Three people from one family died from COVID in Portugal within a week because all three had chosen not to be jabbed after they were frightened by misinformation from anti-vaxxers, Report informs referring to The Guardian.
Francis Goncalves, a chef, said he believed that his father, Basil, 73, contracted COVID while in hospital and his mother, Charmagne, 65, and brother Shaul, 40, picked it up at a family dinner.
He said all three, who were living in Portugal, had turned down the chance to be vaccinated, and Goncalves said he hoped sharing his experience may encourage other skeptics to be jabbed.
“They got caught up in a lot of the anti-vaccination propaganda,” he said. “It preys on people who are afraid, and they fall into the trap. The message I want to get out is, why would the government want to hurt you by giving you a vaccine? What is the purpose behind it? I’ve spoken to so many people who are terrified of the vaccine, and it costs lives.”