DEADLY DECISION
Anti-vax singer dies after deliberately catching Covid to get health pass ‘so she could visit sauna’
AN ANTI-VAX singer has died after deliberately catching Covid so she could get her hands on a health pass to visit a sauna.
Czech folk artist Hana Horka refused to get the life-saving jab and purposely exposed herself to the virus when her vaccinated son and husband were infected over Christmas.
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Hana, 57, contracted the Delta variant and died on Sunday, her son Jan Rek told iRozhlas.cz public radio.
"She decided to continue to live normally with us and preferred to catch the disease than to get vaccinated," he added.
In the Czech Republic, proof of vaccination or recent infection is needed to enter bars and restaurants as well as for events and travel.
Two days before her death, Hana - a singer in the band Asonance - spoke of her plan to go to a sauna and the theatre after knowingly catching Covid.
She posted: "I survived, it was intense."
"So now there will be the theatre, sauna, a concert... and an urgent trip to the sea."
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Insisting she was feeling better on Sunday, Hana got dressed to go for a walk before suffering back pain.
She then tragically choked to death in bed, according to Mr Rek.
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He has now slammed the anti-vax movement - adding that his mum was brainwashed into not getting the jab by its leaders who have "blood on their hands".
"I know exactly who influenced her," he added.
"It makes me sad that she believed strangers more than her proper family.
"It wasn't just total disinformation but also views on natural immunity and antibodies acquired through infection."
Covid cases in the Czech Republic hit a new daily high today with 28,469 cases reported.
Around 63 per cent of its 10.7million population are vaccinated.
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