But a vaccine - the first time one has been used to treat Covid - set Ian Lester free.
A vaccine has been used to free a man who was trapped at home by a Covid infection that lasted for more than seven months.Ian Lester, 37, has a weakened immune system that was unable to defeat the virus on its own.Ian was born with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, which makes it harder for him to fight off infections. Even a common cold can linger.
But month after month, test after test came back positive. Ian had to give up work at the opticians where he'd be in close contact with others and stay at home. Slowly every day began to feel the same - a pattern of cooking, TV, reading, playing guitar and just waiting for his wife Katie to get home."It slowly became my prison cell, especially when it got to the summertime and the restrictions were lifting for everyone else, you could see family and friends starting to get back to a real life, and I was still getting these positive results."
The analysis showed Ian had a long-term infection, it was not just "dead virus" being detected, and his symptoms were not long-Covid. At the time, in the early summer of 2021, there were limited treatments, so the medical team decided to try something radical. Instead of giving a vaccine to prevent an infection, they decided to use the Pfizer vaccine to treat one.
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