coronavirus denier who refused to wear a face mask and believed in bizarre conspiracy theories about the pandemic died a day after testing positive for the disease.
Gary Matthew fell ill a week before testing positive on January 12 and was found dead in his flat the next evening, it has been reported.The 46-year-old, who live in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, was reportedly a Covid conspiracy theorist who had a history of asthma.His family claim that Gary did not believe the virus, which has killed over 100,000 people in the UK, was real, and did not adhere to government social-distancing guidelines, or wear a mask.Mr Matthews devastated cousin, Tristan Copeland, told the Guardian his loved ones begged him to try to change his mindset but he would.