A new study finds you can transmit COVID19 by standing within 6 feet of someone but not from sexual penetration... what?!
The coronavirus can be transmitted from a simple cough — but it does not appear to transmit through semen, according to new research.
An international group of scientists in the US and China found no evidence of COVID-19 in the semen of 34 adult Chinese men who had, on average, tested positive for the deadly virus a month prior, according to the findings published Friday in the journal Fertility and Sterility.
The authors note that their findings were admittedly based on a small sample size, but were still significant because they showed the virus might not show up in testes.
“If a disease like COVID-19 were sexually transmittable that would have major implications for disease prevention and could have serious consequences for a man’s long-term reproductive health,” study co-author Dr. James M. Hotaling says in a press release.
Don't lie: when you read the words "small sample size" you laughed a little, didn't you?
Exotic dancers perform in Piccadilly Circus in central London during a demonstration against discrimination of sex workers held on International Women's Day on 08 March, 2019. Hundreds of people took part in a protest march to demand full decriminalisation of sex work, ability to unionise, provide better working conditions and protection against violence experienced by sex workers. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)