England banned sex in response to the coronavirus pandemic

• England effectively enacted a coronavirus sex ban with a law that would limit social gatherings of indoor groups consisting of at least two people.
• The #sexban hashtag started trending on social media in response to the new COVID-19 social distancing regulations.

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This is one for the record books, England. The country wanted to tackle the new coronavirus pandemic with herd immunity before realizing that allowing the virus to circulate would kill thousands of people before that level of immunity could be reached. Realizing its mistake, the UK government pivoted to doing exactly what everyone else was doing, which is enforcing strong social distancing measures that reduce the spread of COVID-19.

The country was able to flatten the curve to the point where the developer of one of the most promising COVID-19 vaccines started worrying about not enough people getting sick to test the effectiveness of the drug by exposing volunteers to potential infections. With almost 278,000 cases and nearly 40,000 deaths as of Tuesday morning, the UK is one of the hardest-hit countries. But it’s the country's latest measure that will be mocked the world over, as the government has effectively attempted to ban sex.

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