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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Isabelle Bates

Unvaxxed dad who believed online Covid conspiracies is left on brink of death

An unvaccinated dad who “bought into online conspiracies” was told he wouldn’t survive during the eight weeks he spent in hospital battling Covid-19.

Scot Griffiths, 39, became unwell in August last year and was under the impression he caught the virus at a music festival he attended in the Black Country, north of Birmingham.

He initially was suffering just from a headache, but just days later he was rushed to hospital by his wife, Lia, after he was left unable to breathe.

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