A man has been vaccinated more than 200 times against the Covid-19 pathogen. Damage from vaccines? No! Researchers were amazed to find that the frequent vaccinator’s immune systems actually worked better than those of people who had had just three vaccinations.
In principle, the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) in Germany recommends that healthy adults up to 59 years of age have a basic immunity consisting of three vaccinations or infections; People aged 60 and over and at-risk groups are also advised to receive an annual booster.
Through newspaper reports, German scientists then became aware of a man who, according to his own statement, was vaccinated against Corona a total of 217 times for personal reasons. 134 vaccinations have been officially confirmed. Eight different vaccines were administered, including several mRNA vaccines, explains Kilian Schober from the chair of Microbiology and Infectious Immunology. When asked, Schober could not say what reasons prompted the man to undergo numerous vaccinations.
More immune cells and defense bodies
Researchers from the university and the Erlangen University Hospital examined blood samples from the frequent vaccinator from different years. They found that his immune system not only functioned completely normally; In fact, certain immune cells and antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 were significantly more common than in people with just three vaccinations.
However, the man was an isolated case, the researchers emphasized. It was therefore not possible to draw conclusions about the general population or make recommendations based on the results. The group published the results of the study on Tuesday in the journal “The Lancet Infectious Diseases”.
Iimmune system also more effective against other pathogens
The researchers invited the affected person to Erlangen to find out whether their immune cells could no longer fight the coronaviruses as effectively due to habituation effects. But they found no evidence of that. During the study, the man was also vaccinated again – for the 217th time. As a result, the number of antibodies increased significantly, the study authors described. Further tests showed that the immune system was still effective against other pathogens.
Source: Krone
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