Several viral social media posts mock the recent death of a sports reporter who criticized a top-ranked tennis player’s anti-vaccine stance. Many posts insinuate that COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the reporter’s sudden death.
The posts are the latest example of the trend of baselessly blaming COVID-19 vaccines for high-profile deaths. Talking points may continue to explain that claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause sudden deaths are based on an anti-vaccine conspiracy theory with no supporting evidence. An analysis of data on all-cause deaths by vaccination status and excess deaths shows there is no link between the vaccines and death.
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