German man, who said he had vaccines for ‘private reasons’, suspected of selling certificates to people who didn’t want jab

A German man who voluntarily received 217 coronavirus jabs over 29 months showed “no signs” of having been infected with the virus that causes Covid-19 and had not suffered from any vaccine-related side effects, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.

The 62-year-old, from Magdeburg, Germany, whom doctors described as “hypervaccinated”, said he had had the large number of vaccines for “private reasons”, according to the researchers from University of Erlangen-Nuremberg who examined him.

According to the news magazine Spiegel, the man’s vaccine spree had sparked a criminal investigation against him for suspected fraud, after suspicions he had run a scam to sell the vaccine certificates to people who did not want to get the jab.

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    8 months ago

    So he took 216 vaccinations that other people could have used? That sounds like medical hoarding.

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      8 months ago

      By the sound of it he got the vaccine on behalf of the person who did not want it but needed the certificate. I assume he went in with their ID or something and got the shot, had their name marked off and then they received a certificate while he received their vaccine and money. This is pure speculation but also on the internet so you can tell everyone it’s true