Welcome to the very first episode of TalkSex™ with Gabriela Rosa.
For most of us all over the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has been relentless. I personally contracted Covid a couple of months ago, once the Delta variant started spreading in Australia. Vaccines were barely available in Australia at the time. Still, luckily, my family and I got through a harrowing two weeks of acute disease and an even longer (and challenging) post-infection period without needing hospitalization. In many ways, we have all been affected by this pandemic, whether we’ve had Covid-19 disease (yet) or not. Covid-19 has also forever influenced how we interact with each other, how we connect, and how we date. The uncertainty about this novel disease has brought up some big questions for reproductive health.
In this episode, I talk with Dr. Leticia Kawano (MD, PhD) and Dr. Marcos Queiroga (MD) about the science behind the virus, the vaccine, and sex in the era of Covid.
Dr. Marcos Queiroga is a skilled intensive care unit specialist doctor heading ICUs responsible for managing severe Covid-19 cases in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. He is also highly involved in clinical research to treat severed Covid-19 cases.
Dr. Leticia Kawano is a pulmonologist and clinical researcher at the University of Sao Paulo and HCor Research Institute. Her research deals with non-invasive support for acute respiratory failure, interstitial lung diseases, and Covid-19. Leticia is also a panel member of the Guideline Development Group of the WHO Living Guidelines on Treatments for Covid-19. The three of us discuss Covid-19 disease, answer questions about the Covid vaccine, its influences on reproductive health, and more.
Let’s get started!
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"What I would suggest as an extra caution measure is that you do an antigenic test before dating." - Dr. Leticia Kawano
Show Notes:
- Covid-19: Symptoms, causes, and treatment
- How Covid-19 interacts with the body
- What are the concerns about the vaccine
- Do the vaccine work, and how?
- Long term concerns of Covid-19 and the vaccine
- How Covid-19 impacts population health and health care access
- The effects of Covid-19 and the vaccine on reproductive health
- Confounders and what you need to know
- How the vaccine impacts pregnancy
- Recommendations for sex during the pandemic
For access to the Sex In the Era of Covid white paper comprises an in-depth review of the current scientific literature around COVID-19 research and answers questions about COVID-19 disease, the vaccine, reproductive health, infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, and more, click here.
"We also know that in terms of sperm, like any viral infection, there could be an impact of Covid and sperm quality in the cycle in which a person has acquired Covid or has been vaccinated. But that's normal across any type of infection that a male may experience." - Gabriela Rosa
Connect with Dr. Leticia Kawano:
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"The moment that we have to pay attention to is - when is the common cold becoming more severe?" - Dr. Marcos Queiroga