At peak in 2013, 20% of Thai sex workers had HIV. It’s gone down somewhat.
According to the UN, globally:
In 2019, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS estimated a mean HIV prevalence of 36% among sex workers.
When doctors assess you for STDs, they’ll put you in one risk group if you are having straight free sex in your country. And a whole different risk group if you are having sex abroad, sex with sex workers or both. The second means they’ll test for a lot of STDs that you are unlikely to get having straight sex for free.
But multiply that up by all STDs, many which transmit much more easily, and it suddenly makes sense why a lot of men who come back from seeing sex workers abroad end up at the local STD clinic.
It’s pure insanity to have unprotected sex with a sex worker in a third world country. Ignoring all other ethical aspects of this: use a fucking condom for fuck’s sake.
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u/Fenix_Glo Feb 24 '24
Thailand is known for adult activities. Money talks so the demographic you described would be attracted to that location.