Human beings are biologically hard-wired to do two things extremely well: the first is eat, and the second is sex.

This assessment by Professor Christopher Fairley, director of the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, perhaps offers some explanation as to why Victoria’s second coronavirus lockdown hit so hard.

The decimation of the Melbourne’s hospitality and tourism sectors has been well-documented, but given the nature of human desire, what happened to the sex work industry?

There are around 1100 registered sex workers and private escorts, and some four times as many working illegally.