Coronavirus found in men's semen
Source: CNN
The new coronavirus can persist in men's semen even after they have begun to recover, a finding that raises the possibility the virus could be sexually transmitted, Chinese researchers said Thursday.
A team at Shangqiu Municipal Hospital tested 38 male patients treated there at the height of the pandemic in China, in January and February.
About 16% of them had evidence of the coronavirus in their semen, the team reported in the journal JAMA Network Open. About a quarter of them were in the acute stage of infection and nearly 9% of them were recovering, the team reported.
"We found that SARS-CoV-2 can be present in the semen of patients with COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-2 may still be detected in the semen of recovering patients," Diangeng Li of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital in Beijing and colleagues wrote.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/07/health/coronavirus-semen-china-health/index.html
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Or should neutering lower the risk? 
That was SO bad! 
Like the question, "Who was the first scientist who got the idea of checking sperm for the virus? Who gave him a hand in doing the research? What result did they expect to come from the tests? And of course, how did they collect the samples?"
Size of your N makes all the difference... 
They're trying to have sex on their death beds! 
for signs in their semen. 
... or in the process of recovering. The jury is still out on all of this. How do we know that "recovered" victims can't have a spontaneous relapse? How do we know that they don't become carriers for the rest of their lives? At what point do they stop infecting other people? There are so any questions that still need to be answered.
Hey, it would be a more pleasant procedure than a nasal swab!
