New research conducted by researchers in Israel has revealed that Pfizer and BioNTech¡¯s Covid-19 vaccine doesn't damage the sperm or the sperm count, according to a report by Reuters.?
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This study puts to rest several concerns couples have had, across the world who are trying to conceive a child while worrying about the contraction of the pandemic-causing novel coronavirus.?
This was a rather small study (published in medRxiv) conducted by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For this study, researchers collected sperm samples from 43 male volunteers before and after a month of getting fully vaccinated.
Further analysis showed that the vaccine neither affects the volume, concentration nor motility of the sperm.
Even though the study didn¡¯t have enough volunteers and that the study is yet to be peer-reviewed, researchers are of the belief that these findings would encourage young men across the world to get vaccinated based on the fear that some studies in the past have shown that a novel coronavirus infection could impact male fertility.?
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"These preliminary results are reassuring to the young male population undergoing vaccination worldwide. Couples desiring to conceive should vaccinate, as vaccination does not affect sperm."
A study published in the journal Reproduction in January has shown that novel coronavirus infection can impact fertility in male. However, this study caused quite the kerfuffle among scientists as even though the study was plausible, it didn¡¯t have enough evidence to back the hypothesis.
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Dr Channa Jayasena, a consultant in reproductive endocrinology and andrology at London¡¯s Imperial College said in a conversation with CNN that illness caused by any virus, even the common flu can bring down your sperm count, at times even to zero for a few weeks or months.?
According to Jayasena, this study didn¡¯t clearly show how much of the drop experienced by the test subjects were specifically caused by Covid-19 rather than from just falling ill.