Posted on 03/11/2020 8:13:24 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
I swim the Y 3/4 x's per week. looking for info on pools and Corona V Iam sure the locker room is worse than the pool but I will just by pass that and get in and get out
Any one have any useful info please provide.
I am in SW Fl and many geriatrics will be leaving soon which is a good thing, they have really "crappy" sanitary habits.
Cant find any specific info at this time and its why I asked.
Is the pool heavily chlorinated?
It is if your eyes burn after an hour in the water.
I think that would render the COVID-19 virus dead quick enough.
But I’m no doctor, nor do I play one on TV.
My lung doctor gave his OK to swim, said all pools disinfect to a level that will kill the virus. (I asked about salt or chlorine and he said both.)
Good my eyes burn after 5 minutes with out my Hydrospecs
Thanks
The chlorine should kill anything in the water.
Its the slimy feel on the floor/mats when you get out that always concern me in a public pool.
The virus is airborne, so stay away from everyone.
If you could get some wet shoes to wear...that might help. I wear them when I kayak—not sure if you can swim in them.
Wearing some sort of glove when opening doors is always good. At least keep the wipes/sanitizer in the car when you leave.
I guess you could get your own pool. :-0
I agree with you.
And I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn last night!
Thanks its the Y and I would think there on top of it.
Guard checks the levels every hour
This seems very important too:
One of the highest risks are communal touchpads!!! Be it cash machines, supermarket self-serve checkouts or even the check-in screens now found in Dr’s waiting rooms!! Having some hand sanitiser in your pocket for use before & after using such screen would be a very good idea!
What these people don’t get is they can’t unkeep Trump’s kept promises.
The promises he kept are money in the bank.
Meanwhile, the deep state democrats are broke.
Use good old flip flops in the locker room and shower. I always bring my own shampoo.
I swim too, and have been wondering the same. “Should be okay” per various sources such as CDC:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/water.html
With that said, who the hell knows? Everyone is kinda flying blind on this thing. For example, some people are saying airborne transmission is possible while others say that there’s minimal risk of that and that you’ve got to touch something and then get it into your eyes, nose or mouth.
Bottom line... be careful.
I will not go into a hotel pool.
Read an article that said if you can smell chlorine than the pool is NOT safe because the higer the level of bacteria the stronger the scent of chlorine as it is working harder to defeat the germs.
Here its an outdoor pool but up N the Y pool is indoors and I never smell chlorine.
Hotel indoor pools, most often
I wouldn’t trust anything the CDC says.
I would think when you breath heavier and deeper (like after exercise) you are more susceptible to bringing air in that you don’t want. Swim and immediately go outdoors to bring your breathing back to normal. If you are in cold climate that doesn’t really work.
I bring my own everything.Keep a sprayer with 90% alch in my bag and spray locker handles and benches, always have.
Put a thing of Clorox wipes in there last week
The slimy feel is not related to viruses, it is algae - not harmful, just...slimy.
If that slimy feel is present, they’re not cleaning enough.
Flip flops are a given, never bare foot in those rooms or pool decks
Same article I read about strong Chlorine scent mentions pool tiles on the sides should not feel slimy
Thanks I missed that
Good info here to from others too
That is patently absurd.
Man y’all some nervous folk
Lord amercy the bitching on this forum
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