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Claims that COVID-19 vaccination causes male infertility are still unsupported, experts told Reuters, despite recent social media posts reviving the longstanding allegation.
During the first days of April, some internet users pointed to an article on a website called Study Finds ( here ), entitled: “Male infertility may be a new symptom of long COVID.” Some users commenting on the piece have inaccurately suggested that COVID-19 vaccination – not so-called long COVID - is what causes infertility.
“More likely the shot. Another cover up,” wrote a Twitter user commenting on a tweet with a screenshot of the headline ( here ). “Blame it on everything except the Vaccine,” a second one posted ( here)
The recently highlighted Study Finds report referred to a small study published by scientific magazine ACS Omega on March 7, 2022 ( here ) that analyzed the proteins in the semen of 10 “healthy fertile subjects” and 17 “COVID-19 recovered men.” Researchers found an alteration of semen proteome ( here ) in recovered patients, which authors considered was a disruption in the male reproductive function after clinical remission.