COVID-19 causes changes in sperm that lead to increased anxiety in offspring.

"Florey researchers have shown that a father’s SARS-CoV-2 viral infection before conception can alter their offspring's brain development and behaviour, through changes in sperm"

Source: https://archive.md/3s9M2

Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64473-0

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy

Interesting!

Though, in my case, my offspring were going to deal with increased anxiety regardless. 😜

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy

Nature magazine is a clickbait farm though.

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy

in mice. I wonder what it does to F1 in humans... maybe something even more interesting?