# "Sex with me is like Covid19: . . ." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433 "2020-03-13T20:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/1 "2020-03-13T20:14:49Z")
…you’ll need to get tested immediately …it’s more likely to happen if you’re old and infurm …thy’ll be talking about it on Fox’n’Friends …Mike Pence will be in charge of your recovery …you’d rather have the flu …it’ll make you want to hide from friends and family …it can’t be cured with a flu vaccine …you have a 3% chance of dying …you probably won’t get it … … … ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/2 "2020-03-13T20:16:20Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/3 "2020-03-13T20:38:16Z")
You’ll want to stay out of public view for 14 days. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/4 "2020-03-13T20:40:46Z")
… it makes you need to stock up on toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/5 "2020-03-13T20:56:46Z")
You might not even know you had it. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/6 "2020-03-13T21:12:16Z")
Despite your expectations, your partner won’t be Hung. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/7 "2020-03-13T21:24:15Z")
It puts elderly people in the hospital. It’ll make you glad you bought all that toilet paper. It’s the reason Justin Trudeau is hiding at home and won’t interact with people. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/8 "2020-03-13T21:26:06Z")
Hand sanitizer won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/9 "2020-03-13T21:28:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Hand sanitizer won’t work. The burn! The burn! ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/10 "2020-03-13T21:31:53Z")
There are more memes about it than people who have actually encountered it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/11 "2020-03-13T21:32:22Z")
…it will take you weeks to recover. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/12 "2020-03-13T21:34:12Z")
All people can talk about is how to avoid it. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/13 "2020-03-13T21:34:26Z")
It will kill some people, and… It will inconvenience EVERYBODY! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/14 "2020-03-13T21:35:53Z")
You’ll know your getting it when you feel a tickle on the back of your throat. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/15 "2020-03-13T21:47:18Z")
…Makes it hard to breathe …Is the only thing that can keep Ivanka away from daddy …Creates volatility in the markets, baby! ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/16 "2020-03-13T22:16:26Z")
You’ll ask me to wear a mask… ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/17 "2020-03-13T22:17:54Z")
…you’ll need to thoroughly decontaminate ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/18 "2020-03-13T22:20:39Z")
Because you need to wipe down those exposed surfaces. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/19 "2020-03-13T22:25:37Z")
…it’ll be much worse if Donald Trump gets involved in it. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433/20 "2020-03-13T22:30:04Z")
We’ll bump but we won’t kiss. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-me-is-like-covid19/849433.md?page=2)