Each SW and John/Jane must make their own calculated risk/benefit analysis for each encounter. Covid-19 will likely be part of our lives for a long time; we need to continue to be vigilant and behave "responsibly". I suspect that many men need to have sex regularly in order to maintain "equilibrium" in their lives, and they can have sex with only SW for various reasons.
"Hamburg's sex workers demand Germany's brothels reopen amid coronavirus
Sex workers and brothel operators have protested for the right to return to work in Germany. Formally, legal sex work remains outlawed due to the coronavirus despite lifted restrictions for shops and restaurants."
Sex workers and brothel operators have protested for the right to return to work in Germany. Formally, legal sex work remains outlawed due to the coronavirus despite lifted restrictions for shops and restaurants.
www.dw.com
"Around 400 prostitutes and brothel operators from around Germany demonstrated in the red light district of Hamburg late Saturday evening to demand that Germany's brothels be
allowed to reopen after months of closures due to the coronavirus outbreak.
In Germany, where prostitution is legal, shops, restaurants and bars have all been allowed to reopen following months of closures. Sex workers say it is unfair for them to be deprived of their livelihoods despite their work allegedly posing no greater health risk."
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"Erotic and sexual services are already permitted again in many nearby countries.
"In Switzerland, prostitution has been permitted again for four weeks now and there have been no corona cases in connection with brothel visits there since then," said Weber, who has been working as a prostitute in Hamburg for 27 years."
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""Prostitution does not carry a greater risk of infection than other close-to-body services, like massages, cosmetics or even dancing or contact sports," the association claimed in a statement. "Hygiene is part of the business in prostitution.""