Posted on 03/17/2020 3:46:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BERLIN - It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday night, a time when Aurel Johannes Marx’s three-room brothel on the edge of Berlin would normally be preparing for its first customers. Sex for sale has long been a staple part of the German capital’s freewheeling nightlife. But amid concerns over the new coronavirus, even the world’s supposedly oldest profession is suffering a sudden slump.
At the “Lankwitzer 7” brothel, with its soft red light and bawdy paintings on the wall, disinfectant dispensers have been installed next to the washbasins. Marx say he’s ordered staff to hot-wash all towels and sheets, and open the windows more often to let the warm, sticky air escape.
Still, customers just aren’t coming round anymore.
“Over the past week business has gone down by 50%,” Marx said, blaming the decline on the general drop in nightlife that’s occurred since the virus arrived in Berlin.
The city has registered 332 confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far. Several dozens infections have been traced to bars and clubs.
Susanne Bleier Wilp, a German former sex worker and spokeswoman for the Association of Erotic and Sexual Services Providers, or BESD, said the virus has caused fear and uncertainty among the estimated 100,000 to 200,000 sex workers in Germany, where prostitution was largely legalized almost 20 years ago.
“There are those who are withdrawing from the business entirely at the moment for safety reasons,” Bleier Wilp told The Associated Press. Others are requiring that customers disinfect themselves, she added — a measure that medical experts say is unlikely to effectively stop the spread of the virus during close physical contact.
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So one disease will prevent other, possibly more deadly diseases. Hmmm
A silver lining
Day 4 of no sports on TV. I saw a woman sitting on my couch. She said she was my wife. She was nice.
I was stationed in Berlin from 1987-1992.
Nothing’s changed :)
My wife is a sports addict. She mopes around and sits on the couch a lot.
She believes the majority of anti Trump stuff too.
Whores having financial problems?
THAT is a problem Democrats can get behind.
I’m sure they’d be happy to pay them with our tax money. That’s the traditional method of payment.
Don’t be rude, they are providing a SERVICE/sarc
I saw a woman sitting on my couch. She said she was my wife. She was nice.
Hilarious!
“Lankwitzer”
That has a very skanky sound to it. Brings up mental images of unattractive disease infected ladies in a rat and cockroach infested whorehouse with a spitoon in the corner overflowing with used condoms.
Well there’s always a hotel room in Miami with a gay escort in chaps waiting for you
That’s why they invented doggy style.
I suppose they could become online exhibitionists for electronic credit card payments.
“She was nice.” Perfect “finishing touch.”
So quarantine the sex industry and leave the rest of us alone.
“Lankwitzer”?
I may have a new name for “Big Boy”.
Well played sir!
Ask for ID.
BTW, that post was hysterical :)
Who? li’l Marco Rubio?
Definitely not my ex...
Sex workers? Sex operatives? Sex technicians? Sex professionals? That’s it! Professional sexicizers.
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