Just curious about the risk factors. Like is it a rare occurrence or almost guarantee. I will only see a few providers, who screen very carefully and are on the top end of price. Does any of that matter or help? Am planning on heading to local lgbt clinic to start screening regularly.

If you fear stds, then don't have sex with anybody. That's the ONLY way to guarantee safety.

I have no medical background but >>>  If you make a few assumptions about how many hobbyists one provider sees in a week and how many providers each of those hobbyists sees in a month, the network gets awfully big awfully fast.  Based on reviews, sounds like almost all providers do LFK or DFK,  the majority of providers do CIM, and the majority of hobbyists do DATY, so about the only thing that condoms might be reducing dramatically is HIV transmission through direct genital-to-genital contact.  It's kind of like each of us has swapped spit and given head to every one else out there.  Is there a flaw in my analysis?

Two big flaws in your analysis.
#1.  The transmission rate of STDs is actually quite low - ie, the likelihood if becoming infected in a single unprotected sexual encounter with an infectious individual.  For HIV for example, the transmission rate is less than 1% per coital act when the infected individual is at their most infectious.  Transmission rates vary significantly by STI, and by type of sex (generally receptive anal sex is the highest risk, receptive fellatio and giving cunniligus are the lowest risk).
#2.  Most STIs are symptomatic and treatable.  ie, people who get them will know something is wrong (pain or itch or smell etc), and can get the disease treated and cured typically with antibiotics.  Nb this is not true for Herpes (which is symptomatic fairly quickly) or HIV (which is asymptomatic often for years) - neither of those can be cured.

I'm just thinking it gets awfully juicy down there.  And the safe sex websites make a big deal about using a dental dam, like it's really important.  I'm not implying that you're wrong, just trying to understand.  If I need to wear a condom when inserting my penis, why is it less risky when smearing my tongue and lips and slurping?

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/cunnilingus-STD-risk----in-summary/show/735690

The short non scientific answer is that the mouth and upper GI tract is designed to deal with some pretty vile stuff without getting you sick (think about what our ancestors have been eating for millions of years, and that disgusting kebab you ate at 3am after leaving the pub).  The more scientific answer is that the bacteria that cause most if these STDs is not very good at infecting the mouth and throat but is great at infecting your dick - same way as your dick won't get strep throat.  For HIV and other STI viruses, the receptors for the viral particles are much much more common in genital epithelial cells than in oral epithelial cells.....  Again, same analogy, your dick will not contract the common cold.

that STDs is not only once you can catch with sex ..
 as all type of hepatitis, mono, adenoviruses .. ( especially if you are in to rimming .. so as much as I am greek goddess I do not rim myself  and do not need it for starting greek ..
 if he wants do that to me - it is  fine with me but I then do not kiss .. ( but kiss at the beginning ..)  it is not about how I feel.. it is about that even your own ass can pass you adenovirus ..)  
 google yourself what it is .

most providers have hepatitis vaccinations and shave / wax.  Sounds like a lot of guys are starting to shave south of the equator as well.

Serafima, I completely agree with you.  There are a bunch of things beyond the STIs that you can catch.  I'd add to your list the common cold, influenza, coxsackie virus, shigella, pneumococcus, etc etc etc.

you have to repeat your hepatitis vaccination?? I doubt  people do it here  as  soon as they are out of the parents hands   and colleges ( and I think many providers here never was in any colleges nor have been having really caring parents.. how to explain other wise that they do need provide ??? family is strong thing and it supports   a single woman in hard times .. but she is here alone .. Iam here  yes becuase I do not have family any one to help me ..in states .. but most women have families .. yet providing .. so back on track i lost myself here - so about vaccination -I dount yougn ladies here will be checking on  own vaccination immunization  records the most they will do it is  HPV Human Papiloma Virus and only because it is all over advertising .... where in states  you saw heavy company on hepatitis vaccination ? .. and you do know your own people - people just do what adds told them to do ..  so i would not relay that here all women over 23  are recent on hepatitis vaccination..  I bet many do  have just basic medical insurance ..
I saw there on NYC board so called upscale providers are going to Free STD clinics in NYC .. do you  have imagination what it is? in NYC free Std testing  what kind people are there ?? ha ha  upscale TER providers .. your would say  it is the same- tests.. yes .. but  they do not do 10 days sensitive HIV tests .. so she can may be  have AIDS 3 month  till it become detectable  so to  speak .. and it is all price you men would pay when you are saving money to see woman as I am
money buying not peaice or pussy  but your peace of mind  as up to me  
if I would be  TER I just allowed here women who are  min of 1000 and  gentlemen who able donate such and the rest has to  improve their style of life to fit this playgame . sorry for being a bit snobby  but yes I also afraid and STD s and criminals  in this   murky waters .. yet being alone no family .and wanting  still  keep it classy sassy kinky and  real .. it is hard ... and  myself I have all vacinations as adult - simply whe I did enter country they do require  have all medical records up to date if you enter legal of course. I am Us Citizen by the way .. so not be rude to me please

BUT I do not think that we are here on TER  deal with safe  well educated public with means to take good care about themselves and be well maintained .... here  are  women  not from  you know .. wealth and loving families .. educated and well read and responsible .. especially young ladies sorry .. youth .. it is fact ..   youth here learnign about men from client type relationship .. never was loved never was married never had good men in her life .. it is not her fault .I do not blame  her..I just  pointing it out .. that it will take time for a woman to become a woman .. and if woman started as provider ?? OMG ..you men donate to those women  for own troubles I would say ..Of course I would recognize  that here and responsible youth as well .. but .. do you  have own kids yes ?? you do know how hard to get them  go to doctor ?  and they are good kids .. not on weed , not on drugs  not on sex work? yet they are delying doctors visits..
 and here you would belive to all a ?? what would say you upscale escort who needs money ?? whatever .. so use your brains gentlemen  in order to organize your lovely naughty  rendezvous .. of course you can catch all those and in train.. and in bus .. but dear .. you would not have skin to skin contact ..in the  bus  or co worker  
 when you come  to provider .. what a ugly word !! provider . yakk  and some women actually happy and proud call themselv _ Iam a provider  !! ha ha ha I would say - Iam just a woman company for you
 so when you come to real provider  she had before you skin to skin  contact may be already 3 times
 is is sexy a ?? ha ha ah  whatever ..
 so any way I do see only those for whom trips to agency is  is not a fantasy .. but fantasy  is to relax all ways in hands of loving woman who can be and tigress and dove and mistress and sub and dom and role play and all and   be safe  and I did learn that adult  women are the best for that

it looks  good and I do not  afraid lice because I see only few men a month  and my men never are in high volume  places

There is heaps of data out there about STI prevalence amongst sex workers.  A few snippets that give me comfort:
*. Lifetime STI rates of licensed prostitutes in regulated brothels has been reported in the clinical literature at 6%.  Note that these are girls who use condoms and dental dams for all paid sex. All of that 6% is explainable by unprotected personal sex and IV drug use
*. Amongst US sex workers, STI rates are higher for phone sex workers than escorts (yes, you did read that right, and I am pretty sure i got that right from the article).
*. In a group of incarcerated women sex workers who had typically been incarcerated a handful of times before, STI rates are about 30%, and HiV rates are 6%.  Note that the HIV number is about the same as the non sex worker incarcerated group.  Numbers are much lower for non drug users, and white women.  

Don't forget licensed brothel workers, in addition to being uber-safe in their BCD practices, are also required to undergo regular STD tests in order to remain licensed. That's not true of the rest of this industry.

You do realize how flawed that data is? Even in secret surveys, men and women rarely admit to being in this business or seeing sex workers. I sure as hell have never told the blood bank I was a hooker before donating. No, the risk is not low...one in four people have herpes and just about everyone has some form of HPV. The cdc is your friend.

The giver is ALWAYS at more risk than the receiver. Why do you think so many GUYS INSIST on BBBJ, but won't daty? Nuff said. You don't get herpes once it enters your damn GI tract lol. You get it ON CONTACT!

There is no way for anybody to know what the truth is regarding STD's. Personally, I really didn't even find the dude's stats to be one bit reassuring. 30% of all incarcerated had a STI...just in that small window of time that they were incarcerated? I realize that the girls who are incarcerated are, on the whole, not the ones who post here...but still. Their clients probably thought they were 'safe', too. I think that because this is business for us, we girls are much more cognizant of the risks involved (smart girls are, anyway). Guys just want to think that it's fun and games - and that, if you cross your fingers twice and only see girls over $ (or whatever rules or rituals they choose to take comfort in), that they will be fine.  

The risks of giving cunnilingus are very low - in fact, the risks of receiving it are much higher (particularly of getting candida or bacterial vaginosis).

This isn't 100% concordant with what I wrote above, but it is pretty close.  I'm sure these guys have a better take than I do on the clinical literature.  Link below:

With respect London, I disagree.  This data is not based on secret surveys, but rather epidemiological estimates based on observed data (i.e. actual blood tests) from either randomly selected samples, real presentations, or selected populations.

to 1 in 6 adults has GENITAL herpes. More like 90% (as per my second article) of all adults are estimated to have ORAL herpes. Your assumption there was wrong.s

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