Did Sperm Counts Fall Rapidly After COVID Vaccine Rollout?!

Did sperm counts fall rapidly after the COVID-19 vaccine rollout?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Sperm Counts Falling Rapidly Since COVID Vaccine Rollout!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that sperm counts are falling rapidly since the COVID-19 vaccine rollout!

Here is an excerpt of the article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Fertility Warning: Sperm Counts Falling Rapidly Since mRNA Rollout – Study

A new study published this month which analyzed semen samples from sperm donors, discovered a massive decline in fertility levels in men since the Covid vaccine rollout.

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Truth : Sperm Counts Are Not Falling From COVID Vaccine!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Study Had Nothing To Do With COVID-19 Vaccines

First, let me just point out that the study has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines. You can read the study from Denmark here – Recent decline in sperm motility among donor candidates at a sperm bank in Denmark.

The authors – Emilie Lassen, Allan Pacey, Anne-Bine Skytte, and Robert Montgomerie, never claimed or suggested that sperm counts are falling due to the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines.

In fact, they never even asked about the vaccination status of the sperm donors. It’s no wonder the words “vaccine” or “vaccination” were not mentioned even once in the entire paper!

Fact #2 : Study Showed No Significant Change In Sperm Counts!

I should also point out that the study actually stated that there was no significant change in sperm counts from 2019 to 2022:

… from 2019 to 2022, sperm concentration and total sperm count changed by 0.1–5% from year to year, but none of those changes were statistically significant.

What the study shows was a decline in sperm quality, not sperm count. So why would The People’s Voice article suggest that the study showed sperm counts are falling rapidly due to COVID-19 vaccines? Did they even read the study???

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Fact #3 : Sperm Quality Dropped Before COVID-19 Vaccines

The People’s Voice article claimed or suggested that the timeframe correlated with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines. That’s not true.

The study clearly stated that sperm quality declined from 2019 to 2022. That meant sperm quality in Denmark started dropping when the COVID-19 pandemic began – at least a year before the COVID-19 vaccines were approved at the end of 2020!

Denmark only started vaccinating people on 29 December 2020. It took about 9 months for them to hit the 70% vaccination level in mid-September 2021.

In short – the drop in sperm quality has no correlation with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in Denmark.

Fact #4 : Similar Drops In Sperm Quality Were Documented Years Ago

In addition, the study actually pointed out that similar reductions in sperm polity over time have been documented in past studies:

As you can see – those studies occurred long before COVID-19 vaccines were invented. So why would The People’s Voice article suggest that the COVID-19 vaccine has anything to do with any reduction in sperm count or quality???

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Fact #5 : No Evidence COVID-19 Vaccines Reduce Male Fertility

Several studies have been conducted to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 vaccines, if any, on male fertility.

  • Li et al. (2023) : this meta-analysis of 24 studies showed that men experienced few problems with sperm parameters or reproductive potential after vaccination, and stated that “vaccination should be clearly recommended for all men wishing to have children”.
  • Ma et al. (2023) : this meta-analysis of seven screened studies, found no differences in sperm count, volume, concentration, or morphology.
  • Elhabak et al. (2022) : this study showed no significant differences in sperm volume, pH, colour, odour, viscosity, concentration, liquefaction time, motility, or morphology.
  • Gonzalez et. al (2021) : this study showed no significant decreases in any sperm parameter, and actually showed “statistically significant increases in all sperm parameters”.

In short – there is no evidence that any COVID-19 vaccine reduces male fertility in any significant way, if at all.

Fact #6 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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