Daily: Why can’t we go SWIMMING yet?

<p>If shops and pubs can reopen, why can’t pools? <strong>Swimming</strong> saves the NHS and social care some £357m a year, yet the Government’s mishandling of community sport is a microcosm of its muddled approach across Coronavirus. How badly will this affect young swimmers? And how does COVID-19 fare in chlorinated water anyway? Swim England chief exec <strong>JANE NICKERSON</strong> explains as enthusiast swim fan <strong>Ros Taylor</strong> goes off the deep end.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“If we’re working on science, what makes a cinema or a pub better to open than a swimming pool?”</em></li><li><em>“The children who are missing swimming lessons now could become a </em><strong><em>lost generation</em></strong><em>.”</em></li><li><em>“We talk about protecting the NHS. Well keeping people fit and healthy IS protecting the NHS.”&nbsp;</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. <strong>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>