Posted on 05/08/2020 5:57:42 PM PDT by KingofZion
The new coronavirus has been found in the semen of infected individuals, according to Chinese researchers, raising the prospect that the virus could be sexually transmitted.
The study, other researchers warn, also raises many questions. It doesnt explain how much viral load was present in the sperm; nor did it examine whether the virus can be transmitted through sexual activity. The study, conducted at Chinas Shangqiu Municipal Hospital, was described in a research letter published Thursday by the JAMA Network of medical journals.
It is the first to detect the virus in reproductive fluids. Further research is needed to understand whether safe-sex practices should be part of Covid-19-prevention efforts, say medical experts who read the paper.
These are intriguing results, said John Brooks, chief medical officer for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Covid-19 response. But it doesnt mean that semen is infectious, he noted. When were looking everywhere for this virus, were finding its footprints in different places in the bodywhether thats a trace or if its a big foot is very hard to say.
In the study, Chinese researchers said semen from six out of 38 Covid-19 survivors tested positive for the virus. Four out of the six individuals were in the acute stage of infection at the time of semen collection, and the remaining two had achieved clinical recovery, according to the paper. Later, the study said those two individuals were recovering, confusing some clinicians. The authors didnt respond to requests for comment.
If they were recovering, its less problematic than if they had fully recovered, said David Baud, the head of obstetrics at Switzerlands Lausanne University Hospital. Sick and bedridden individuals are unlikely to have a sexual drive so the risk of transmission is low.
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I want to know how the samples were collected
An unfortunate use of the word 'load'.
I want to know how the samples were collected>>>>
Red Chinese nurses are glad to follow the orders of Xi’s Jin Ping??
Unlike some people, we were born with a humor gland but it stopped developing in the 10th grade. *chuckle* Love observational humor.
Whose staff?
“Git yer hands off my junk”
So, in addition to MOPP4, youll need a condom as well for safe sex with a coronavirus carrier.
Is this supposed to be a surprise? Coughing, farting or touching are dangerous but a quick roll in the hay should be fine.
The folks on the “Who’s Line is it” show took their act on stage and around the world. They were asked about going overseas.
“Yeah. We weren’t sure if it would go over well in Japan or Korea or wherever. Turns out that 10th grade humor gets as big a laugh as much over there as it does here.” (Or something to that effect).
All right. WHY were they looking THERE ? Just happened to be in the neighborhood ?
Clevon?
New way of testing? Daily!
How do you think it spread on the USS Theodore Roosevelt? < adjusting glasses > Ohhhh, it doesn’t say seamen.
No more jumping jet skis into swimming pools.
Whuhan Goohand flu.
Will Yamiche Alcindor hound President Trump over semen testing versus South Korea?
-PJ
Don’t know how true, but I heard that the Wuhan Virus is a mix of 3 viruses. The Flu, Aids Virus, and I think the Sars. So not surprised if true.
They hired a dairyman skilled in collecting for Artificial Insemination.
Sheesh...if true...that’s a big if, PB!
Particularly for people who have tested positive!
AIDS virus?
Who that you are reading or paying attention to is claiming that COVID-19 patients are, ipso facto, also positive for AIDS?
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