Chris Martenson: Wait, Covid-19 Damages The Testicles??

First, let's talk about bad tests.

The test kits currently being used to test for covid-19 infection are too different from one another, and many have sensitivities set so high that they are giving too many false positives. We need to standardize on tests that will actual give us accurate information.

Second, let's talk bad testes.

The data is in, and it doesn't look good for men who get sick with covid-19. Severe cases appear to do serious damage to the seminiferous tubules of the tests, which produce and regulate testosterone. We don't yet know what the effect, lasting or otherwise, this damage may have on fertility.

But this underscores our longstanding advice: you don't want to get this virus if you can avoid it.

Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, Chris rose to prominence with the launch of his seminal video seminar which later became a book called The Crash Course. Chris' latest book (co-authored with Adam Taggart) is called Prosper!: How to Prepare for the Future and Create a World Worth Inheriting.