Buffering reproductive science in the era of COVID-19

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Never before has the interface between medicine and society been so blurred as what we are witnessing today. After coming to a standstill for many private clinics practicing human ARTs, and undergoing a major reassignment of duties for ART practitioners working in academic settings, the COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly altered the dimension of reproductive medicine on a global scale. And in the broader public health arena, the litany of facts, fallacies, and formidable fantasies about the science underlying the pathobiology of SARS-CoV2, the Covid-19 crisis has secured its place in the history of our planet as the trigger for all things political in the (mis)management of international health. Understanding its etiology, promulgating protective measures aimed at limiting the spread of disease, and ushering in testing, screening, and hopes for a vaccine have all conspired to place in our midst a landscape like no other before it. And where the practice of reproductive medicine will ultimately arrive is anyone’s guess at this stage. …