Many parents struggle with the decision regarding whether or not they should allow their sick child to participate in their regular swim lesson. While the busy schedules of many families often make lesson rescheduling difficult, parents should consider the following advice in respect of the appropriateness of allowing an ill child to swim. Swimmers who are sick with diarrhoea or a vomiting bug should not be swimming, as they risk contaminating pool water with the diarrhoeal germ that can live for days even in the most well-maintained pool. Such infections are passed via even the smallest...