A 62-year-old German man has been vaccinated 217 times against covid, despite having received advice from doctors not to do so, according to the latest issue of the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The vaccines were purchased and administered privately over a period of 29 months, and everything indicates that the man, whose identity is not revealed, suffered no effects, according to an investigation into the case by the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
"We found out about his case through newspaper articles. We then contacted him and invited him to undergo several tests in Erlangen. He was very interested in doing so," said Kilian Schober of the German university's microbiology department. where experts took blood and saliva samples
"We were able to take blood samples ourselves when the man received another vaccine during the study at his insistence. We were able to use these samples to determine exactly how the immune system reacts to the vaccine," Schober explained.
Schober was concerned that overstimulating the immune system with repeated doses could cause cell fatigue, but no evidence of this was found in the man and there were no signs that he had ever been infected with Covid. Experts stressed that they do not support a person being vaccinated so many times as a strategy to improve immunity.
The results of the tests performed on this man were insufficient to draw far-reaching conclusions, much less make recommendations for the public, according to experts. "Current research indicates that a three-dose vaccine, along with regular follow-up vaccinations for vulnerable groups, remains the preferred approach," the university said.
