There’s a lot of chatter about the negative impacts of COVID vaccinations. But what about some of the less savoury aspects of the virus itself? We don’t hear a lot about some of the long-term effects of the actual disease. But there will be. Viruses can be the gift that keeps on giving. Like how measles can later cause subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; a rare and fatal disease of the central nervous system. It’s one of those diseases that just sounds fatal when you say it. Or if you say it with a French accent its almost sexy.
We are hearing about long covid and the many complex health issues that people are facing, long after the virus has passed through their system. I knew about that, but what I didn’t know about was that men who get covid are six times more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction. Well 5.666666 recurring to be more accurate, but who cares about accuracy, we are talking about penises here! That’s taking the No Jab No Play message to a whole other level.
Surely it’s not true? Surely it’s just another Big Pharma inspired cockspiracy?
Sadly, no. It’s a hard topic to broach. Well, maybe not that hard…
Research was reported earlier this year in the World Journal of Men’s Health. I’m surprised it wasn’t front-page news. Now there’s some health messaging that might encourage even vax-denying men to get the jab. ‘Get the prick, for your prick!.’ There’s not much the average bloke won’t risk for a well-maintained erection.
The virus is found to affect the blood vessels that supply the penis, causing the erectile dysfunction. There just isn’t enough blood available to maintain an erect penis. So it’s the virus, not the vax that can potentially cause male infertility and sexual dysfunction. What a cockup.
There goes the whole theory about the vax being made in a lab in China. Because men control the world and no man is going to make a virus that could potentially make his cock floppy. No one wants to be a flaccid dictator. I would believe the whole virus conspiracy if it actually had the reverse affect and gave men improved penile function. ‘I caught covid and now I’m a better lover’ says Barry, 59.
I love the image they use in health stories around erectile dysfunction. Clearly in any medical story we aren’t going to see a floppy cock. They’re camera shy. Instead we see a bloke, usually in a white shirt, sitting on the side of the bed with his head in his hands. He could be weeping. Basically his cock is broken, so it’s a low moment. Some may say he’s gone ‘soft’. The woman (and it’s always a hetero situation depicted here) is lying in the bed looking disappointed. I think she’s happily sleeping. Or she’s on tinder looking for a double-vaxed hook up.
Maybe they could start using these pics as health messaging. No point being a freedom fighter if your sword doesn’t work.
Anyway, I found this ‘research’ and it made me chuckle. What if covid killed the penis? What if men died out and the matriarchy took over? What if covid was, in fact, the harbinger of the death of patriarchy?
I guess we’ll all find out at the next erection. Sorry, election.
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