Thread by @funkybrownchick

FYI: "Rimming (mouth on anus) might spread COVID-19." This is also called anilingus, tossing the salad, eating someone's ass, etc. These are sexual activities. #srhr4all
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#COVIDー19 might be sexually transmitted & we need to start explicitly saying that to help keep people safe. See also: Sexual activity includes more than penis-in-vagina sexual intercourse. #rimming

We saw this during the onset of #HIV / #AIDS pandemic in the U.S., too.

In my opinion, folks were too quick to look at "who" (gay men & people using IV drug injections) instead of "how" (blood, semen, etc.) it was spread & it's one of the reasons it took longer than it should have to figure out #HIV could be sexually transmitted.

We see this with #COVIDー19 when there's unfair & racist targeting of Asian Americans. How, not who, folks. Focus on HOW it's spread.

In public health, any time anyone says "orifice" (opening) + "bodily fluids" in same sentence, we need to almost always automatically think: "possibly sexually transmitted".

Sex can often -- but not always -- include putting anal, penile, oral, and/or vaginal juices into someone else's holes ("orifices").