(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 1 - The leader of the Treviso branch of
Italy's anti-vax movement has 'converted' to believing in COVID
science after being hospitalised in the northern city with a
nasty bout of the virus, sources said Wednesday.
Lorenzo Damiano led protests by anti-vaxxers and COVID deniers
in Treviso near Venice against the Green Pass health certificate
and stood as a 'Nuremberg #2' candidate in a nearby mayoral
contest saying that vaccine skeptics were being treated like
Holocaust victims.
But after his recent spell in intensive care, Damiano told
reporters "after this period I now have a different vision of
the world, and I'm going to get vaccinated".
Hospital sources said Wednesday that hospitalisations of
anti-vaxxers were 17% up across Italy. (ANSA).
Treviso anti-vax leader 'converts' after hospitalisation
Vaccine skeptic says will now get jabbed after spell in ICU