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Speaking or singing loudly could help to spread coronavirus, scientists warn

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Singing is no more risky than talking when its comes to the possibility of coronavirus transmission but it all depends on how loud a person is, scientists have said.

In a new study which is yet to be peer-reviewed, researchers at the University of Bristol have found that speaking and singing generate similar amounts of aerosol droplets when the sound volumes are the same.

They found that higher volume was associated with an increase in aerosol mass in both speaking and singing, with the loudest level generating up to 30 times more aerosol mass than the lowest volume.

However, they said there were no significant differences in aerosol production between genders or among different genres of music such as choral, musical theatre, opera,

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