Gay and bi men in the US had an average of 2.3 more sexual partners at the height of the first wave of the COVID pandemic. Meanwhile the men reported sharp rises in their levels of binge drinking and drug use.
That’s according to a study by the Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, University of Michigan in the USA. The authors published the study in the AIDS and Behavior journal.
They found only half the men recognized that you could get coronavirus through having sex. But 64% didn’t think they needed to reduce the number of sexual partners.
In fact, most men recognized that kissing is the highest risk for passing on COVID-19 and knew anal sex is comparatively safer.