I have to be honest, this blew my mind. At the beginning of the vaccine passport chronicles, I made a bet that people would just forge vaccine cards. I never imagined someone would actually be desperate enough to get the vaccines on behalf of others in exchange for payment. What’s more shocking is that I thought for sure this person must be some stupid kid, but no…
AP reported that a man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated. The man, 60, is said to have received up to 90 shots.
According to the report a man from the eastern German city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules, is said to have received up to 90 shots against COVID-19 at vaccination centers in the eastern state of Saxony for months until criminal police caught him this month, the German news agency DPA reported Sunday.
The suspect was not detained but is under investigation for unauthorized issuance of vaccination cards and document forgery, dpa reported.
He was caught at a vaccination center in Eilenburg in Saxony when he showed up for a COVID-19 shot for the second day in a row. Police confiscated several blank vaccination cards from him and initiated criminal proceedings.
A man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated. The man, 60, is said to have received up to 90 shots. https://t.co/MvjIo4VJFN
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 3, 2022
Reports say that the man also received different brands of vaccines, just so you know.
We are still in the discovery process of currently known and potential long-term side effects of receiving the normals doses. I can’t imagine what risks this man accrued receiving ‘dozens of shots’ for pay. I think it also speaks volumes to the times we’re living in where short-term pay outweighs a person’s long-term health.
I was really taken aback by this and I would like to hear your thoughts.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.
