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So what will become of hooking up in the time of COVID-19? That was the question I was asking my friend Bill just the other day. We were cackling after he sent me a meme going around right now that hookup apps have been warning their users about the pandemic. But it seems that it is true that both Grindr and Scruff actually sent an alert to its users about it. And they may not be wrong on doing that. Seriously. I would be worried.

It's even on New York Magazine:

What you don’t know is that ten days ago, your friend’s father was a guest of his business partner at the University Club, where he caught the novel coronavirus from the wife of a cryptocurrency speculator. Three days after that, he coughed into his hand before opening the door of his apartment to welcome his son home. The saliva of COVID-19 patients can harbor half a trillion virus particles per teaspoon, and a cough aerosolizes it into a diffuse mist. As your friend walked through the door he took a breath and 32,456 virus particles settled onto the lining of his mouth and throat.

Viruses have been multiplying inside his body ever since. And as he talks, the passage of his breath over the moist lining of his upper throat creates tiny droplets of virus-laden mucus that waft invisibly into the air over your table. Some settle on the as-yet-uneaten food on your plate, some drift onto your fingers, others are drawn into your nasal sinus or settle into your throat. By the time you extend your hand to shake good-bye, your body is carrying 43,654 virus particles. By the time you’re done shaking hands, that number is up to 312,405.

JEFFWISE

I think that no hookup is worth risking my safety. No man, no matter how crazy sexy cool, is worth braking my social distancing. No man, no matter how this sheltering in place is fucking up my libido is worth feeling like shit for weeks, probably wrecking my lungs and pancreas and who knows what else. How do I know I don'e have some fucked up underlying condition? I totally understand why my friend would have some fucked up PTSD-like reaction to this pandemic.

What about sex? Is it safe during COVID-19? Take a look at the guidance from @nycHealthy New York City Department of Health. From https://t.co/H5HFCULJN9 pic.twitter.com/PXdtzXtVyZ

— Michael B. Clark (they/them) (@HealthLGBTQ) March 21, 2020

Having sex with someone you don't really know may be hot but it is NOT social distancing. He may be sliding in your DM's (and your sheets) but that's not sheltering in place. Even if you don't kiss him, doggie style is not really conductive to those six feet of distance that you need to be on the safe side. So, I guess I'm gonna keep it within the quarantine. It's gonna be me, myself and I for the time being. No nookie is worth my moxie.

XOXO

P.S.

For u Wankers who can’t understand how serious this is here’s an example pic.twitter.com/ya8cTiqOqR

— ΔVΔŦΔŘ (@AvatarAkyiaXXX) March 31, 2020