Your chance of contracting HIV from one act of unprotected hetero vaginal sex with someone HIV positive are about .06% if you're a woman & about .04% if you're a man. So chance of dying from #COVID19 are greater than your chance of contracting HIV from one act of unprotected sex.
Of course elderly people or people with other health conditions have a much higher mortality rate from #COVID19. I've wondered if countries like Japan, Korea and China will take stronger measures than the US, where elderly people are much less valued.
People radically overestimate risks that are moralized like sex, drugs, or Moms letting kids play in a park alone. Sometimes it's good to leverage those overestimates to bring the perception of risk closer to reality.
