CDC shares strange protection guidelines for monkeypox sex

It’s that time of year again when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issues some weird sex guidelines related to a viral illness.

Due to the spread of monkeypox, the CDC has issued a list of safe activities for sexually active people to engage in.

The list recommends that sexually active monkeypox patients avoid kissing and suggests that they have sex with clothes on or “covering areas where there is a rash or sores.”

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Patients are advised to wash “hands, fetish gear, sex toys and all fabrics” after sex. The policy also suggests sexual activity, e.g. B. for patients who “masturbate together at least 6 feet apart.”

According to the CDC, there are over 2,000 cases of monkeypox in over 32 countries around the world — not a huge number. Still, the CDC is extra cautious with their precautionary measures.

There has been much discussion about monkeypox and sexual transmission, particularly for gay men who have reported catching the disease more frequently. But monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease. The disease is transmitted through close human contact, with skin-to-skin contact. The CDC states that the most common way of contagion is by people interacting with one another’s sores and scabs, or by wearing clothing worn by someone who was infected.

First and foremost, the CDC recommends avoiding sex if you have a sore or rash and getting it diagnosed. As adults come of age, the organization provides a list with a thorough breakdown of possible activities and ways to help prevent the spread of the disease through sex.

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The new CDC list recalls the guidelines they issued at the start of the Covid pandemic, which warn people not to kiss, encourage masturbation and suggest wearing face masks during sex. Logically, these rules make sense, but they never stop being weird.