Hello everyone.

As many of us all know, COVID-19 cases have been surging worldwide. In a perfect world, we would all be staying home, but that is simply not realistic for many people. People desire intimacy, and we know that just telling everyone to abstain without presenting any safe alternatives is irresponsible, unreasonable, and unhelpful. After all, this has been going on for months and is showing no signs of slowing down. People can only subdue their horniness for so long. I decided to write this guide as a way to help you all navigate hookups during the pandemic.

This is by no means an all inclusive guide, but I made it with the hopes that it can help all of you continue to have fun and well informed interactions. I am not a healthcare expert, but I’ve talked with many who are on top of doing research.

Word of Caution to Younger Users

Our demographics show that our sub skews rather young to mostly people in their 20s and 30s. Regardless of your age, please take this seriously. Despite what many think, being younger does not make you immune or safer from all of this.You could have underlying health issues or be immunocompromised, people in this age group can still present severe symptoms, and there’s also growing research that contracting Covid (whether asymptomatic, mild, or severe) can lead to various long term health problems after recovery. I want our users to know that yes, they need to protect others, but that there is also a pretty high incentive to protect yourselves.

Be Knowledgeable About the COVID Infection Rate in Your Area

If you live in an area experiencing an outbreak, it’s best to save the meetup for later. Continue to talk online, but we do not recommend meeting up until local guidelines advise it’s safe to do so. Depending on where you are, check your city, county, and/or state websites.

Risk Level Assessment

• It’s important for you to do a risk level assessment for yourself and others. Only you know how much risk you are comfortable taking. Here are a list of some questions you should ask/consider of yourselves and others in relation to COVID:

  1. Do you work/go to school from home? 
  2. Who is hosting? Where will we be hosting? In a hotel (think of covid mesures there)? Our homes (if not alone, find out if there is anyone at risk)?
  3. How many people do you live with/are exposed to regularly? 
  4. What are your interactions like when you leave your home? 
  5. Who is a part of your Covid bubble? 
  6. Do you wear a mask and social distance while outside? 
  7. When was your last Covid test? 
  8. Have you been in contact with anyone who has tested positive in the last 14 days?
  9. Have you been quarantining? 
  10. Have you traveled recently?
  11. Have you attended any large gatherings/events recently?

• You may not always agree or feel comfortable with other people’s opinions or beliefs around COVID, but please be respectful to one another. Don’t be offended by health/safety questions. You are welcome to answer or not answer any question.

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  The Meetup

• If meeting for coffee or dinner or in any other place before you get down and dirty, wear a mask while out and about in public. Check the covid precaution measures for the place you are meeting up at and try to go somewhere that has outdoor seating and/or has limited seating that is socially distanced from others. You can call and ask or look online beforehand.

• Feeling sick or under the weather before meeting? Postpone plans until you feel better. Being honest and transparent with yourself and others is the right thing to do to help stop the spread of the virus. Do NOT fuck with other people’s health and safety.

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  Resource List

Here is a list of resources with more info that you can use to help you have smarter and safer hookups during COVID. I highly urge you to read them as they are very helpful, engaging and enlightening: * This video from sexologist Lindsay Doe from Sexplanations talks about sex and Covid.

• Here is an article about hooking up during covid and covers a wide variety of info.  It was written by a physician with an MD and MPH.  It can be really detailed and long for some people, so here is a condensed, easier version of it. 

• There’s also the NYC safe sex and Covid guidelines along with the British Columbia guidelines in Canada.

• We have plenty of kinksters on here as well. The website DatingKinky also has a COVID-19 Kink series. There are 5 episodes total, and episode 5 would be the best to listen to for meeting people in person. It is given by a kinkster who has a Doctorate in Public Health.

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  We hope you all are staying safe and staying sane. This pandemic is here for the foreseeable future. I know that this can be tiring, annoying, and exhausting. Believe me. I’m sick of this shit as much as the next person, but that doesn’t change the reality. People are dying. People are hurting. People are scared. It’d be easy to just go ‘fuck it’ and do whatever you want. However, as one public health official said, “Just because you’re over this pandemic, doesn’t mean the pandemic is over.” So make sure to do your part for the sake of your horny self and others.

Stay safe during your sexy times, and please be kind and careful as you go about your RandomActsOf experience. The rest of the Mods and I are here for y’all.