True. There is a religious aspect to this, but also a social. There are some that are essentially spas for women, replete with pedicures and whatnot.
The main complainers are secular spas.
I’ve obviously never been to a female onlyMikva, but the men’s ones reek of chlorine and chemicals already, I suspect they’re quite safe.
The pool and other facilities at our county recreation center used plenty of disinfectant even before this epidemic.
The other key feature is that the individual users need to follow good sanitation practices. It seems like the Israeli ladies would do that.