Daily Times

Mayor of Mitte district in Germany said that he contracted the virus on purpose from his partner hoping to develop immunity.

However, he has told that it was much worse than he ever thought. Stephan von Dassel, 53, said “I was ill longer than I thought. I got infected almost on purpose to develop immunity and thought I’ll be a bit sick for three days and then I’ll be immune…but it was a lot worse than I imagined,” he revealed.

Further, he told that the act of getting contracted with coronavirus was a ‘contribution’ in the long term flattening of the curve in fighting coronavirus. Von Dassel tweeted to defend his actions, and called it ‘responsible.’

However, such self-immunization is against the recommendations of the official health advisory. It is a known fact that the World Health Organization along with the CDC has advised to practice social distancing. Such attempts to self-immunize would make things worse and further the spread of COVID-19 infection.

“After my life partner had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, I also had to go into a fortnightly quarantine because of the contact with her. Since we neither have a second home and neither should have moved to a hotel or to friends as an infected person or I as possibly already infected, there was no alternative to the quarantine.

Germany currently has over 12,300 confirmed coronavirus cases, and the virus has so far claimed 28 lives, according to the data compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. Over 100 people have already recovered.