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To take my daughter swimming
AvocadoYUK · 18/03/2020 09:45
Hello I was just wondering if I AIBU to take my daughter swimming.
Obviously lots of things are being cancelled and closed but it says Coronavirus has been proven not to to survive in chlorinated water and she has been going on about swimming for days (shes a toddler). We would only go into the small kid pool and when I rang up the swimming centre apparently there's barely anyone there
Thoughts?? Xxxxxx
PlugholePencil · 18/03/2020 10:44
- This should be on the CV board
2. I’m fairly sure swimming doesn’t count as an essential activity
3. Your DD can have CV without showing symptoms. What about the people she walks past, the staff etc just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should
4. Our council have just shut all leisure centres. They’ve done this for a reason. Don’t you think if it was safe to swim they would have kept the pools open? They haven’t because of points 1-3 above.
KMoKMo · 18/03/2020 10:46
@soupforbrains
You clearly don’t understand.
From the gov website on social distancing:
Avoid large gatherings, and gatherings in smaller public spaces such as pubs, cinemas, restaurants, theatres, bars, clubs
Pools, gyms etc absolutely fall into that category.
Here’s the link
www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults
adaline · 18/03/2020 10:46
I suspect pools etc. will be forced to close by the weekend anyway.
Too many people think their wants are more important than social distancing and trying to contain the virus. The government is going to have to take further action if they want people to actually listen 
TabbyMumz · 18/03/2020 10:52
"mauvaisereputationpeople are being “horrible” because it seems unbelievable that someone STILL can’t understand the seriousness of this pandemic despite having information shoved down their throats daily for the past 8 + weeks"
Have you been outside at all? Life is still going on. Schools are open, shops are open. People are travelling on buses and trains. It's a bit surreal, on here youd think we were in lockdown. We arent. People are still going to work, gyms, pools etc.
TabbyMumz · 18/03/2020 11:00
"Maybe the chlorine in the water kills any bugs, but what about the warm, damp air, full of other people’s breath?"
It isnt airborne. That's why they say masks are useless. You can only pick it up by touch. Unless someone sneezes in your face if course . I dont know that the heat is a bad thing, as they've said viruses are more virulent in the winter as the summer heat kills it
PlugholePencil · 18/03/2020 11:00
@TabbyMumz
And that’s exactly the reason why the government will be forced to lock us down completely for weeks, because of people who ignore current guidance to minimise non essential social contact. This doesn’t include going to school (for now) but absolutely does include taking a toddler for a swim.
Seasonalanxiety · 18/03/2020 11:03
In all fairness I calked up the local leisure Center today and they told me lessons are still on- they are disinfecting the poolside and have fewer children so are maintaining distance. I'm not taking my kids but the advice being given is that lessons should continue which seems bizarre. We're in London!!
paintcolourwoes · 18/03/2020 11:03
@KMoKMo - Sorry, by 'his risk' I mean the risk of him either picking it up or passing it on is not greatly changed by swimming today (his inherent risk is mostly influenced by still being at school). We are probably in an unusual situation here in that the swimming pool is about a 5 minute walk from his primary school, the pool is only used for lessons during this time period. The changing rooms are large and with ample cubicle space. I think everyone is drawing different lines of acceptability, e.g. for now I think mixing within our own small community is ok, but I probably won't go to my younger child's swimming lesson on Sunday, which is on the other side of the city, and a much larger and busier facility. For me, that particular activity has a much greater risk associated with it. We have stopped all other extra curricular activities and haven't yet signed up for next term's swimming. But risk estimation isn't easy, and now everyone has suddenly become risk experts overnight.
sweeneytoddsrazor · 18/03/2020 11:03
Advice isn't a rule though is it? And whilst it is sensible to follow advice a lot of people won't heed advice whether that is social distancing, smoking, taking out travel insurance or anything else you can think of. And whilst all these facilities remain open of course people are going to think it cant be that risky or it would be closed.
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