Russian doctor intentionally reinfected himself to test coronavirus immunity

[Chris Smith]

• A doctor from Siberia conducted a controversial coronavirus immunity test after surviving COVID-19 in March.
• The 68-year-old Russian doctor spent time with coronavirus-positive patients without wearing a mask to see if he could get a second COVID-19 infection.
• The doctor was infected a second time after about six months and experienced a worse COVID-19 case than he had previously.

A doctor in Russia spent time with coronavirus patients without wearing a mask and repeated the experiment for months to see if he can catch COVID-19 a second time. This unusual coronavirus immunity test can easily be filed under the “only in Russia” segment of COVID-19 news. For example, only in Russia was a coronavirus vaccine approved for mass use before any scientific research was shared with the world and before the drug cleared the Phase 3 trial. The story gets even crazier, considering the doctor’s age. At 68-years-old, Alexander Chepurnov happens to be the kind of COVID-19 patient most at risk of developing a severe case. It’s not necessarily just the age; it’s his gender and the fact that the elderly do develop plenty of medical conditions that can hinder the recovery in COVID-19.

Even so, Chepurnov’s controversial experiment isn’t without merit. It’s certainly the kind of experiment that others wouldn’t necessarily approve of, especially in western countries. But it’s the kind of experiment that can yield results — and Chepurnov did get his wish. He was reinfected with COVID-19 within six months from the first bout.

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