A research report in the journal Reproduction stated that COVID-19 may negatively affect sperm quality and reduce fertility in men. The magnitude of that effect may depend on the severity of disease, according to Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, a doctoral student and research assistant in the department of psychology and sports science at Justus Liebig University in Germany, and Bakhtyar Tartibian, PhD, of the physical education and sports science department at Urmia University in Iran.
The study was conducted with 84 men with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and 105 men without the disease in Iran. Semen quality, was evaluated at 10-day intervals for up to 60 days. A urologist confirmed that all the men were fertile in the study. Most of the men in the study were in their 30s and “differed substantially” in body weight, body fat percent and Body Mass Index, according to the researchers.
Markers of inflammation and oxidative stress in sperm cells of men with COVID-19 were increased by more than 100% compared with controls, according to the researchers. Sperm concentration was reduced by 516%, mobility by 209% and sperm cell shape was altered by 400%. The magnitude of these changes were also related to disease severity. Antiviral therapies for COVID-19 may have “additional harmful consequences” on male fertility, and that further research is needed.
The moral is clear, get vaccinated or end up like Donnie Dead Balls.