I would be interested in your collective thoughts on swimming with a cold, the flu, or worse. Two issues to consider...
1.) Exercise helps stimulate the body and may help with overcoming the illness, or at least it's symptoms. I'm not a doctor, so some feedback on this would be appreciated.
2.) As noted in another thread, what about your fellow swimmers, are you putting them at risk and possibly spreading whatever it is you have as we all gasp the same air at the end of the lanes? Again, not being a doctor, I would be interested in thoughts on how real (or imagined) this risk may be.
Happy New Year!
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It is my understanding that these illnesses are most contagious just before the symptoms appear. This means that you are doing more harm to your swim buddies by swimming with them before you even know that you are sick than swimming with them as you recover from a cold. My advice? Don't worry about it. Wash your hands regularly. Keep your hands out of your face and eyes. Enjoy life.
It is my understanding that these illnesses are most contagious just before the symptoms appear. This means that you are doing more harm to your swim buddies by swimming with them before you even know that you are sick than swimming with them as you recover from a cold. My advice? Don't worry about it. Wash your hands regularly. Keep your hands out of your face and eyes. Enjoy life.
