First, what precisely is safer sex?
We must first discuss what safer sex is before discussing how to have it during the coronavirus epidemic.
Any meaningful sexual experience that lowers the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is sometimes referred to as safer sex.
During a pandemic, safer sex is defined differently.
The days of limiting safer sex to addressing the risk of STI transmission are long gone.
The concept of safer sex has broadened amid a worldwide epidemic that is focused on a virus that may be transmitted by several body fluids, including blood, mucus, semen, respiratory droplets, and feces.
Nowadays, sex that involves proactive measures to lower the risk of possible STI and COVID-19 transmission is referred to as safer sex.
COVID-19 is not a sexually transmitted disease, to be clear.
To be clear, COVID-19 is not considered an STI, even though it can spread during intercourse like STIs do. This implies that you are not being screened for COVID-19 even if you are screened for every STI. A COVID-19 test is the only way to determine whether you have the virus.
If the spread of COVID-19 is a worry, virtual sex is always an option.
You’re probably a little tired (pun intended) of reading stories that extol the virtues of video banging, phone sex, and sexting after more than a year of the pandemic.
The bottom line
During the epidemic, in-person (!) coupled and multi-partnered sex is available.It simply necessitates extensive pre-communication regarding specific topics, such as COVID-19 guidelines, current STI status, and limits.