Tinder Is Warning Users to Protect Themselves From Coronavirus—but Can You Get It From Sex?

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Keep this in mind if you're dating during the outbreak.

, with a link to visit the World Health Organization for more info.

Perhaps there’s just something about a disease outbreak that makes people want to quarantine and…get busy?that sales for condoms have gone up in China, where COVID-19—the official name for the coronavirus that has since spread across the globe—was first detected. Sales of condoms are so high there, they're currently ranking as one of the more popular items purchased from e-commerce sites.

The short answer is that experts really don’t know. “What we know thus far is that COVID-19 is present in respiratory secretions,”. Respiratory secretions include droplets that exit a person's mouth from coughing or sneezing. Because these secretions from an infected person can carry the virus, some countries are discouraging people from greeting one another with a cheek kiss, reportedBut kissing a partner, of course, is far more intimate than a random peck on the cheek.

If you're concerned about staying healthy, then it makes sense to avoid kissing or getting physically close to a partner who is showing signs of the coronavirus, which include. “We think that the risk of transmission is greatest when people are symptomatic," says Dr. Englund. If you’re worried that a partner could be a carrier of the coronavirus but is not showing signs, it's best to postpone any sex sessions until you know their health status for sure.

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I really wonder how many cases of Covid19 were infected thru sex.

No wonder people get laid but God knows how many must have got STD's because of this app.

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