Czech folk singer Hana Horka, 57, died on Sunday of COVID-19 after she willingly contracted the virus in an attempt to self-immunize.
Horka was attempting to make herself immune to COVID-19 by getting infected as an alternative to receiving the vaccine, the singer’s son Jan Rek told Prague Morning.
Horka was the lead vocalist for the popular band Asonance, and she was seeking a “recovery pass” to access local venues such as the theater. In the Czech Republic, either proof of vaccination or recent infection recovery is needed to enter public venues, the BBC reports.
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On the day she died, Horka said she was starting to feel better and got dressed to go for a walk before complaining her back hurt and returning to lay down.
“In about 10 minutes it was all over,” her son said. “She choked to death.”
“Her philosophy was that she was more OK with the idea of catching Covid than getting vaccinated. Not that we would get microchipped or anything like that,” her son explained.
Rek urged others to get the vaccine and avoid following the path of his mother.
“If you have living examples from real life, it’s more powerful than just graphs and numbers. You can’t really sympathise with numbers,” he said.
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Thousands of people marched in Prague earlier this month, protesting a possible government mandate of vaccines. Cases reached a new high of 28,469 this week in the Central European country, the BBC reported.
