THE SON of a notorious anti-vaccine campaigner is mourning the death of a school friend from Covid complications.

On Twitter, Sebastian Shemirani said he found out today that a childhood friend of his died from complications from the virus while working as a junior doctor.

His mother, former nurse Kate Shemirani, is a Covid conspiracy theorist from East Sussex and recently compared a new vaccine centre to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz.

In his tweet, he slammed his mother's rallies and campaigns against vaccination and her spread of misinformation around the pandemic.

He said: "She was one of the smartest and loveliest girls I ever knew.

"My mum was campaigning to put her at risk. So angry."

Sebastian has regularly spoken out against his mother's campaigning, describing her remarks as "dangerous" and that she should be prosecuted.

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Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme in July, he said: "She’s so arrogant in her world view and really, truly believes that she is a conduit for the truth on a spiritual level, not just a scientific level.”

"It’s only a matter of time before somebody acts on the bad advice that she’s giving the country.”

A new vaccination centre in Churchill Square, Brighton, was forced to temporarily close during a demonstration in which Ms Shemirani, who was struck off the nursing register, was seen addressing the crowd, describing the centre as "the new Auschwitz."

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