Popular Post webfact Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Swimming pools at condos in Thailand to remain closed until further notice FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth Condominium and public pools in Thailand will remain closed until further notice due to safety concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, Natapanu Nopakun, spokesperson for the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration confirmed that condominium pools will remain closed in order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Mr Natapanu said there were a “number of unavoidable risk factors that prevent the opening of both public pools and in condominiums”. These risk factors include saliva, which may help spread the infection, stress on breathing while swimming and difficulties in controlling or limiting the number of people using the swimming pool. In addition, there are fears that people will congregate or socialize around communal pool areas, which would be in violation of the Emergency Decree currently in place in Thailand. Condo residents in Thailand had been hopeful that the restrictions currently in place regarding communal pools would be one of the measures that will be lifted by the government later this week. However, that now appears not to be the case. Source: Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-05-12 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 2 2 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lopburi3 Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 The new normal. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ericdiam Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Really crazy. My building has 25m long very wide pool. Only 3 people who live here long time swim. And if the increase the chlorine then sure zero problem as chlorine kills the virus. Big busy public pools can understand they remain close 25 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samtam Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, ericdiam said: Really crazy. My building has 25m long very wide pool. Only 3 people who live here long time swim. And if the increase the chlorine then sure zero problem as chlorine kills the virus. Big busy public pools can understand they remain close Precisely. I have given all the known data to CDC, and yet they still say "no". 6 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gabor Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Plain idiots.... Chatucak is OK, but saunas ( killing the virus inside your body ) and swimming pools increase your immunity, beaches to get vitamin D are a nő no. An other fine example to do something retarded childish thing to show they do something. 30 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oldie Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, ericdiam said: Really crazy. My building has 25m long very wide pool. Only 3 people who live here long time swim. And if the increase the chlorine then sure zero problem as chlorine kills the virus. Big busy public pools can understand they remain close They cannot make a special law for your building. And people can gather in and around the pool and because being wet cannot use masks. Also some people lying in the sun will avoid to use masks so that not halve of their face will remain white. 11 7 4 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Canuck1966 Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 28 minutes ago, ericdiam said: Really crazy. My building has 25m long very wide pool. Only 3 people who live here long time swim. And if the increase the chlorine then sure zero problem as chlorine kills the virus. Big busy public pools can understand they remain close Thailand uses blunt instruments for every issue 4 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Canuck1966 Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Oldie said: They cannot make a special law for your building. And people can gather in and around the pool and because being wet cannot use masks. Also some people lying in the sun will avoid to use masks so that not halve of their face will remain white. another moronic rule with no scientific backing 23 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 The market near me is business as usual I know where I'd rather be 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 32 minutes ago, ericdiam said: Really crazy. My building has 25m long very wide pool. Only 3 people who live here long time swim. And if the increase the chlorine then sure zero problem as chlorine kills the virus. Big busy public pools can understand they remain close At our condo we have 2 pools both 25 meters so out of 100 units I think there is about 10 people in the building and it's not open to the public, if you dont have a keycard you cant gain access 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Canuck1966 Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, Oldie said: They cannot make a special law for your building. And people can gather in and around the pool and because being wet cannot use masks. Also some people lying in the sun will avoid to use masks so that not halve of their face will remain white. sunbathing in a mask, about as brainwashed an idea as humanly possible to imagine 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samtam Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Oldie said: They cannot make a special law for your building. And people can gather in and around the pool and because being wet cannot use masks. Also some people lying in the sun will avoid to use masks so that not halve of their face will remain white. As I have explained several times, there is a misconception about [opening] condo pools. Most people, including those at CDC think of a pool more in terms of a social gathering venue. If you use the appropriately chlorinated pool only, with limited numbers, and prohibit social gathering round it, you have one of the safest spaces to avoid transmission of Covid 19. This protocol can easily be implemented by condo management, together with the requirement that users shower before and after swimming. It's really that simple. To continue prohibition of condo pool usage for exercise is ridiculous, compared to what is being allowed to open...Chatuchak market (social distancing?)...beauty clinics and weight loss clinics (close person to person contact?)...foot massages (close person to person contact?)...outdoor stadiums for team sports, (no chance of saliva, sweat being dispersed there?)... Edited May 12, 2020 by samtam 13 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Muriatic acid and chlorine would vaporize and obliterate Covid upon contact. So saliva is a non starter. Simply more ignorance, and fear mongering, from an administration that is so devoid of scientific facts, it boggles the mind. Social distancing can be practiced anywhere. People need exercise, and recreation. And people need to be outdoors. This encourages better health, and strengthens the immune system. They should have gotten rid of Anutin a long time ago. The nation needs someone with an education in health. He has proven himself over and over again to be inept, ignorant, and in completely over his head. A true BOB (bottom of the barrel) pick, totally without merit. 32 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyFax Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: Muriatic acid and chlorine would vaporize and obliterate Covid upon contact. So saliva is a non starter. Chlorine does not kill COVID on contact: To effectively kill the virus, make sure the surface stays wet with the disinfectant for at least 10 minutes before wiping with a clean towel. If an EPA registered disinfectant is not available a 2% chlorine bleach solution can be used. https://necsi.edu/coronavirus-guidelines-for-cleaning-and-disinfecting-to-prevent-covid-19-transmission Chlorine in swimming pool water is measured in single digit parts per million. Edited May 12, 2020 by SkyFax 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, SkyFax said: To effectively kill the virus, make sure the surface stays wet with the disinfectant for at least 10 minutes before wiping with a clean towel. If an EPA registered disinfectant is not available a 2% chlorine bleach solution can be used. sounds like a swimming pool to me. 9 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomazbodner Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Should we call for Thailand to abandon all of the restrictions, open the borders for the influx of infected tourists, cancel all the quarantines, open all the bars, clubs, sports venues, beaches, pools, etc. Accept half to one million deaths and get over with it. But 6 months later when it is over, this forum will be a very quiet place, given average age of folks here. 2 2 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post baansgr Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Gabor said: Plain idiots.... Chatucak is OK, but saunas ( killing the virus inside your body ) and swimming pools increase your immunity, beaches to get vitamin D are a nő no. An other fine example to do something retarded childish thing to show they do something. If saunas kill the virus, why isn't hospitols installing saunas and everyone being cured... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyFax Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 14 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: 22 minutes ago, SkyFax said: To effectively kill the virus, make sure the surface stays wet with the disinfectant for at least 10 minutes before wiping with a clean towel. If an EPA registered disinfectant is not available a 2% chlorine bleach solution can be used. sounds like a swimming pool to me. So if you swam in a swimming pool with a 2% chlorine level, it would still take up to 10 minutes to kill the virus -- and probably you, too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiSuk Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 So you are allowed to go up and down in a 4 foot square lift with others, but not go in a many metres (/meters) by many metres pool? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tropposurfer Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Open the damned beaches and private condo pools you inept incompetent idiot. 4 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shady86 Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 What a brilliant statement to show how competent these idiots running the country. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, spidermike007 said: Muriatic acid and chlorine would vaporize and obliterate Covid upon contact. So saliva is a non starter. Simply more ignorance, // Not all pools use chlorine. Trend in Pattaya in recent years is about salt water pools. No idea how Covid-19 reacts with salt water...?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiSuk Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said: Not all pools use chlorine. Trend in Pattaya in recent years is about salt water pools. No idea how Covid-19 reacts with salt water...?? Doh. Salt is used in many pools these days. Always with a salt converter machine to convert salt into? ........ your starter for 10! Sorry - that was unkind - must be the Covid getting to me. Salt is converted into chlorine by a special contraption you would find in the pump room. Edited May 12, 2020 by SantiSuk Unkind first posting 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 21 minutes ago, SantiSuk said: So you are allowed to go up and down in a 4 foot square lift with others, but not go in a many metres (/meters) by many metres pool? It has been said many times already; the problem is not the pool itself, but "there are fears that people will congregate or socialize around communal pool areas" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, SkyFax said: Chlorine does not kill COVID on contact: To effectively kill the virus, make sure the surface stays wet with the disinfectant for at least 10 minutes before wiping with a clean towel. If an EPA registered disinfectant is not available a 2% chlorine bleach solution can be used. https://necsi.edu/coronavirus-guidelines-for-cleaning-and-disinfecting-to-prevent-covid-19-transmission Chlorine in swimming pool water is measured in single digit parts per million. 0.1 ppm Free Available Chlorine in a swimming pool guarantees bacteria and viruses are morbid. Your post refers to surfaces, a different situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 I'm wondering if any of the geniuses in this administration actually have any data on the number of COVID-19 clusters that have arisen at swimming pools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Greg O Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Ahh the joys of living in the Gulag ! No merit, no science just do as we say ! They think we're crazy anyway as the majority don't know how to swim.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaopad999 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Oldie said: They cannot make a special law for your building. And people can gather in and around the pool and because being wet cannot use masks. Also some people lying in the sun will avoid to use masks so that not halve of their face will remain white. makes perfect sense to me. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 worried about saliva? Would the pools chemicals like chlorine not kill the risk of that??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaopad999 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Canuck1966 said: another moronic rule with no scientific backing Try and go swimming while wearing a face mask then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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