banned Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” during the pandemic because drunk people are so likely to sing along that the song spreads too many droplets.
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Posted by Linda Carroll on Friday, July 31, 2020
Murphy’s Irish Bar in Corralejo, Spain, seemingly took the unusual decision as part of a wider effort to help stop the spread of coronavirus across the region.
Last month, the World Health Organization announced there was evidence Covid-19 might be being spread by tiny particles of moisture capable of hanging in the air in enclosed or unventilated spaces.
Most people expel these droplets through sneezing, coughing, talking and breathing and would need to be infected and in close proximity to someone else for this to be of harm.
There is a school of thought that says that singing not only also expels droplets and aerosols from the mouth and nose, but also expels a greater quantity of droplets, due to the volume of the human voice tending to be louder when singing.
