A song too many
Who knew that singing with a bunch of people in a small enclosed space could spread the virus? Besides everyone who is paying attention at all?
The number of COVID-19 cases connected to a karaoke bar in Quebec City has grown to more than 30, public health authorities say, contributing to a jump in new cases in the region not seen since May.
Sigh. A karaoke bar ffs!
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé confirmed on Tuesday that 12 more cases had been linked to Bar Kirouac, in the city’s Saint-Sauveur district. Dubé said video taken at the bar recently has been circulating on social media, and he suggested that patrons and staff could be fined.
Because: small space; enclosed space; bunch of people; singing.
Singing spreads the aerosol. You don’t want to be near people who are coughing or sneezing, or shouting or laughing or singing.
“We’re talking about karaoke where people who think that, because they are friends who know each other well, they can let their guard down: take off the mask, pass the microphone, get close together to sing. This is all very nice, but we can’t do it anymore.”
It’s all very nice in the absence of a pandemic spread via aerosols.
The first case connected to Bar Kirouac was reported to local public health authorities on Saturday morning. By Monday, 17 cases among clients and staff had been diagnosed. As of Tuesday evening, 31 cases have been linked to the bar.
Do your karaoke on Zoom for now.
Join in if you know the words
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
Those Canadians need to learn proper karaoke technique. I’ll let Retsuko explain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmTaTk76Oas
(You karaoke by yourself, in other words…)
It gets worse. The bar was closed for cleaning, so some patrons who were told to self-isolate went to another bar instead…while waiting for their positive test results.
Jail time is in order.
Oh, lord. People.
Yeesh. I enjoy a good drunken karaoke as much as anyone, but I realized long ago that karaoke bars were going to be one of the LAST things to come back.
Two major factors in the spread of COVID
1) The density of the population
2) The density of the population
Yes, I was out doing some shopping (masked and distanced) and was stuck yet again with a clerk talking up how important it was for the Big 10 to get on the ball and make the football season happen. I finally decided I would say what I thought. I said in my opinion, there should not be football this season, and that taking so many test kits to keep testing athletes every week was insane. No one was convinced, and I am sure they are all trying to figure out how the hell I managed to live in Nebraska so long without being lynched, as they probably are sure is appropriate.
@Papito – a great song that.
I was hailed by a woman walking along the street carrying a chair. She told me that she was going to chapel and that they were going to sing, but outside and sitting 3 metres apart.
Or, y’know, not at all.
I hate karaoke. Whoever invented it should be trapped in a club in Aya Nappa for all of eternity.
Maybe it’s because I don’t drink that the appeal is lost on me.
I dunno Claire, I always thought a good reason for not liking Karaoke is that I actually like music.
I’ve never done karaoke, I’ve never been in a place where karaoke was being performed, and I have no interest in doing either. I suspect it is much more popular with people who like to listen to popular music and who like to sing along (with recordings or, horrors, with live performers), neither of which describes me.
Or maybe it is the drinking thing; I also don’t drink, so a lot of things that people enjoy while drinking are lost on me.
@iknklast You’re not wrong. :-)
@sackbut You’re missing nothing. I like some popular music and will happily sing along to it. I’m even able to sing; I think I have a half-decent voice. Nevertheless, a bunch of drunk Essex girls screaming “I will survive” into a bad microphone and busted speakers that crackle is just not my idea of a good time.
I do like some popular music, and I also have a glass of wine now and then. Neither of those leads me to like Karaoke. Of course, popular music sung by people who can’t sing, as Claire notes, plus the songs they often sing, makes it not like the popular music I like at all.
And a glass of wine now and then is hardly going to lead to the level of drunk one needs to get for Karaoke.
The only karaoke I’ve had a large sample of happened while working at an Amazon warehouse (one does what one must at times). Fortunately there was a young woman who could actually belt out some good songs and also fortunately they let stay for 2-3 songs at a time.
That said even though I’ve sung lead and bvox in cover bands I’ve never been interested. If I’m going to karaoke I’m doing prog and there’s never anything close on the list.