More Summer Pools Closing; Odessa, Texas Latest to Shutter For Summer

Joseph Roth agreed

Yes!!!!!

Joseph Roth uk swimming pools have been shut for 4 weeks now looks like it is going to be a lot longer

Joseph Roth ??? totally agree

Ildiko Morris agreed problem is when you get out changing rooms, congregating in foyers, galas, or stopping at the end of lanes

Ildiko Morris maybe uk government will recommend doing so when reopening leisure facilities, but going on what i have seen before the shutdown kids treat it like a joke, hopefully having been made to stay home so long might be the wake up call they needed.

Jenny McCauley thanks but no thanks

Jenny McCauley read it. Makes sense but still have hope.hope all is well in your end

Lori C Taylor I think a lot our in the same boat ?

Lori C Taylor I’m swimming in college and I need a pool too, but this virus can put you out of swimming for the rest of your life.. I rather stay healthy and keep the remainder of my career rather than get it and have damaged lungs and not be able to have the same lung capacity I once had therefore not being able to swim.

Janice Wilson that’s what they want. ?

Jeff Sutton Are we going to have a dedicated article for every pool in the world that closes? How depressing. Let’s post a weekly list or something of who is open and who is closed.

Angie Reese Mudd so soon. Have you seen the American death toll compared to countries that acted early!

Bob McAdams Your leading the World in deaths. GOOSE!

In the U.S. 0.294% of the population has been diagnosed with the virus. 5.65% of those have died.

In Spain, 0.478% of the population has been diagnosed with the virus. 10.24% of those have died.

In Italy, 0.323% of the population has been diagnosed with the virus. 13.51% of those have died.

In France, 0.241% of the population has been diagnosed with the virus. 14.00% of those have died.

In Germany, 0.189% of the population has been diagnosed with the virus. 3.755% of those have died.

In the U.K., 0.223% of the population has been diagnosed with the virus. 13.69% of those have died.

So your odds of being infected with the virus are significantly lower in the U.S. than in Spain or Italy. And while your odds of being infected with the virus are lower in France and the U.K., because of their much higher mortality rates, you are more likely to die from the virus in those countries. Of the 6 countries listed, the only one in which you are less likely to die from the virus than in the U.S. is Germany.

Colleen Tessler I have a daughter that has worked her butt off in just a little over 2 years of swimming and is one of the best in her age group across the country in distance. This is their life. Living at home without the things that they love and work so hard for is mentally damaging! Mental health is just as important as physical health. So why don’t you take your opinion and deal with it somewhere else. There is no need for your nasty attitude.

Jessica Moses Carver ?!! My daughter is miserable without swim!!! Mental health is more of a concern for my family!

Colleen Tessler you don’t know how important it is because you didn’t have to deal with a pandemic. I’m sure that you were able to train the whole time…barring any injuries. But with injuries there is a return date. As a swimmer you should be sympathetic to how some of these kids are feeling if you couldn’t swim, and had no idea when you would be able to return.

Colleen Tessler false. All opinion, no fact.

14 years competative swimming experience, former NCAA DI swimmer, and head coach of a swim team here…. Keep the pools closed. Hastily going back to the way things were will lead to millions of deaths. I don’t like that I can’t work. My athletes don’t like that they cannot train. We need to do our part in stopping the spread of this virus. People are dying. As a team leader, safety is always my #1 concern. Covid-19 is currently the leading cause of death in the states right now. Not heart disease. Not cancer. Not anything else. This virus is. I don’t believe in media scare tactics, but that should scare you.

Colleen Tessler there are statistically ZERO cases of COVID in under age 18 population. None. And pools are sanitizer.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/water.html

Travis Bradburn you work in healthcare, cited the CDC, and STILL managed to get your facts messed up? Listen to your employer. They put out good shit.

Madi Decker because you catch the virus through airbourne transfer. Someone breaths out with the virus and someone breaths in can catch it. Kids in close proximity in a pool is asking for trouble.?stay safe?