Researcher at the University of Miami have recommended men to have a fertility evaluation before receiving the COVID vaccine and to consider to freeze their sperm before vaccination in order to protect their fertility.
The University of Miami is investigating the possible effects of the coronavirus vaccine on male fertility.
Lead researchers Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy, a reproductive urologist with U Health, initiated an earlier study which found the virus was present in the testicles for up to six months following infection.
That spurred his team to question the virus’ effect on sperm and reproduction.
His team is now looking at the potential impact of the vaccine as well.
Wow… are you seeing this in a lot of publications?
— Dr. David Samadi (@drdavidsamadi) December 24, 2020
He said that study participants must have a fertility evaluation before receiving the vaccine. To protect fertility, some men may want to consider freezing their sperm prior to vaccination.
“We’re evaluating the sperm parameters and quality before the vaccine and after the vaccine. From the biology of the COVID vaccine we believe it shouldn’t affect fertility but we want to do the study to make sure that man who want to have kids in the future to assure them it’s safe to go ahead and get the vaccine,” Ramasamy said.
Earlier, almost 3,150 people who were administered the COVID-19 vaccine were paralyzed and were “unable to perform normal daily activities, unable to work and required care from doctor or health care professional.”
As GreatGameIndia reported, a group of researchers in the The Lancet medical journal has warned that Covid-19 vaccines currently in development could increase the risk of acquiring HIV potentially leading to an increase in infections.
Recently Australia scrapped a billion dollar coronavirus vaccine agreement after several trial participants tested HIV positive.
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You said:
“Freeze Sperm Before COVID Vaccine To Protect Fertility – Says University of Miami Researchers”
But in the source that you linked we can read:
“some men may want to consider freezing their sperm prior to vaccination”
Which is an opinion from authors of article on local10.com
Researchers from University of Miami said:
“we believe it shouldn’t affect fertility”
Quick question: why you are lying to people?
of course, we all knew this vaccine would lower peoples fertility
Hey you sound like you’ve already taken the vaccine!
Summary
Vaccines against COVID-19 introduce the spike protein (S or “Spike”) of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as a presumed antigen to trigger the immune response, which shares high genetic and protein similarity with two human proteins, Syncytin- 1 and Syncytin-2.
Human syncytins
Human syncytins are the expression product of the envelope genes (Env) of human endogenous retroviruses (HERV): they are proteins that mediate fusion between cells and have immunosuppressive properties.
Syncytins are expressed physiologically during pregnancy: they intervene in the development of the placenta, the differentiation of the trophoblast, the implantation of the embryo in the maternal uterus, and the immunosuppression of the mother’s immune system to prevent allogeneic rejection of the embryo.
Due to the similarity between syncytins and the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the antibodies induced with any of the vaccines against COVID-19 could trigger a cross-reaction against syncytins, causing allergic, cytotoxic and / or autoimmune side effects that affect human health and reproduction.