Summary:

A 62-year-old man in Germany got a whopping 217 COVID-19 vaccines over nearly 3 years. Surprisingly, he reported no side effects and seemed healthy. Researchers studied his case to see if such extreme vaccination would weaken his immune system, as some have theorized.

The man’s immune response was indeed different, with higher antibody levels and specific immune cells. However, it functioned similarly to people with standard vaccination doses. He also hadn’t contracted COVID-19 (though this might be due to other factors).

While this is just one case, it suggests over-vaccination might not be detrimental. However, researchers strongly advise against this as a strategy to boost immunity.

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      8 months ago

      Here where I am in the US there are probably like 200 drugstores and doctor’s offices in a 30 mile radius that will give me a Covid shot no problem.

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    8 months ago

    for “private reasons.”

    That’s such funny phrasing. Why not say like a misguided effort to protect better against covid.

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      8 months ago

      … officials had opened a fraud investigation against the man, confirming 130 vaccinations over nine month… The man then reported an additional 87 vaccinations to the researchers, which in total included eight different vaccine formulations, including updated boosters.

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      8 months ago

      I wonder who was giving him weekly shots? You’d think they’d raise issue with it.

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    8 months ago

    He’s totally fine.

    Yeah, I don’t think totally fine would be an apt description of someone who willing shoved 217 COVID shots into himself.

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      8 months ago

      I read somewhere that he was given some food with the vax – he did them for the food.

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      8 months ago

      Yeah the actions of one probably mentally ill person is nothing more than a curio.

      Someone using a vaccine 217 times is interesting from a science curiosity point of view but useless when it comes to safety or efficacy. All it tells us is that repeatedly using the vaccine in someone who never had a problem with it didn’t cause problems. 1 person taking the vaccine 217 times is useless - 217 people taking the vaccine 1 time tells us much more.

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        8 months ago

        They found out that the biggest anti spike protein boost was at the 214th shot. So maybe all these weren’t that useless…

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        8 months ago

        It’s a similar data point to those people who accidentally got a single 10x or 100x dose. We know from those people that very large doses don’t seem to have any major negative effects, we now also know that a long term “continuous” dose doesn’t have much of a negative effect.

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    8 months ago

    I have gotten the covid vaccine about 20 times now. 4 Pfizer, 12 moderna, 4 Johnson. Once I got my first vaccine, I started cravings for it. There is something so great knowing I am reducing the spread of the coronavirus with each of them. I am feeling so empowered. I think I may be addicted ngl 😅. At least it won’t kill me.

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      8 months ago

      I had a similar experience.

      I got the phizer vaccine in June, the first shot hurt and made me queasy, the second shot was the same but I had an extreme craving for it again afterwards, now I have taken Phizer 19 times since, and moderna is even more addicting, ive done that shit atleast 35 times, Ive overdosed on both, and I still want more, I need rehab but atleast I’ll never get covid.

  • ᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This tells me a few things.

    1. One man has no reaction to that type of vaccine. So, either it works perfectly, or is perfectly worthless.

    2. Nobody is really tracking these vaccines.

    3. 216 other people might not have gotten a needed shot because this dipshit likes needle pricks, and it was cheaper than acupuncture.

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      8 months ago

      I know you meant that as a joke but I feel the need to point out that acupuncture isn’t just randomly stabbing needles in your body (nor into your veins) just in case someone didn’t know. Acupuncture is inserting needles into very specific positions on your body according to what your symptoms are or what you want to achieve.

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    8 months ago

    According to the predictions of the antivaxxers, he probably should have been exploded with the force of a hydrogen bomb long ago…