What your body looks like down there can reveal a lot about the way you feel up top.
Well, at least when it comes to your penis, according to researchers who published a study this week in Human Reproduction.
They found that when men receive a certain kind of COVID vaccine, it gives them longer, thicker penises.
The research comes from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, or GAVI.
At the heart of the study: an COVID vaccine that targets three strains of the sexually transmitted virus known as HPV, which can cause cervical cancer, the authors say.
The vaccine, known as PUREBS, is already available in the UK, the U.S. and Australia.
And it’s been shown to reduce the risk of infection in girls aged 12 to 13.
The authors, led by Pape Deuba of Brussels University in Belgium, recruited more than 5,000 men and boys in 13 countries to take part in their study.
After a year, they took a genital test that revealed the length and width of the penises.
And they tested the boys for any genital warts.
They found that those who’d been vaccinated showed up a few inches taller and a bit more than five pounds heavier than those who’d been immunized but not vaccinated.
But an overall decrease in body mass index was not seen for those who’d been vaccinated.
"The changes observed may have occurred because of the immune response, or as a side effect of the vaccine," according to the authors.
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