I’m a healthcare provider and one thing many people aren’t thinking about is the added risk of an unplanned pregnancy during a pandemic. Many people on here have sex regularly relying only on birth control. Under normal circumstances the risk of failure is small and acceptable, since in a worst case scenario abortion is usually an option.

However you SHOULD NOT assume that if you were to find out in a month that you’re pregnant, that you will have good options. Depending on how the virus spreads it’s very likely abortion clinics will be closed. Hospitals will be overwhelmed and treatment may not be available even for life-threatening complications.

Is all that guaranteed? No. But I strongly urge you to put up with the small inconvenience of condoms for a month or two in return for much greater safety.

Yes condoms break but the chance of that and your birth control failing is vanishingly small.