Why do you recommend the N95 mask against omicron?
1:12
(CNN) —
Czech folk singer Hana Horká, who opposed getting vaccinated against Covid-19, has died after contracting it on purpose, according to her son.
5 reasons why you shouldn't get omicron on purpose to "get out of it"
Horká, singer of the folk band Asonance, died Sunday, at the age of 57, after intentionally exposing herself to covid-19 at home while her son and husband were sick, CNN affiliate CNN Prima News reported.
Horká wanted to get infected so he could "end covid-19," his son, Jan Rek, told Prima News on Monday.
How to know which variant of covid-19 an infected person has?
1:01
"I came here because the debate is very important and I want to warn people," Rek said.
He also added that both he and his father had been vaccinated.
"My mom wanted to get sick so she could get the covid-19 pass," Rek recounted.
"She told me, and she even did it publicly, that she wanted to get infected, to get out of covid-19."
advertising
Han Horká shared anti-vaccination posts on social media.
Rek said her mother received incorrect information about the virus "from her social circle".
Horká was "purposely ignoring some facts and comments that belied his arguments," Rek added.
"She wanted to get sick on purpose," he insisted.
What happens to the antibodies of a person with a complete vaccination schedule and who has contracted covid-19?
"I even lived sometimes with information not related to health in general. But there has always been this underlying thought that nature will take care of everything and that only we know ourselves better," he added.
"It wasn't extreme at home. She was always open to choice and wasn't too anti-vaccination," he explained.
The other face of the pandemic: the blood shortage 2:44
Rek also said that she even agreed with some of her mother's arguments, "like when we talked about preventative medicine. But once it was time to question, she built a thick wall around herself."
Hana Horká shared posts from public figures who did not want to be vaccinated on social networks.
And Rek was asked if she blamed those people for her mother's death.
Do you have covid-19?
So you can treat the disease at home: from what to take to when to see a doctor
"I think so because those people have the power to influence and I don't blame their 'followers.' But I do care about their authority status," he replied.
"I think communication is important even on your part and some kind of self-reflection."
The idea of intentionally trying to catch the omicron variant of the new coronavirus is growing in popularity, but doctors have warned against doing so.
"People talk about omicron [variant] like it's a bad cold. It's not a bad cold," said Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the Havey Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. in Chicago, Ill.
"It's a life-threatening disease."
SingerCovid-19
