2018 – PRE-COVID:
More young footballers dying of heart problems than thought, FA study finds
“FA increases number of screenings for youth players after study finds several players died of heart problems not spotted by tests”
Article Makes Unfounded Claims Linking Athletes’ Injuries, Deaths to Vaccines
Real Science (Goodsciencing.com)
Fact Check: GoodSciencing.com List Contains Obvious Non-Cardiac, Non-Vaccine Related Cases of Dead Or Collapsed Athletes
“Looking at the list, Lead Stories found that Good Sciencing appears to have a broad definition of what constitutes a professional athlete or a high-level amateur athlete. Included on the list are 61-year-old college football coach Mike Leach, a 54-year-old soccer coach and a 67-year-old former NHL hockey player. One of the more unusual athletes on the list was Thailand’s 44-year-old Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, who collapsed while training her dogs.
Also, many of these “athletes” did not collapse or have heart attacks. Gary Tiller, a 62-year-old curling player from Canada, died after a “brief battle with cancer,” and Max Mitchell, a 23-year-old rookie with the New York Jets, isn’t playing for the rest of the 2022-23 season because he has blood clots in his right leg. Also listed was a suicide by a softball player and a linebacker who overdosed on drugs.”
There’s no proof that COVID-19 vaccine has injured or killed 943 kids
What doctors wish parents knew about kids’ COVID-19 vaccine safety
A twitter thread:
Did CDC Confirm That Thousands ‘Died Suddenly’ as a Result of COVID Vaccines?
“FALSE:
Those data, as we have shown above, say no such thing. As a result, the claim is ranked “False.””
This is WRONG:
Charlie Kirk Uses Devastating Football Injury to Push Anti-Vaxx Innuendo: ‘Athletes Dropping Suddenly’
2015:
An unsolved crisis: Heart-related deaths in high school athletes still a mystery
2019:
Study finds most sudden deaths in youth sports were in basketball
Now,
Inside the Hospital Where Damar Hamlin’s Life Was Saved
Colin Allred calls now-deleted tweet from Ted Cruz ‘a new low’ after Damar Hamlin collapse
“Dallas Democratic congressman says ‘insinuating that Damar Hamlin’s injury was caused by a vaccine is a new low, even for Ted Cruz.’”
Damar Hamlin gets best update yet
“Last week, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a terrifying health concern when he went into cardiac arrest and needed CPR on the field to save his life. After what was deemed a “remarkable recovery,” was discharged from his initial hospital a week later and sent back to Buffalo. And now, he’s being sent home entirely.”
Fact check: Viral post makes invalid comparison on sudden cardiac death in athletes
“The claim: More athletes died from cardiac arrest from 2021-2022 than from 1966-2004
A Jan. 4 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) claims that 1,101 athletes died of sudden cardiac arrest between 1966 and 2004 and that 1,598 athletes died of sudden cardiac arrest between 2021 and 2022.
“In one year we have surpassed the number of athletes losing their lives compared to 38 years,” reads the caption of the post. “People still aren’t questioning it. People are still defending the (vaccine).”
The post generated over 3,000 likes in less than a week.
Our rating: False”
