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Vomit and swimming pool

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Dunnoburt · 24/01/2026 17:34

I have severe emetophobia so maybe iabu but I wanted to know if I should mention something to the sports centre. Swimming lessons this morning and a child vomited profusely on poolside, not directly in the water as they had managed to get out. The lifeguard proceeded to get the scoopy thing and took water from the swimming pool and tipped it over the sick to wash it down into the outside overflowey bit right on the edge of the pool. Surely that's a health hazard? And potentially infecting everyone due to swim that day, filters or not! Like I said I'm severely emetophobic and a bit invested as my child was in the pool so dont know if im overreacting- the child was sick two more times that i saw outside the centre (poor kid) so i suspect bug rather than water ingestion - should I say something to the sports centre, maybe education required? Ive googled it and chlorine does not immediately kill norovirus. Prepared to be told iabu.

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Dunnoburt · 24/01/2026 17:59

Londonrach1 · 24/01/2026 17:56

You need to take this further. Terrible hygiene. Poor kid not their fault being ill. I wouldn't be using the pool again

Thank you. It's awful, and the poor kid too.

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Dunnoburt · 24/01/2026 17:57

BellaTrixLeStrange1 · 24/01/2026 17:53

That’s so gross. There’s no way I’d be getting in that pool ever again!! Recently a kid was sick in the pool where my kids have lessons and the pool was closed for the day while they properly cleaned it - all the lessons were cancelled and we all got an email from the swim school asking us to not give our kids any food for at least an hour before swimming.

It's really put me off about going there, ive never witnessed anything bodily fluid in a pool before however my friend messaged me that they had a "code brown" a few months ago and it was immediately vacated and closed for draining - but that was in the actual pool, but surely the side drain bits just get filtered and return to the pool. I think I'm going to say something, just needed to know it wasn't the phobia taking over.....

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Londonrach1 · 24/01/2026 17:56

You need to take this further. Terrible hygiene. Poor kid not their fault being ill. I wouldn't be using the pool again

BellaTrixLeStrange1 · 24/01/2026 17:53

That’s so gross. There’s no way I’d be getting in that pool ever again!! Recently a kid was sick in the pool where my kids have lessons and the pool was closed for the day while they properly cleaned it - all the lessons were cancelled and we all got an email from the swim school asking us to not give our kids any food for at least an hour before swimming.

Dunnoburt · 24/01/2026 17:51

Driftingawaynow · 24/01/2026 17:50

Rank!

One of the many words I used lol I was just happy there were only 5 min of the lesson left! 😅

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Driftingawaynow · 24/01/2026 17:50

Rank!

Dunnoburt · 24/01/2026 17:41

KimberleyClark · 24/01/2026 17:37

I wouldn’t happy going into that pool either.

I was absolutely flabbergasted!

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KimberleyClark · 24/01/2026 17:37

I wouldn’t happy going into that pool either.

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