Show 1235: Safer Sex in the Time of COVID (Archive)

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In the midst of a pandemic, many people feel isolated. When you are not even supposed to shake hands, much less hug or kiss, how can those who live alone meet their needs for sexual intimacy? Is it possible to date without running a high risk for COVID-19–or a sexually transmitted infection? How can people […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.
0:12.4	com.
0:14.0	COVID-19 has changed the way we interact in all kinds of situations.
0:21.0	How has it affected our sex lives? This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and
0:26.8	Joe Grady.
0:27.8	During the pandemic we're not even supposed to shake ants much less hug or kiss.
0:39.0	Are there ways to have safer sex even during a pandemic.
0:43.6	What about sexually transmitted diseases?
0:46.0	Is there any way to test yourself at home?
0:49.2	We've all heard about contact tracing for COVID-19. This public health tactic was developed to help in the
0:55.8	control of sexually transmitted infections. How does it work?
0:59.7	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, safer sex in the time of COVID-19 in the US and internationally.
1:24.6	More than 50 million people have been infected worldwide in the course of this pandemic, and
1:29.9	over a million have died.
1:32.0	But there is a glimmer of hope. Pfizer announced this week that
1:35.6	its vaccine has preliminary evidence of high effectiveness. However, only the Data Safety
1:41.5	Monitoring Board knows how many of the 94 people who caught
1:45.5	COVID while participating in the trial received the vaccine and how many were on
1:51.2	placebo.
1:52.5	Until the study is completed and the data are released,
1:56.0	we won't know how effective the Pfizer vaccine truly is.
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