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Why you’re probably having less (or more) sex right now

Why you’re probably having less (or more) sex right now

For some, less sex during the pandemic is a given—for those who are self-isolating while single, making their usual sex lives too risky, or those whose partners are away or sickened by the virus. On Twitter, users lamented that “general panic and despair” had led to the sudden disappearance of their libido, as one put it. In a poll of just over 9,000 people from NBC News, only 24% said the coronavirus outbreak had positively affected their sex lives (28% were neutral and 47% said it had affected them negatively).