COVID-19 Prevention and Protecting Sex Workers: A Call to Action

The letter presents a study on the current status of sex work during the pandemic Authors conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 21 people engaged in sex work to learn about their health needs and experiences These interviews shed light on the fact that, even during state level shelter-in-place, sex workers needed to and did continue to work Even though 52% of participants interviewed reported continuation of in-person sex work, nearly all of the interview respondents reported a decrease in their earnings due to the pandemic Various local government and nonprofit agencies in the U S have issued guidance about navigating sex during COVID-19, but there still hasn't been any guidance from federal agencies like the Centers for Disease Control (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)