A well-known anti-vaxxer who refused to get jabbed claiming the virus was 'just a common cold' has been hospitalised with Covid.
John O'Looney finally conceded that coronavirus was real and serious after he was admitted to a hospital's intensive care unit with the virus last month.
The funeral director had become a figurehead for anti-vaxxers with his social media videos that make unproven claims about the pandemic and vaccines.
But 53-year-old John's hospital experience forced him to backtrack slightly, although he seems to still think vaccines are unnecessary.
In a written statement to his followers, shared on December 31, he wrote: "I was initially sceptical about Covid but I can confirm its validity and it is very nasty.
"So let us make no mistake there is an enemy to face but does it require endless bouts of injections after injections after injections?"
Despite doctors saving his life John, from Milton Keynes, Bucks, complained that the hospital's food was "appalling" and "all tasted the same".
The unhinged conspiracy theorist also claimed that doctors offered him a trial drug to help him recover but he "declined and stuck to my guns".
He then discharged himself from hospital against doctors' advice.
John said: "I feel very fortunate to have escaped hospital (I never dreamt I would have lived to say that) with the help of family and friends.
"The sinister whispering, the secrecy and the guilty looks amongst certain members of staff spoke volumes to me.
"It was honestly very chilling and traumatising just seeing how it has changed – especially when I asked to leave."
John has previously spoken at anti-vax events and was due to appear at a 'Freedom Rally' in Milton Keynes on December 31, where protestors stormed a children's pantomime and NHS test site.
Since his hospital stay, John has been forced to temporarily close the funeral business that he has run since 2017 "due to illness".
