Swim With Malik

  First one , it's a respiratory, not water-borne, illness, meaning it spreads when spit droplets fly through the air. Once they hit the water, they're likely diluted enough to no longer be an issue. "In general, respiratory pathogens don't survive in the water," Joseph Eisenberg, chair of the epidemiology department at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health”   Second , also because it's a respiratory virus, catching it involves inhaling it, not swallowing it, Eisenberg said. Those two reasons alone are enough to make swimming in fresh or salt water a relatively safe activity, when it comes to avoiding the coronavirus at least     And finally , when you add chlorine to the mix, the coronavirus is a highly unlikely threat. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "there is no evidence that the virus that causes COVID-19 can be spread to people through the water in pools, hot tubs, spas, or water play ...

O ff course it is refreshing to go to the swimming pool, whether is just taking a dip, swim laps, recreation, or maybe even taking swimming lessons.  But with this new COVID-19 pandemic many are asking is it safe to go swimming?     Questions have been flooding like   Can you still swim during the conronavirus?, is swimming in a public pool safe during covid-19?, is covid-19 a risk for public swimming pools?,  or will swimming pools open during covid-19?      As you know, the now pandemic COVID-19 has recently turned the world upside down.  We are all trying to cope with the many limitations and/or restrictions now imposed within our daily lives and activities, in order to help prevent spread the virus, such as washing your hands, social distancing and more importantly staying home. We should all be taking measures to reduce social interaction between people in order to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19...