In September 2020, shortly before the German state transfers 375 million euros to the vaccine manufacturer Biontech, Winfried Stöcker wrote to the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI).
The doctor and entrepreneur explained to the federal institute responsible for vaccines that he had already produced an antigen in spring that triggers the formation of neutralizing antibodies against the coronavirus: "To save time, I did not ask for a permit for a long time, but produced an antigen and inoculated several times intramuscularly. "
The test person was Stöcker himself, he is still in a jubilant mood: "Subject number 1 is now immune to Sars-CoV-2." But instead of congratulations, the doctor initially receives no answer - later he learns that there are investigations against him.
Was it wrongly thwarted or was it endangering human life?