Sex & Covid-19

Quarantine day: Who is counting anymore?

We hope every viewer of this blog is safe and healthy. We’re sending our gratitude and appreciation to all essential workers from grocery store workers and janitors to nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers. Thank you for being at the front lines of this pandemic and giving more than your best to combat it.

In a matter of weeks, the Coronavirus has transformed our lives as we know it. Its quick spread has forced the closure of schools, restaurants, and many other businesses. In addition, it has put a pause on our social lives as individuals are asked to practice social distancing. The coronavirus (COVID 19), is a fatal respiratory disease that can coughing, fever, and shortness of breath. In order to prevent the spread of the disease, it is encouraged that we practice good hygiene such as washing our hands often and staying 6ft away from others when we do travel out in public.

Now if you’re working from home that means you’re nonessential. No hard feelings, that just means that COVID 19 has temporarily relocated you to your bed or couch for now. Even though you are stationed at home, you can still practice safer sex by following these tips. If you and your partner aren’t under the same roof or you begin to feel lonely and frustrated you can try video chatting, playing video games or watching movies together on the phone, in order to stay intimate.

If you happen to live with your partner then that is the next safest person to have sex with. It is still important to wear condoms and use dental dams in order to reduce contact with saliva or feces as COVID-19 can be contracted during oral or anal sex. COVID-19 is not a sexually transmitted disease and so far there is no evidence of the virus being spread through semen or vaginal fluids, so it is still important to wear condoms to protect yourself from STD’s or unwanted pregnancies.

Remember, if you and your partner aren’t feeling well then you should avoid kissing and sex altogether.

According to the Department of Health, You are your safest sex partner so if you engage in self-pleasuring activities (i.e. masturbation) remember to wash your hands or toys with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, before and after each session.

All in all, in order to keep yourself safe during this pandemic practice self-isolation and social distancing; when you stay home, more lives are saved. Do your part to help decrease the number of infected cases and remember that you’re not alone!