Yeah, when it comes to coronavirus the porn industry
is right on top of things as it were.
Globally, the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, has killed more than 3,000 people and infected 90,000. The "Deserted Wuhan" video, by a couple who goes by Spicy x Rice, contains a grain of truth: the Chinese city where coronavirus started does actually seem deserted, with public transit halted and residents' movement being restricted for over a month now. Another of their videos, "TSA AGENT DETAINS WOMAN SUSPECTED OF CORONAVIRUS," could be a plausible news headline.
A search for coronavirus on Pornhub returns 112 videos with titles like "MILF In Coronavirus Quarantine Gets Hard f**ked for Medicine" and "Coronavirus patients f**k in quarantine room." On xHamster, there are only four within that search term, and at least one is an older reposted video of people doing nurse roleplay with face masks. But according to xHamster spokesperson Alex Hawkins, following an offer last month to provide free premium accounts to regions severely affected by coronavirus, the overwhelming surge in signups outpaced xHamster's ability to approve new accounts.
"I think people are attracted to COVID-19 themed porn the same way people who are scared of their shadow are attached to horror movies: We are all searching for things that make us come alive," Spicy, the male half of the Spicy x Rice duo, told me. "COVID-19 is something that brings fear and mystery to pretty much everyone in the world right now... You need to be able to feel something, and what better way to make you feel something than the global crisis we are all in right now."
There probably aren't zombified women in affected regions waiting in the shadows to suck dick, and wearing a face mask to go down on someone won't stop you from contracting a virus. But that's where the fantasy of porn comes in.
