Tango in times of pandemic

itwillhappen said:
This is a quite suitable concept to organize a festival in difficult times. As an organizer, however, you have to put up with a lot of work, a high risk of failure, insufficient income and even hate mails.
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Next day I was there and it was an exiting festival milonga. And all this happended less than 2km from my parents' house, organized by the tango club in which I took the first steps and which I am still a resident DJ. Spectacular. Incredible. Unlikely. But restrictions get tighter from week to week, I don't expect milongas in Germany during the winter, even if I'm quite optimistic that we'll handle the infections it at some level.

My personal plan is to invite 2-4 couples for private dancing and connect (partly) to a virtual milonga like this:
www.sotango.world

Earth Virtual Milonga — SOTANGO

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I had already purchased some folding chairs and tables, a webcam and a projector during the last months.
 
Anybody online at EVM16 today?
Countdown for the German lockdown (light).
We'll meet her with two other couples, my login name is "Martin".

EVM16-01-web.jpg
 
I am in favor of looking at the situation unadorned. If you want to know what the situation is about the support of the tango locations in Germany, you can watch the appeal for donations now in the 2nd lockdown at a well-known Berlin tango school:
de.gofundme.com

Tangotanzen macht schön: 2. Lockdown, organized by Rafael Busch

Liebe Schüler & Freunde des "Tangotanzen macht schön". Seit Montag 2.11.2020 musst… Rafael Busch needs your support for Tangotanzen macht schön: 2. Lockdown
de.gofundme.com
compared with that one of the 1st lockdown in spring:
de.gofundme.com

Tangotanzen macht schön & Corona, organized by Rafael Busch

Ich habe das Spendenziel nochmals erhöht, weil ihr uns so großzügig unterstützt. Vielen … Rafael Busch needs your support for Tangotanzen macht schön & Corona
de.gofundme.com
 
Interesting pilot project: initial PCR plus weekly rapid tests, mobile working and tango starting in the afternoon. For one month from a time in January, if possible.
But one must also be able to afford that:
Tango participant in a double / twin room: € 2.290 per person

Tango Home

www.nyatango.com www.nyatango.com
 
itwillhappen said:
Interesting pilot project: initial PCR plus weekly rapid tests, mobile working and tango starting in the afternoon. For one month from a time in January, if possible.
But one must also be able to afford that:
Tango participant in a double / twin room: € 2.290 per person

Tango Home

www.nyatango.com www.nyatango.com
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Considering that it includes a month of accommodation, it’s not that expensive. I think it’s good marketing, an excellent idea, and I wish them well. I bet it will attract a good group of fun people, whom each couple will have been happy to have met. The real issue for participants is the ability to get away for a month....

it really reads like my life in May 2020. Somehow my wife and I coaxed our instructors out to our country house for a long weekend. They stayed for almost a month. I worked from there and took lessons in the morning and at night. They set up online lessons with other students. We will remember it as one one of the happiest periods of our life.
 
Here in Germany the strategy of delaying rapid tests as long as possible has now been abandoned.
After testing directly beforehand, we danced with four people , and that felt really good. :)
 
Thus, if you test 100 people for a milonga, about 20 will test positive even if no one is infected. Is that really satisfactory?
 
TTanguero said:
About 20% false positives and 15% false negatives: https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroo...-test-may-be-lower-than-previously-suggested/
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Compared to a PCR with unlimited CT. For detecting infectious people at the day it is quite reliable:
"Around 98% of all viable specimen with ct <30 were detected successfully indicating that the large majority of infectious people can be captured with this test."
www.medrxiv.org

Clinical evaluation of the Roche/SD Biosensor rapid antigen test with symptomatic, non-hospitalized patients in a municipal health service drive-through testing site

Background Rapid detection of infectious individuals is essential in stopping the further spread of SARS-CoV-2. Although rapid antigen test is not as sensitive as the gold standard RT-PCR, the time to result is decreased by day(s), strengthening the effectiveness of contact tracing. Methods The...
www.medrxiv.org www.medrxiv.org

But 80% would also have been satisfactory, because each danced/contacted with 3 others instead of one.
 
Numawan said:
Thus, if you test 100 people for a milonga, about 20 will test positive even if no one is infected. Is that really satisfactory?
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No, I suppose that's not the case:
Sensitivität 96,52%
Spezifität 99,68%

www.roche.de

Diagnostik

Diagnostik ist die Grundlage aller Behandlungsansätze. Darum beleuchtet Roche dieses Thema aus allen wichtigen Perspektiven.
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itwillhappen said:
"Around 98% of all viable specimen with ct <30 were detected successfully indicating that the large majority of infectious people can be captured with this test."
www.medrxiv.org

Clinical evaluation of the Roche/SD Biosensor rapid antigen test with symptomatic, non-hospitalized patients in a municipal health service drive-through testing site

Background Rapid detection of infectious individuals is essential in stopping the further spread of SARS-CoV-2. Although rapid antigen test is not as sensitive as the gold standard RT-PCR, the time to result is decreased by day(s), strengthening the effectiveness of contact tracing. Methods The...
www.medrxiv.org www.medrxiv.org
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But that is the claim the BMJ says isn't accurate. Or, more specifically, only accurate in very limited circumstances.
 
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