Czech folk singer Hana Horka is dead. Horka died at the age of 57 on Sunday 16th January.
Her family revealed she died after deliberately contracting Covid to obtain a health pass that would have allowed her to visit venues blocked to those without proof of vaccination or recent recovery from an infection.
According to her son Jan Rek, she had voluntarily exposed herself to the virus when her husband and son, both vaccinated, caught it before Christmas, Rek told public radio iRozhlas.cz.
“She decided to continue to live normally with us and preferred to catch the disease than to get vaccinated,” he said on Monday 17th January.
Two days before her death, Horka posted on social media: “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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Proof of vaccination or recovery from an infection is required to access cultural and sports facilities. It is also a requirement for travel and for visiting bars and restaurants in the EU member states.
Rek blamed the death on a local anti-vax movement, saying its leaders had convinced his mother against vaccination and thus had “blood on their hands”.
“I know exactly who influenced her. It makes me sad that she believed strangers more than her proper family,” Rek said.
“It wasn’t just total disinformation but also views on natural immunity and antibodies acquired through infection,” he added.
Until her demise, Hana Horka was the vocalist for the band Asonance.
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