{"id":34,"date":"2020-11-04T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=34"},"modified":"2020-11-09T01:33:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T01:33:20","slug":"what-are-the-guidelines-for-safe-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"What are the guidelines for safe sex?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"9695\"><strong>Question:<\/strong>&nbsp;Are there guidelines for safe sex with a new partner who you don\u2019t know very well yet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"dcc5\"><strong>Answer:&nbsp;<\/strong>We discussed safe sex in our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/madeleinefabic.medium.com\/covid-19-questions-and-answers-ee65d2f749e7\">Q&amp;A of 6\/6<\/a>&nbsp;#Sex, where I shared a table regarding safe sex practices that is still highly relevant. I thought there might be more evidence to report here, but there\u2019s not much; the role of sexual transmission (e.g. through semen, vaginal fluids, oral-fecal routes, and\/or saliva) is still uncertain. Among COVID-19 patients, SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/cid\/ciaa149\">&nbsp;saliva<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2765654\">semen<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cebm.net\/study\/viable-sars-cov-2-in-saliva-urine-and-stool-from-covid-19-patients\/\">urine<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7332911\/pdf\/main.pdf\">fecal matter<\/a>, but it has *not* been found in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32241022\/\">vaginal fluids<\/a>&nbsp;(though this study linked here is very small). Even though the virus has been detected in bodily fluids, whether the virus has spread through these routes is still unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"a66a\">Since the virus is predominantly spread through respiratory droplets shared in close contact, since sexual intercourse with a partner requires close contact, and since the virus can spread before a person knows they are sick, SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk during sexual intercourse with a partner who has been exposed or whose exposure is unknown is high. If sexual partners decide that the risk is worth it, they can minimize the SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk by using condoms and dental dams, avoiding kissing, opting for sexual positions that are not face-to-face, wearing face masks, and washing hands\/showering before and after getting intimate. If they want to really minimize transmission risk, they can also agree to self-quarantine for 14 days and get together thereafter,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umms.org\/coronavirus\/what-to-know\/managing-medical-conditions\/coronavirus-risk\/sex\">as suggested by<\/a>&nbsp;University of Maryland Medical System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:&nbsp;Are there guidelines for safe sex with a new partner who you don\u2019t know very well yet? Answer:&nbsp;We discussed safe sex in our&nbsp;Q&amp;A of 6\/6&nbsp;#Sex, where I shared a table regarding safe sex practices that is still highly relevant. I thought there might be more evidence to report here, but there\u2019s not much; the role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[50,17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guidelines","category-risk-reduction","category-sex","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/November-4.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}