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A 62-Year-Old German Man Got 217 Covid Shots—and Was Totally Fine (www.wired.com)

submitted 8 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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I aspire to be this guy.

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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm more curious to know if he ever got COVID or if it actually got him so many antibodies that he never actually got sick

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

~~The researchers did a bunch of tests and determined that he never had COVID, though they cannot attribute that to 217 boosters specifically. They noted that it could’ve been isolation, hand washing, etc.~~

Better to quote directly from the article:

Last, multiple types of testing indicated that the man has never been infected with SARS-CoV-2. But the researchers were cautious to note that this may be due to other precautions the man took beyond getting 217 vaccines.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, you have to sit at home since 2019 in order to be cautious enough not to catch it without protection :D

[–] SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Myself, my partner, mum, dad and my grandma have never caught it. We follow the government advice so haven’t been wearing masks for over a year now.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You're probably vaccinated then, aren't you?

I'm talking about being non-vaccinated :D

[–] SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh sorry, I thought by protection you meant masks and social distancing. It’s been a long week! Yes we’re all vaccinated. I’m immunosuppressed so they weren’t sure if my body would respond but apparently so!

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 8 months ago

Good to know it worked! Saved me too, lived with two covid patients :D

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I am unsure if I ever got the virus. Every single time I thought I had it my test came back negative, but my wife and kids got it twice. So it just doesn't seem likely that I never did.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Good thing there's an article

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I guess that is the second article from wired I've read this month and the first one was free. I only got the first paragraph before a paywall.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Understandable, no he never got COVID

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, thanks for letting me know.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No problem. Sorry I was being short before.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

No worries, I usually search on archive for the article if it has a paywall but I asked in the comments instead.

[–] RoyalEngineering@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Same for me but I used https://12ft.io/

[–] CapillaryUpgrade@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

Same for me. You can bypass it if you read in a "private browsing" window.