livescience | After the new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 enters the human body, it
seems to reach sites well beyond the lungs — it's been found in the
kidneys, heart, liver and gastrointestinal tract. And now, researchers have detected the virus in semen, according to a small study.
However, the findings, published Thursday (May 7) in the journal JAMA Network Open, don't necessarily mean that the virus can be sexually transmitted through contact with semen.
The study involved 38 men in Shangqiu, China, who had tested positive
for COVID-19 and were experiencing symptoms of the disease or had
recently recovered. Participants provided semen samples, which doctors
analyzed for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The
researchers detected SARS-CoV-2 in sperm from six participants, or 16%
overall. Of these, four patients were currently experiencing symptoms of
COVID-19, and two patients had recently recovered. Fist tap Big Don
WELP - THAT SPLAINS THAT!!!
npr | The nation's top military officer says the Pentagon is still weighing
its options when it comes to recruitment and COVID-19, several days
after an internal memo surfaced publicly that suggested all recovered
patients would be ineligible to join the military. That interim guidance
was revised Wednesday to suggest that only those who had been
hospitalized would be disqualified — but the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley, told NPR that even the latest version remains just a draft.
"During the medical history interview or examination, a history of
COVID-19, confirmed by either a laboratory test or a clinician
diagnosis, is permanently disqualifying," officials stated in the earlier version of the document, which the Pentagon has confirmed as authentic. Fist tap Dale.
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