One of Israel’s top anti-vaxx activists reportedly died of COVID-19 two days after posting a final message to his followers ordering them to “keep fighting” the shot that could have saved his life.
Hai Shaulian, 57, has spent the pandemic organizing protests against coronavirus rules, including Israel’s vaccine passport program, the Green Pass. According to the Jerusalem Post, lost his life against COVID-19 on Monday morning after spending a week in hospital.
In his latest post on Facebook, the anti-vaxxer complained about how terrible his symptoms were, but continued to challenge the vaccine. Along with a photograph of him on a fan, Shaulian wrote, “I am in a very serious condition … I cannot speak and respond to people. I don’t have oxygen and I can’t stabilize … It took me about an hour to find out who I am. Where I am and what I do here … The lack of oxygen is a terrible thing ”.
Despite his condition, he reached a final position against Israel’s Green Pass, writing: “It has nothing to do with the coronavirus. It has nothing to do with vaccines. It has to do with coercion … Keep fighting. “
The anti-vaxxer signed, “I think I will get it with God’s help. In my opinion, it will take two more weeks, maybe three. “Two days later, on Monday morning, he died of the virus.
When he first became ill last week, Shaulian said police had poisoned him after he was arrested during a protest against the Green Pass. “I’m telling you, it’s an attempt to end me and if something happens to me, you know that’s exactly what happened,” he said.
According to the Jerusalem Post, before he told his followers, “There is no epidemic: the vaccine is unnecessary and dangerous.”
Although Israel was praised for its rapid introduction of vaccines earlier this year, there are still around a million people out of its nine million people eligible for the vaccine and who have chosen not to take it. .
The number of national cases has increased since the end of July.