A Czech folk singer has died after she intentionally contracted COVID-19 in an effort to allow herself more freedom. Hana Horká, 57, was the vocalist for the band Asonance.
She refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Instead, reports The Guardian, she voluntarily exposed herself to her vaccinated husband and son, who both caught the virus before Christmas. Read more: ‘Like nothing I have felt before’: B.C.
COVID-19 survivor blasts virus deniers in online post “She decided to continue to live normally with us and preferred to catch the disease than to get vaccinated,” her son, Jan Rek, told public radio iRozhlas.cz this week.
The Czech Republic requires proof of vaccination or recent infection to enter many venues, including those where Horká’s band performed.