Welsh optician who had SEVEN-MONTH bout of Covid beats infection with two doses of Pfizer vaccine
Daily MailThought to be first time vaccine used for treatment instead of prevention Ian Lester, from Pontypridd, tested positive for Covid for nearly eight months A Welsh man who spent over half a year battling Covid at home is thought to have become the first person in the world to be cured of the virus by getting vaccinated. But scientists at Cardiff University decided to give him two doses of Pfizer's jab, one month apart, in the hope it would work as a therapeutic and help his immune system finally clear the virus. Ian Lester, from Pontypridd, caught Covid in December 2020 and suffered from chest tightness headaches and extreme fatigue during his seven-and-a-half-month-long infection Scientists at Cardiff University eventually rid him of the virus in August 2021 by giving him two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Mr Lester received two doses of Pfizer's jab, one month apart, which 'very quickly' triggered a strong antibody response that was 'much stronger' than that triggered naturally, the scientists said.
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