COVID Fertility Factor: Couples Trying To Have Babies Experience High Anxiety, Low Sperm Counts

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Around the world, a lot of cradles are sitting empty. It’s been a year into the pandemic and we’ve got a baby bust.
“This is a very stressful world in which we are currently living. Stress is just not great for fertility,” remarked Wellesley Economics Professor Phillip Levine.
Professor Levine co-authored a recent Brookings Institution report on fertility. He has tracked worldwide trends for years. He told KPIX 5 that with lockdown restriction