Doctors report a man from Germany has been vaccinated 217 against the COVID virus with no negative medical symptoms.

Doctors report a man from Germany has been vaccinated 217 against the COVID virus with no negative medical symptoms.

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  • soloner@lemmy.world
    13·
    9 months ago

    I don’t understand how this is allowed. Why let someone who is already vaccinated get more vaccines pointlessly? Why nobody stepped in and said this is a waste of time and resources?

    • avocadobaby@reddthat.com
      19·
      9 months ago

      As it is part of a fraud case I would guess he was being paid to pretend to be other people and getting the COVID vaccine on their vaccine passports so they could bypass vaccine regulations.

    • lemmylommy@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      Who says that it is allowed? It is however very easy to do as long as you have statutory health insurance. You just book an appointment with a doctor or a pharmacy that does vaccinations, give them your insurance card and get the vaccination for free. Again and again. Nobody will (or even can) check your previous vaccinations. All they can do is ask the patient.

      After the vaccination they will bill the insurance, which can take months. Then someone or most likely some fraud detection system at the insurance company has to notice that something strange is going on. And since the vaccine is cheap and not a controlled substance it will probably take quite a few vaccinations to trigger a review. And even then they can not prevent further vaccinations. The only way would be to cancel your insurance entirely, which I am not even sure they are allowed to do.

    • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.de
      31·
      9 months ago

      How would you check if someone already had the vaccine? (aside from sticking a magnet on them of course [/s just in case])

      • where_am_i@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        9 months ago

        Impossible in Germany. That would require a digital storage of your healthcare data and it being accessible by every vaccination point. A big no-no.

        Also, most European countries vaccinated anonymously and regardless of the insurance status – yes that makes a lot of sense. But, essentially, you could vaccinate all you want without any records.

        • Natanael@slrpnk.net
          2·
          9 months ago

          Here in Sweden you book vaccinations via the regional health care website, if the place you’re getting vaccinated at isn’t a hospital or equivalent they can’t see your history, just that you’re booked.

          But there’s also private vaccination companies you can go to who won’t really care, they’ll just suggest you wait the recommended 30 days in between vaccinations (because otherwise the immune system won’t be as receptive to building immunity from the next dose)