Getting vaccinated doesn't affect your fertility — but getting Covid might for men, new study says - CNBC

It found that getting vaccinated against Covid had no discernable effects on fertility rates in either men or women, adding to a growing body of evidence regarding the safety of Covid vaccines.

Wesselink says the findings showed no long-term effects from Covid infections on male fertility, or any effects on female fertility.

More research is needed to determine why male fertility drops after Covid infections.

Boback Berookhim, director of male fertility and microsurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, says men who had symptomatic Covid with high fevers can potentially experience a temporary decline in sperm count that's likely to rebound after a couple months.

Multiple studies have now shown that Covid infections can affect male fertility, mostly in people who fall moderately to severely ill, she adds.

Researchers in the NIH-funded study noted that the short-term decline in male fertility could potentially be avoided by getting vaccinated against Covid.