{"id":428678,"date":"2020-04-24T13:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T20:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=428678"},"modified":"2020-04-24T13:05:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T20:05:36","slug":"more-summer-pools-closing-odessa-texas-latest-to-shutter-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/more-summer-pools-closing-odessa-texas-latest-to-shutter-for-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"More Summer Pools Closing; Odessa, Texas Latest to Shutter For Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In light of <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/story\/2020\/04\/16\/covid-19-pandemic-dooms-new-york-citys-public-pools-for-the-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City announcing <\/a>that its public pools were going to be closed for the summer due to the Coronavirus and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/summer-pools-closed-in-wisconsin-likely-just-the-start\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lacrosse, Wisconsin<\/a> revealing on Friday that it would shut down its three public pools, another closure was announced on Friday. Now, the Texas city of Odessa has announced it is closing public pools. This latest domino is sure to be followed by others, and the question needs to be asked: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-during-covid-19-closure-of-summer-pools-a-real-possibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will more pools be shuttered this summer than open?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summer league swimming is one of the many activities that will suffer dramatically this year if the Coronavirus is not under control by June. Every summer, children flock to pools across the country and are introduced to the competitive scene for the first time. Many of these young swimmers catch the bug for the sport and soon find themselves in a more serious club program. More, summer clubs play a key role in building friendships and providing youngsters with a place to congregate that is safe and encourages fitness and fun.<\/p>\n<p>How quickly other cities decide to close pools for lengthy periods of time will be decided on an individual basis, and will hinge on how early some states are allowed to open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswest9.com\/article\/news\/local\/odessa-medical-official-explains-why-pools-are-staying-closed\/513-211f9f04-89cf-4aa3-bb25-ab88ec7c7990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health officials in Odessa, Texas<\/a> cited concerns over large congregations of people at pools each day during the summer. Although scientists at the CDC believe COVID-19 does not survive in water that is found in pools, hot tubs, spas, or water playgrounds, doctors in the Odessa area believe it is not worth the risk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Social distancing would be nearly impossible to practice at a public pool,&#8221; said doctor\u00a0<strong>Rohith Saravanan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think this is going to last the whole summer, I sure hope not, but it&#8217;s not a decision that you can make today for the rest of the summer,&#8221; said Saravanan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In light of New York City announcing that its public pools were going to be closed for the summer due to the Coronavirus and Lacrosse, Wisconsin revealing on Friday that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":321627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[122077,122087],"tags":[27223,1368,506,60669,366,540],"class_list":["post-428678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas","category-coronavirus","tag-la-crosse","tag-new-york-city","tag-odessa","tag-summer-league-swimming","tag-texas","tag-wisconsin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>More Summer Pools Closing; 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