[wkat4242]

Well yeah, the kind of night clubs I visit are the kind where aerosols are really the least of the risk, and physical contact is ubiquitous. It's not for everyone. But of course that factors into my risk analysis.

And also that nobody else uses masks there, so there is little point. But condoms are something I do always use and are commonplace in the community I frequent. HIV is a totally different matter than COVID though. It was a terminal disease for decades (and even now it's extremely difficult to deal with)

But HIV has a major difference to COVID: The effectiveness of condoms in preventing it is almost absolute, and is only really negated by unfortunate accidents. They also don't really have serious downsides like masks do (the lower sensitivity is something I in fact like). Compared to the masks which only delay infection, they are by no means a prevention method on a personal scale.

But if the lockdowns have taught me anything it's that a life without human contact is no life, and I've been making up for lost time.